I just ruined my diet . ways to make me feel better? :(

Don't be on a diet. That's too restrictive and something you can ruin. Just be eating more healthy and know that some days life will get in the way.... I ate a bunch of pizza today. Am I proud of it? No. But life goes on and tomorrow I'll do better.

Thank you everyone for giving me motivation and positive thoughts
Thanks to all of you who lifted me up with your kind comments. I will not give up

That is a relief to hear.
Keep fighting the good fight.
And do listen to those who suggest maybe your calorie deficit might be too steep.
It is best to set to lose 1Ib a week as opposed to 2Ibs a week, makes it a little more sustainable and easier to adhere to.

Aww... please don't beat yourself up. When I do that, I just end up eating more "to console myself." Think about what you would say if one of your friends called and tearfully said she'd just ruined her diet. You'd tell her it's ok, not the end of the world, and she could always do better tomorrow, something like that. Right?

So be gentle with yourself, ok? Take a deep breath and throw away the junk food (or at least put it out of sight). If you need a distraction to make you laugh, get a big glass of water and go look at damnyouautocorrect.com for awhile (or icanhas.cheezburger.com if bad language offends you).

You get a do over tomorrow.

Throwingbaway food is wasteful.
And helps foster an unhealthy relationship with food.

How does throwing away food foster an unhealthy relationship with food? I would think that hanging onto it at all cost would be more detrimental, both mentally and physically.

I mess my diet it up all the time. It happens. Stick with it. You will get better at making better choices when it comes to food. Eventually one day you will wake up and realized you have not only hit your goals, but passed them.

Right there with ya. made it worse by getting on the scale. THEN i really wanted to cry. I'm going to use this to try to make tomorrow better. i'm using this as a learning experience...i need to plan my food better so that when friends want to go get 5 guys, I'll eat something else FIRST. Don't feel too bad, we all do it sometimes.

Don't think of your journey as a diet. It's a lifestyle. We all have days we don't eat as well, whether deliberate or unplanned. Some people have cheat days - they pick a day to eat the junk. Others choose to incorporate treats into their daily calorie goals. No matter how you make this work for you, don't think of it as a diet. A diet implies restriction, forbidden foods, etc. That's not real life. Real life means you eat like crap one day for some reason and then you pick back up and go on with your normal healthier routine the next day. Find a plan that works with you. Be realistic with your calorie goals. If you haven't done it already, calculate your BMR. Evaluate how fast you're trying to lose weight. Eat back exercise calories.Make sure you're eating enough regularly. That can help you avoid the binges.

I feel like I should just keep eating since I have already ruined my diet

No, that is the wrong answer. I used to do this, its such a rotten idea. For example, if today I were to go 300 calories over my goal, I would still get a deficit of 450 calories because my goal gives me at least a 750 calorie deficit. What if I went over goal by 750? Well, so I wouldn't have a deficit but I wouldn't have a surplus either, so my weight would stay the same. Even if I went over goal by 900 calories, I would have a surplus of only 150 calories, easy enough to correct for later in the week. However, if in any of these scenarios I just give up and decide to keep eating, I might go over by a lot more, and have a surplus of 2000-3000 calories. If I decide to just keep eating all week and start again on Monday, I could easily pack back on a several pounds in a week.

If I stay calm though, acknowledge that I made a bad choice, and get back on track right away (as in NOW, stop eating until you are PHYSICALLY hungry again, and then eat a normal sized portion of healthy food), the damage will actually be pretty minimal, even if at first it looks horrible.

One day of eating junk is not going to completely mess you up! Just start fresh tomorrow and put today in the past!

Your calorie goal may be too low for you.
Reevaluate your goals and pick something less aggressive.

No food is junk.
Yes an apple is nutritionally better than a ho ho.
But everything in moderation will make for a happier you.

The fact you're in tears over this is not a good sign.
And you might benefit from talking to a counselor

give me a ho ho any day of the week….

Id rather one of those pb/chocolate wafer little debbie bars to a ho ho.

oooooo I like your style….

*bows* thank you
If only I could remember the name...

Whatevs, I got 3 boxes of girl scout cookies coming soon. I dont need Little Debbie

I just keep reminding myself that tomorrow is a new day. Throwing some exercise in helps me feel a little better. I blame my bad days on PMS :P

Try not dieting. Make a lifestyle change

Have a look at my diary. I just had a whole day's worth of calories in a couple of minutes.

Oh well.

It happens.

I'll just get back on track tomorrow. Beating myself up and giving up on my goal(s) won't ever help. Life's a marathon, not a sprint.

I personally think diets are too temporary and restrictive to work. They usually lead to failure when people give up and binge after starving themselves or banishing all their favorite foods. Maybe you shouldn't be dieting.

Make a permanent lifestyle change instead. You can't ruin a lifestyle change with just one bad day. You can have a "bad" day here and there, but as long as most of your days are good, you should keep moving in the right direction. Don't give up, just make the adjustments you need to keep this up for the long haul! :flowerforyou: