Anyone have those days where you just don't want to do it?

melodymartinez
melodymartinez Posts: 65 Member
edited September 2024 in Motivation and Support
Today I woke up feeling crampy, bloated and just plain gross. I'm sure I have gained a pound, but didn't check. And it's not that I want to binge, I really don't. I'm at work and there is a huge thing of pastries that someone brought that I haven't touched. I just don't want to have to worry about what I eat anymore. I dont's want to obsess over calories. Some days I won't eat much at all and others I will be ravenously hungry. I just want that to be ok!! Last night I went to Chili's and ordered a "healthy" version of a sandwich...the whole time I obsessed over whether they had actually given me the one with nonfat cheese or if they had made a mistake and given me something that would put me over my calories. I feel like I've gone nuts!! Just once I'd like to go to a restaurant and order what sounds good to me at that moment.

This is just a mini rant. I have a long way to go, and until then I will keep logging and doing my best. Maybe I need some type of challenge to get me focused on something other than calories!

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  • umfan85
    umfan85 Posts: 113 Member
    We all have bad days, no doubt about it. I can definitely sympathize with you that it does get a bit old having to worry about calories a lot. This is why I am an advocate for cheats meals. If I allow myself one meal a week where I can get something I really want, but is high in calories it accomplished two things. One, it allows me to have something guilt free. Two, it really makes me realize what foods are truly important to me. I used to love fast food, but now when I only have one meal to pick from..Fast food is no longer what I crave.

    Hope that makes sense, it seems to make sense in my head :)
  • DawnOf1969
    DawnOf1969 Posts: 726 Member
    Yes I do. It's called "every day." But those days added up to me being where I am now. obese. So when I wake up and dont want to do it, I remember where I came from.

    just remember: “Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts.”
  • Kekibird
    Kekibird Posts: 1,122 Member
    Yep, hitting that wall too. I get overwhelmed with the idea of counting and logging calories for the rest of my life just to keep myself in shape like I'd like to be. I'm barely beginning my trek and I'm already at that point where I just don't want to care anymore.

    Katie
  • JMun
    JMun Posts: 409 Member
    Discipline is the biggest factor in my personal weight loss.

    I've ignored cookies, candies, cakes, pizza and all sorts of other office goodies in the last 5 months.

    But I only ignore them because I allow myself 1-2 cheat days a month. I save my cheats for something that I really want to eat. I ain't throwing away my calorie counts on cheap cake. Hells no. I'm saving those cheats for a night out at the movies with my hubby or a beer fueled pizza night. Something reallyreally worth it.

    But I still have those days. The days when the vending machines in the lunch room are calling my name. When the lure of a bag of potato chips is almost too much to bare :)
  • Caperfae
    Caperfae Posts: 433 Member
    Restaurants are a HUGE challenge for me. Everything sounds good EXCEPT for the soups and salads. I'm glad I don't go out to eat often (maybe once every 3 months or so .. at best).
    In the back of my mind I know what the better choices are and go with them but my taste buds beg me to get the delicious high calorie foods and I hate that! My taste buds speak loudly . .LOL.
    It's not an easy battle at all.
    Hang in there :)
  • melodymartinez
    melodymartinez Posts: 65 Member
    I think my frustration is mainly with the counting and logging. As much as I don't want to do it or worry about it, I know that if I don't stay diligent then the bad foods could creep back into my diet :)
  • melodymartinez
    melodymartinez Posts: 65 Member
    We actually go out to eat a lot...and then I go home and spend 45 minutes trying to figure out the calories in what I ate or dissecting the ingredients to add to my diary. I do try to make the healthiest choices and rarely crave/give in to foods that I know aren't good for me. My biggest challenge is actually wine, I will eat a very small dinner so I can get my two glasses when I should just drink water and eat a normal dinner :blushing:
  • notsosimplyabby
    notsosimplyabby Posts: 138 Member
    You have a little one and you've lost 14 pounds! That should be your motivation on "those days!"
    I saw a statistic one time that 75% of women dont lose their baby weight. YOU ARE NOT A STATISTIC! Keep it up girl!
  • Allison128
    Allison128 Posts: 116 Member
    Its ok to struggle because strugglng means you are still fighting!


