Bad! Bad MFP user!
mslaurza
Posts: 13 Member
So I've been doing really well getting enough exercise and staying within my calorie range and then.... Yesterday happened. It's like I cracked - I ordered a small pizza with pepperoni and sausage - you know the kind. Drippy... chewy... shiny?
Anyway - I ate it like it was my job. Today I'm feeling what you can probably imagine. Hungrier for snacky stuff, sluggish and overall like I ate a ton of pizza yesterday.
I wanted to share because it's funny... even though I 'broke down' and ate like a pig, it's not going to stop me from getting back in the gym, eating healthy today and continuing forward. I feel like this would have set me back and I would have beat myself up for slipping but I don't feel that way this time! It was a day where I didn't do what I was supposed to, but it's not going to send me into a week long crap-food fest.
Has any one had similar a similar experience? Would you qualify this as a set back?
Thanks for your thoughts!
Anyway - I ate it like it was my job. Today I'm feeling what you can probably imagine. Hungrier for snacky stuff, sluggish and overall like I ate a ton of pizza yesterday.
I wanted to share because it's funny... even though I 'broke down' and ate like a pig, it's not going to stop me from getting back in the gym, eating healthy today and continuing forward. I feel like this would have set me back and I would have beat myself up for slipping but I don't feel that way this time! It was a day where I didn't do what I was supposed to, but it's not going to send me into a week long crap-food fest.
Has any one had similar a similar experience? Would you qualify this as a set back?
Thanks for your thoughts!
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I don't see the part where you did something bad.0
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Nah, you're fine. You won't undo your progress with one small pizza. You're going to get back into your routine so log it and get on with things. A setback would be giving up your newly formed habits and go back to the old ways.
Also, a small pizza isn't a ton of pizza. A large, stuffed crust, supreme pizza is closer to a ton. You're good.0 -
I don't see the part where you did something bad.
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I don't see the part where you did something bad.
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1 + 1 = 2.
No harm, no foul. You're good.0 -
Everyone has those days. Everyone. And maybe you needed to splurge so that you can say you've had something yummy and are back on your meal plan with a vengeance. I know it seems like the successful weight loss stories always seem like those people all did it all so stringently, but we are human, and we all slip up, especially if it took us years to get bad habits - guess what, it's going to take awhile to get into some of the good habits that we feel like should happen NOW. If I had the willpower to say no to pizza all the time, do you think I would be in the boat I'm in with my weight struggle?
You're doing great. Never tell yourself you've done a bad thing when you slip up, it makes it seem like a crime.0 -
I don't see the part where you did something bad.0
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I don't see the part where you did something bad.
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Hi I had a bad day today at work, had to get rid of it not proud but only being honest (don't recommend) but did exercise hard and careful for rest of week.
You are not on your own.0 -
I don't think you were bad at all! I allow myself one "free" meal per week because I want to enjoy life and not feel like everything has to be so rigid. I have lost 8 pounds in about a month using this method (I only started logging on MFP after I'd lost 6 pounds already, in case you're wondering about my 'creative math'. Ha!) Anyway, I'm the first person to beat myself up about 'slipping' but I don't think this was a slip or mistake at all. Just charge ahead and keep doing what you're doing!0
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I don't see the part where you did something bad.
I second this.
Fifth, sixth or something like that0 -
I ate a whole medium pizza yesterday and didn't work out XD It happens. I weighed myself this morning and the weight didn't really change. Got myself into the gym and did Spin this morning. Life moves on. Sometimes we need to eat our pizza. And log it. And move on 0
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The only BAD thing you did was not invite all of us
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Not a setback if you make up for it in the next few days and stick to your normal routine. I had a bad exercise day yesterday and folowed it up with 20 McNuggets, plus a WHOLE medium fry. But I stayed beneath my calorie goal, and I'm back to "normal" today.
I chalk it up to my monthly flux. I'm pretending it didn't happen and drinking WAY more water than normal.
It's all good!0 -
I think that was called . . . last Friday.
Great recovery. Life goes on. Hope you enjoyed the pizza. And my biggest lesson from doing that is . . . Some is good. More is not necessarily better.0 -
I don't know this could be the beginning of a downward spiral into back alley pizza deals and the like. You know where this is going. Hi my name is Jim and I am addicted to Pizza... LOL Only kidding, you got to enjoy it every now and again, but you have to avoid the trap of doing it all the time. There is some crack pot out there who actually claims that the genetically altered wheat plants grown now a days; has a chemical which acts like Herroin and trickers addictive receptor cells within the brain. But then again why would an industry try to addict people to their products for profit. That hardly ever happens. Anyone have a spare smoke?0
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The only BAD thing you did was not invite all of us
:laugh:
And then none of us would have eaten too much, either!0 -
The only BAD thing you did was not invite all of us
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And then none of us would have eaten too much, either!
Yeah. A small pizza would have been a very sad party if she had invited us all.
OP, not even a slight setback. I do this from time to time, and I don't think twice about it. What matters is the overall progress. Obviously doing this every day would be a setback, but this is just one meal.0 -
Lol not a downward spiral - the Bad! chastising was only a joke - I just had to laugh at myself for going a little pizza nuts and slamming one.
I'm not worried about falling off the wagon by any means but mostly that this was just kind of a silly 'crack' in my consistency and it shouldn't be too big of a deal.
Mostly something to chuckle about!0 -
A small pizza? :noway:0
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I don't see the part where you did something bad.
you people on here are awesome.
also i totally farted when i read "Drippy... chewy... shiny?"0 -
Having cracks in your consistency and being able to take them in your stride is much, much more important than not having any cracks. You're fine.Lol not a downward spiral - the Bad! chastising was only a joke - I just had to laugh at myself for going a little pizza nuts and slamming one.
I'm not worried about falling off the wagon by any means but mostly that this was just kind of a silly 'crack' in my consistency and it shouldn't be too big of a deal.
Mostly something to chuckle about! 0 -
So what? You ate too much and that doesn't mean that you are bad. Personally I don't use the words "good" or "bad" related to food or my eating. Some food I eat is healthier than others (most of the time) and sometimes I choose things that aren't so healthy. usually I don't overeat, but sometimes I do.
Sounds like you ate something you wanted and at the next meal, get back to a healthier style of eating. It is true for me too that overeating something fatty leaves me feeling sluggish.0 -
Maybe it was your job yesterday, but you fired yourself and now you can start over. Good luck!0
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Truer words, ImpishVanity. Smart.0
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A small pizza is that it??!
I ate around 5400 calories this weekend and I'm not bad : )0 -
I don't see the part where you did something bad.
I agree. Eating a small pizza isn't a big problem. Just stay within your calorie goals and you'll be fine.
However, I think the thing that made the OP feel like it was bad is this bit:Today I'm feeling what you can probably imagine. Hungrier for snacky stuff, sluggish and overall like I ate a ton of pizza yesterday.
Yeah. As long as you can power through that (sounds like you are) you have no problem. You gotta eat stuff you like sometimes. If you told me I could never have another slice of gooey pizza in my life, I'd say "forget this, then". When you're trying to lose weight, some foods can derail you. I could eat that pizza, fit it in my calorie goal and have no problem the next day. It's too much sugar that gets me. Just got to know yourself and make it all work. If you enjoyed the pizza and can stick to your goals today, you don't have a problem. If dealing with the huger issue today wasn't worth it, might make the pizza a rare treat.0 -
I don't see the part where you did something bad.
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You're good! Just head to the gym and get re-energized. I know how you feel, the husband and I hit a Chinese Food buffett, definitely went over my calories. But, now, it's in the past; I'm heading for a run after work and focus on my day.0
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First of all I got a laugh out of the title of your topic, made me think of when I have scolded my dog.
I don't think what you did would be considered a set back.0 -
Hello,
I have probably done this more times than I can count.
However, make sure that you're getting all of your recommended calories in though so it doesn't turn into a "binge" of under-eating. 0
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