Received coupons in the mail and BINGED

That's right, I'm calling it a binge. Look at my diary. Explain to me how that isn't a binge. I went for a walk immediately afterwards, and an hour later I am STILL bloated and tired.

In case anyone's curious, my mother is disabled and I'm a live in caretaker with a separate apartment upstairs. I eat with her sometimes twice a day. She's the type of person who frowns upon weight loss and thinks every woman should weigh 170lbs, but a pound over and they're "fatasses" or "pregnant hippos." Anyways, she's a constant fast food diner so I have to walk on eggshells every time I eat with her.

Today we received a rather nice coupon book so I thought hell, why not, may as well splurge.

Never again. Never ****ing again. I'll stick to my apple slices, tiny sandwiches and bottles of water thank you very much. Saving that chump change is NOT worth the pain in my bloated, upset stomach. Averting my mother's glares and upturned nose for 24 hours is NOT worth the fatigue.

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  • seltzermint555
    seltzermint555 Posts: 10,740 Member
    Are there any social service programs that could provide care for your mother so that you could move on to an independent life?
  • Flab2Fab27
    Flab2Fab27 Posts: 461 Member
    Umm..other people can hear and see mother too right? Or are you the only one?

    They're all going to laugh at you!!!

    Not sure if OP is serious or not but you went over by 200 calories today and a lot of other days have no entries. Live and learn if you go over today by eating certain foods, try to fit it into your day next time.
  • erockem
    erockem Posts: 278 Member
    Maybe off topic, but I really like what you renamed your meal names to. Seems like subtle motivation I could use, thanks.

    /me renaming meal names.
  • SonicDeathMonkey80
    SonicDeathMonkey80 Posts: 4,489 Member
    I would call that "lunch at Arby's" and say that I admire you for clipping coupons. I always roll in to fast food places and regret leaving coupons at home.

    I probably would have passed on the full cal soda, possibly said "fries or mozz sticks," but that's just me. That stuff will "pass" soon enough... trust me.
  • Colli78
    Colli78 Posts: 135
    You are over on the day by 200 calories. I wouldn't call that a binge. You ate fast food. Big deal. No reason to beat yourself up over it or say that it will never happen again. Because I can assure you, it will. Relax. There's no reason to panic. As far as eating with your mother, contrary to popular belief, you can eat fast food and still eat healthy. You will just have to think about your choices more. If she questions you, tell her that something is sitting heavy on your stomach and you decided to eat a lighter "______".

    It sounds to me like the food issues are your mothers issues that you have taken on. Stop. Who cares what she thinks.
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  • AlysonG2
    AlysonG2 Posts: 713 Member
    Doesn't look bad to me at all. I regularly have cheat meals that around that number of calories. I just plan them into my weekly calorie goal.
  • mandasalem
    mandasalem Posts: 346 Member
    Did you have to eat all of that to avoid your mom's glares? Granted, I don't think your lunch was that big a deal, but if you were so miserable and didn't want to eat it, why didn't you just stick to the sandwich and fries or something similar? Granted, your mother might be stringent enough to bug you about that, too, but... I dunno. Just seems odd.

    Anyway, it's not that big of a deal, nor is it a binge. You'll be fine tomorrow.
  • sherambler
    sherambler Posts: 303 Member
    I get why you consider it a binge...it's more than you probably planned to eat, you probably felt out of control while eating it, and you regretted it immediately afterwards because you're here to make changes but you momentarily fell back into some old habits. Sure you only went over your calorie limit by a measely 200 calories, but if I'm reading this right, and factoring in time differences, you still have the rest of the day to go, so it's understandably a concern for you. It would be for me too. The best thing to do is to learn what you can from the experience, let it go, and make the best choices you can for the rest of the day. You did the right thing by going for a long walk and you negated at least a little bit of the damage. So you should take a moment to congratulate yourself for that. It may not seem like a big deal now, but it'll feel like a big deal later.

    Judging by the diary, you were probably tempted because you didn't eat anything for breakfast. I'm not saying having some fast food once in a while is a problem, I do it, but if it's making you feel this bad and you right now lack the control to indulge mindfully, then you should steer clear of it for a while or find alternatives. For instance, is it possible not to eat with your mother? Or have someone else pickup the fast food?Or convince her to eat from a place that you don't really like, so you're not really tempted to get much/anything? Just some thoughts. Good luck! You'll feel better later.
  • MaiLinna
    MaiLinna Posts: 580 Member
    I don't really log as much anymore because I wanted to eat healthier and not obsess over the calories. Now that the healthy eating has become more of a habit instead of a challenge, (and I lost 3 lbs in the month I did it) I'm coming back to logging. I rechecked my BMR, redid all my goals and macros, etc. I just hadn't gotten around to actual logging yet.

    My breakfast was still on my desk when we ordered the Arby's. It was an apple and some coffee, and I wasn't sure what else I was going to eat. My father left for work at 10:30 and called me down to finish the laundry because it still had 10 minutes to go but he didn't want to be late. An hour and a half later after scrubbing the floors, doing dishes, folding uniforms and other random chores, I wanted to go back to finishing my breakfast but everyone else in the house wanted lunch already. Mind you I normally eat lunch between the hours of 2-4 so this was really early for me.

    This isn't 1500 calories for one day. This is 1500 calories for one MEAL. It was this little coupon "2 Can Dine for $8.99" so I used it with my hubby. Comes with 2 sandwiches, 2 fries, 1 6 pc. mozzarella sticks, and 2 small drinks. We split the cheese sticks. All I wanted was the cake because I hadn't had one of those cakes in almost a year. Turned into a giant mistake. :(

    My meal names are cute though aren't they? I just changed them. <3