    Everyone has bad days. I've lost 18lbs now and I am proud of myself but then I think " you shouldn't have gotten to this point to begin with.." I'm pretty hard on myself sometimes too. its OK to get the garlic texas toast cajun chicken sanwhich with extra cheese..... once in a while. If you start associating food as bad food versus good food... food becomes un-enjoyable. It shouldn't be like that. You should reward your self for what you have achieved. If you don't give in a little then finally you will get so fed up and your craving will get so bad and you'll be like "you know what..... EFF THIS". Give in.. but just eat half.

    I went to the bar the other night with my fiance'. We watched the Browns game and I had 2 beers and 2 coffee and baileys and we shared a basket of fries and got Big Boy knock-offs. I told myself I'd reward myself and be good at the same time. so I ate some fries and ate half the sandwhich. Then I gave the half to my fiance' so I couldn't eat anymore! haha!!

    If I know we have something planned that will involve irresitable food... I make that my cheat day. For Thanksgiving I knew I had 2 houses to go to so I worked out a little longer at the gym and "sand bagged" those calories burned for Thanksgiving.

    I live in CLeveland. Todays like today I just don't want to do it. I'm a nurse. I worked 2 16hr shifts back to back for a total of 40hrs in 3 days. Today is my one day off and then I work the weekend. Man... I'm tired. It doesn't help that its snowing today...surprise, surprise. It would be so much easier to stay home under a warm blanket with a cup of hot coco and watch my DVR. I hate having to trek out to the car, shovel it out, warm it up and then drive when there are a bunch of a-holes on the road that act like they have never seen snow......just to go to the gym. BUT...... I will. Becuase, I know If I don't.... I'll feel even worse and then be even more mad at myself for being lazy and not going to the gym.

    Skinny feels so good! Skinny people eat cookies too!
  • melodymartinez
    melodymartinez Posts: 65 Member
    Thanks everyone for the support! You've given me the motivation to push through for another day! I need to start making room for small indulgences so I don't burn out. For me, that means finding more time to squeeze in exercise so I can add those calories and then I will have that wiggle room :)
  • JMun
    JMun Posts: 409 Member
    My biggest challenge is actually wine, I will eat a very small dinner so I can get my two glasses when I should just drink water and eat a normal dinner :blushing:

    LOL. The other day my hubby wagged his finger at me disapprovingly because our recycle bin had 9 empty bottles of wine in it.
  • kkarlos
    kkarlos Posts: 1 Member
    I find that this diet is much easier when I save my calories for later in the day. Usually I'll just have coffee in the morning and a reasonable lunch. That leaves me plenty of calories for later in the day, especially if we go to a restaurant. It's always a comfort knowing that I have some calories left over at the end of the day that I can use if I get too hungry.

    And if I have that extra glass of wine or beer with dinner once in a while and go over by 200 calories, who cares? I'm still going to be burning more calories than I consume. It's a marathon, not a sprint. If I feel guilty about it, I can always get on the treadmill and walk for 20 minutes to burn the extra calories.
  • melodymartinez
    melodymartinez Posts: 65 Member
    My biggest challenge is actually wine, I will eat a very small dinner so I can get my two glasses when I should just drink water and eat a normal dinner :blushing:

    LOL. The other day my hubby wagged his finger at me disapprovingly because our recycle bin had 9 empty bottles of wine in it.

    Haha. Only 9 bottles? J/K. My husband is the one who comes home from work with 2 bottles and pours me a glass before I get a chance to change into my workout clothes....gets me everytime.
  • melodymartinez
    melodymartinez Posts: 65 Member
    I find that this diet is much easier when I save my calories for later in the day. Usually I'll just have coffee in the morning and a reasonable lunch. That leaves me plenty of calories for later in the day, especially if we go to a restaurant. It's always a comfort knowing that I have some calories left over at the end of the day that I can use if I get too hungry.

    And if I have that extra glass of wine or beer with dinner once in a while and go over by 200 calories, who cares? I'm still going to be burning more calories than I consume. It's a marathon, not a sprint. If I feel guilty about it, I can always get on the treadmill and walk for 20 minutes to burn the extra calories.

    I tend to save my calories for the end of the day also. It makes it feel more like I only have to be good in the early part of the day, which is the easiest part anyway :) Feels like I have room for a good dinner, which is the meal you tend to remember anyway
  • ironmule2042
    ironmule2042 Posts: 103 Member
    I have that thought every day and every day I remind myself how much happier I am now than I was 2 years and 47 lbs ago. That usually does the trick. On the days it doesn't I log in here and read the success stories of my fellow MFP's and that helps give me a boost.
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