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

One day won't mess you up, no matter how much you eat.

Yesterday I ate nearly triple my normal intake. I started out the morning with some leftover chocolates (200 Calories), then had a nice big burger (600 Calories), a tall skinny vanilla latte (100 calories), an awesome milkshake (600 calories), some leftover chicken breast (300 calories) before heading out to a friend's birthday party where I had 6 beers (900 calories), half of a bag of chips (500 calories) and 2 slices of deep dish pizza (800 calories) for a total of 4000 calories throughout the day. And I usually eat ~1500 calories a day.

And you know what? Every single bite was delicious and thoroughly enjoyed. Probably the most food I've consumed in a single day since Christmas dinner and I'm fine with that because I only do this once every couple of months. Absolutely no regrets - I probably gained about half a pound, which is nothing compared to what I've lost over the last couple of years. I was back on my normal diet today with 1500 calories consumed.

The only time you need to get concerned is if you're going into massive food binges every weekend. So long as they're rare, good ahead and indulge every once in awhile and enjoy it.

You didn't ruin anything. Make yourself feel better by doing better tomorrow.

Whenever I overindulge, I stick by the argument of "you didn't get fat eating half a pizza, you're not going to ruin all your hard work now if you eat half a pizza".

Having a bad day is not failure. Just start afresh the next day.

If you cut your finger, would you say "I've ruined my hand!!" and have back at it with the knife? Or would you take care of the wound, bind it up and learn to be more careful next time?

So you had a bad day. No one got overweight in a day, one day isn't going to relegate you to a lifetime of never losing weight. However, thinking "I've ruined it, I may as well keep going" probably will.

I'm speaking from experience here. I'm not saying I'll never have a bad day again, or won't kick the poop out of myself for making some crappy choices, but I'm learning that the only reason I had more to lose than ever this time around is because the thing that 'ruins' my diet is my mindset, not the food I eat.

You haven't ruined anything, because if you are approaching this as you should - you are making LIFE changes! Just start fresh the following day, eat healthy foods and exercise at a level that allows you to be fabulous!

BTW - I f%$k up all the time...the key is never giving up

I get like this all the time - The weekend for example, ate loads of rubbish and felt like rubbish too!

A hot bubble bath always makes me feel better, Or a good movie and chill out night with no chocolates of course.

But today I am on good form, Healthy eating, lots of water and the gym tonight : )

Don't beat yourself up, Pick yourself up, Dust yourself off, and move on!!!!!!!!!

YOU CAN DO THIS!!!!!!!!!!!

IMHO, this post is indicative of just one of the problems with the "diet mentality".

The diet mentality dictates that you are either on your diet or you are not. You either strictly adhere to the diet and are successful or you don't adhere and "just ruined my diet". Pass or fail, no middle ground. Very black and white thinking and not very productive in the long run. Yes, the rigidity of such thinking may be helpful in learning accountability to yourself, but at what cost??

The diet mentality creates the environment for failure because every eating decision is pass/fail. Did I stick to my diet or not? Think of it this way, if you take a test with 100 questions and you miss one right answer, did you "just ruin your test"? Did you fail the test? No, you scored a 99%, a pretty successful outcome if you ask me.

The "lifestyle mentality" to weight loss is similar to scoring a 99% on the test. Just because I made one bad eating/food decision doesn't mean I failed the diet. I made 99 other good eating/food decisions. My success at weight loss is not scored by a pass/fail at every meal or at the end of every day; It is scored based on long term trends and patterns, not a single bite, meal or bad day.

1 stop thinking about the fact you ruin yr diet... tomorrow is a new day...
2 working out always makes me feel better...

You didn't ruin it.... You are already owning up to what you ate so learn from it and move on...we all have weak moments and bad days.....for me it's not a diet anyway...it's a lifestyle change.....

A life without the ocassional junk food/treat/whatever is no life at all. Relax the reins a bit. You don't need to be perfect 100% of the time.

i don't know whats wrong with me today i ate a lot of junk I am in tears right now because I have been trying hard just to always mess up. I feel like I should just keep eating since I have already ruined my diet :brokenheart:

I could have written this yesterday, OP. I did the same thing, but didn't cry about it. There is a Non Scale Victory here in your words, and that is the fact that you recognize what you did with your overeating. We all have a day (sometimes a couple of them!) of slipping up, letting our old habits kick in, and getting off the healthy track. Don't let it bum you out. Jump back in the game today, forget about yesterday, and move forward. Look at my ticker. I've been doing this for almost 2 years now and have had slip ups along the way. I am down several pants sizes and countless inches from my start in 2012. The difference is that I don't let a day of over eating end my hard work. I take it as a learning lesson, try to figure out what caused me to eat like that, and keep on plugging away.

So, today is a fresh start, so take that, eat well today, get in some exercise, and you'll feel better. Plus, the exercise will help diminish what you did yesterday as far as calories are concerned. Best of luck to you!