Have I completely ruined everything?
girlr94
Posts: 38 Member
I've been doing so well at not buying junk food for weeks so I don't eat it, but this week I have so many essays due and so much work that I let myself buy some chocolate and cookies. The cookies are those big ones and they come in bags of 5. I just ate all 5 this afternoon and I looked into how many calories the bag is and it is 950 for all 5! I actually feel faint with how bad that is. I also had like a whole bar of chocolate too which really cannot be good. Probably another 500 calories at least. I've not eaten horribly apart from that today, but I haven't eaten brilliantly either. Like I had toast for breakfast and salad for lunch, but it had rice in the salad and sweet chilli dressing so it wasn't as low in calories as it could have been. I've also eaten a lot of carrot sticks and tzatziki today, although considering what else I could have been snacking on I suppose that's good. I'm so annoyed because I had no idea whatsoever that it was that high!
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1 day won't ruin weeks of progress.. just do better tomorrow and don't restrict yourself so much.0
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Believe it or not, you will live to fight another day
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No. Just log it and move on. Tomorrow is a new day. Weight gain doesn't happen in one day.0
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Live and learn. Most of us have had a calorie shock like that at some point. Do better tomorrow and keep going forward!0
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Yep you should definitely quit forever.
It's one day. If all it took was one day, then we should be able to pig out one and get fat, and then fast the next and be skinny again. And you know it doesn't work that way. Chalk it up to a lesson learned about cookies.
Finish off today a little lighter in calories then continue regularly tomorrow.
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No sweat, log and move on.
Might want to think how to pace yourself when you've got junk food available -- I try to keep a couple hundred calories available per day for "crap".0 -
I ate a slice of pizza worth 976 cals last night. Still managed to come in within 100 cals of my daily goal. You can do this! Tomorrow is a new day!0
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I'm so annoyed because I had no idea whatsoever that it was that high!
Don't sweat it. Now you know, and that's what'll help going forward. 0 -
I intentionally have a blow out now and again. I really enjoy it and look forward to the next one. I find it keeps me on track. Don't regret it, enjoy it and get back into your program the next day.0
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It will be okay. Next time you buy cookies, try to get a single serving. I used to like those brownie bowls. Get a veggie tray and some hummas or guacamole packets for quick snack food. Stay away from the trigger foods when you are stressed.0
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We can't change the past. All we can do is live and learn. Everyone is entitled to their day and this is your day. Tomorrow is a new day. So, stop kicking yourself and start over fresh tomorrow.0
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Sometimes you have to look at the week instead of the day. Try to get back on track today and eat well the rest of your meals... then Make up for it tomorrow by doing a little more exercise or eating really well - don't sweat it! Everyone has bad days... as long as you have more good days than bad you're still on track!0
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You are fine! Make sure you log it all and move on. If you went over today, you went over. Sometimes if I have a really high calorie day or two I look at my weekly calorie allotment, instead of my daily, and if I just stay kind of low (not too low) on my calories the rest of the week, I still will still lose that week 0
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No worries at all..Stay vigilante!
One "whoops" will not ruin ya at all :-)
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You just lost all your gains0
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Don't restrict!! Just eat everything in moderation. :happy:0
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My thought is that you realize it now and are learning.0
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STOP EVERYTHING!!I ate a slice of pizza worth 976 cals last night. Still managed to come in within 100 cals of my daily goal. You can do this! Tomorrow is a new day!
Please tell me more about this thousand calorie slice, was it glorious? It must have been glorious...
That was also my first thought....tell me about this pizza!0 -
bwahahahahahaha, seriously, please share your delicious goodness!STOP EVERYTHING!!I ate a slice of pizza worth 976 cals last night. Still managed to come in within 100 cals of my daily goal. You can do this! Tomorrow is a new day!
Please tell me more about this thousand calorie slice, was it glorious? It must have been glorious...0 -
STOP EVERYTHING!!I ate a slice of pizza worth 976 cals last night. Still managed to come in within 100 cals of my daily goal. You can do this! Tomorrow is a new day!
Please tell me more about this thousand calorie slice, was it glorious? It must have been glorious...
i'm thinking that there was SO SO SO MUCH GOOEY GOOEY CHEESE....
nom nom nom.....
and pepperoni......and...help me out here...i need more cal-orrific ideas....0 -
I discussed your situation with my physician. He said he gives you 3 months to live. Sorry for the bad news.0
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STOP EVERYTHING!!I ate a slice of pizza worth 976 cals last night. Still managed to come in within 100 cals of my daily goal. You can do this! Tomorrow is a new day!
Please tell me more about this thousand calorie slice, was it glorious? It must have been glorious...
i'm thinking that there was SO SO SO MUCH GOOEY GOOEY CHEESE....
nom nom nom.....
and pepperoni......and...help me out here...i need more cal-orrific ideas....
How about the new stuffed crust that has mini burgers in it?0 -
STOP EVERYTHING!!I ate a slice of pizza worth 976 cals last night. Still managed to come in within 100 cals of my daily goal. You can do this! Tomorrow is a new day!
Please tell me more about this thousand calorie slice, was it glorious? It must have been glorious...
I was thinking all seriously on how to reply to this poor soul.....then read this ^^ ROFL!!!! :laugh:0 -
No you haven't ruined everything. In the future, you may want to practice portion control instead of avoidance for such treats to avoid feeling deprived and binging on an entire container. I keep little 40 cal chocolates around to satisfy the cravings.0
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Speed bump on the journey. Nothing more.
Now, look at your 90 day history....how many days are you under your goal? How many of those unders will it take to make up for this one over? And remember, you already have a deficit (Assuming you are trying to lose weight) built in.
So if your goal is 1700, losing 1lb per week (500/day deficit) and you just posted 2800 for this, then we have
1700+500= 2200 to hit maintenance,
so 2800-2200= 600 over that.
But last week your numbers were 1500, 1600, 1650, 1600, 1575, 1500, 1600 for a total of 875 under your weekly goal...
so 875-600 = 225 cals down over all.
It is all about the average over time, not the day to day.0 -
Just one day...you should be fine.0
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I think the take home message from this (besides "log it and move on", which is excellent advice) is that you should ALWAYS know what you are eating, before you eat it. If you don't know, look it up. If you can't look it up, don't eat it until you do.I just ate all 5 this afternoon and I looked into how many calories the bag is and it is 950 for all 5... I'm so annoyed because I had no idea whatsoever that it was that high!
I planned and had a delicious adult beverage yesterday for 200 calories. It was glorious. I planned it. And I had just the one, which is all I had the calories for. It's not like I went, oh, I feel like a drink, *glurp*, oh crap, 600 calories?!?
Plan, plan, plan.0 -
Lesson learned...... Log food BEFORE you eat it, then you won't be surprised like that.
Now I want a big cookie.0 -
I've been doing so well at not buying junk food for weeks so I don't eat it, but this week I have so many essays due and so much work that I let myself buy some chocolate and cookies. The cookies are those big ones and they come in bags of 5. I just ate all 5 this afternoon and I looked into how many calories the bag is and it is 950 for all 5! I actually feel faint with how bad that is. I also had like a whole bar of chocolate too which really cannot be good. Probably another 500 calories at least. I've not eaten horribly apart from that today, but I haven't eaten brilliantly either. Like I had toast for breakfast and salad for lunch, but it had rice in the salad and sweet chilli dressing so it wasn't as low in calories as it could have been. I've also eaten a lot of carrot sticks and tzatziki today, although considering what else I could have been snacking on I suppose that's good. I'm so annoyed because I had no idea whatsoever that it was that high!
Have you completely ruined everything?
Take a step back and think about that. Today you binged on sugar. Probably went over your cals by 1500 or so. You may or may not have gone over your maintenance level.
So for TODAY, you didn't have a calorie deficit.
Is that the end of the world? Does that mean that your chances of losing weight are gone forever? No. At most, you delayed losing a fraction of a pound by ONE DAY.
So calm down and look at this from an outside perspective. If your best friend asked the same thing, would you tell her that she has ruined everything and may as well just give up on reaching her goals?
I doubt it.
So log it. Accept it. Move on to tomorrow.0
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