First ....Bad food decision

uh, i just fell off the wagon for lunch...and blogged about it which made me feel a bit better but it sucks. Just make it one isolated incidence and not a frequent thing.

Don't beat yourself up over one bad day! Just make it up! Exercise a little more and eat light the rest of the day with lots of fruits and veggies!! I know I enjoy mine and my husband's 'traditions' and I wouldn't trade them for the world. So I suggest instead of every week going to that place maybe every other? Or just really work it in the gym each week to burn off for that day!
Good luck!

Don't worry I'm staring @ this king size snickers thinking hmm..... I'll just do 30 day shred later on. We all have our moments. Its ok to stray as long as you come right back and work it off.

i fell off the wagon at lunchtime, i was at walmart and saw the chicken salad sandwiches and they looked good, i was hungry. well after i ate it i felt horrible. but you just have to realize that no one is perfect all the time. add me as a friend if u like

Ok, so you have 3 choices here: Start going somewhere healthier for your breakfast date (which you suggested), tell yourself and your honey that you can only keep going there if you order the healthier choices (and STICK TO IT) or allow yourself those two tortillas and work out a little extra that day. Two flour tortillas shouldn't blow your whole day, assuming the rest of the meal is reasonable (maybe ask for no cheese/sour cream or skip the chips or various other ways to make the meal less "damaging"). If you can, maybe you can order a child's plate that only has one tortilla?

You will always be faced with unhealthy food choices, it's better to build up your will power and learn to choose the better foods in spite of the other options - saying No is like a muscle - the more you use it, the stronger it get. It might be a good thing to keep going there, but to learn to pick what's healthy.

Its okay to fall off every now and again. Denying yourself of the foods you love only sets you up for failure. If you know on Friday's you want to eat flour tortillas, set up a permanant ritual to workout every friday afternoon or morning before you go eat. That way, you burn the extra calories you are taking in. So those "bad decisions" turn into just "decisions".

You will always be faced with unhealthy food choices, it's better to build up your will power and learn to choose the better foods in spite of the other options - saying No is like a muscle - the more you use it, the stronger it get. It might be a good thing to keep going there, but to learn to pick what's healthy.

big ditto!! very well said!!

One time is not going to ruin all of your hard work at being healthier. Sometimes we need to "indulge" ourselves to keep us on track. I was in the habit of stopping every morning on my way to work for a sausage biscuit for breakfast. I have since started eating an order of scrambled eggs with whole wheat toast. Tuesday was a bad morning for me and I found myself at the drive thru getting the sausage biscuit.

Yes, my calorie intake was way over what I normally have for breakfast, but I wanted the biscuit and I would not have been satisfied if I had eaten the eggs and toast, which would have thrown off the rest of the day.

I do "indulge" once in a while, eating something I know is not good or healthy. But I don't let it get me down because I know it could and probably would be worse if I didn't give in to the wants or craving.

Don't let it get to you. Just don't make a habit out of it. You can do this and all of us have been in this situation. We know how it can make you feel down on yourself. You have to try your best to get past it and remember how you are feeling now so the next time you order the corn tortillas instead of the flour ones.

You can do this and we are all here to help you get through the tough times.

I like that... don't sweat it, just sweat it off!

hm, I manage to get in at least a little chocolate every week. I don't feel like I am "splurging". I feel like I am making a trade. I can have this Milky Way, but, then I do *this* work-out video and walk XX minutes in trade. Some days it's worth it, and I have that chocolate. Some days it isn't, and I skip it. I make similar trades on the weekend if I want to drink a bottle of wine, or a few beers.

Maybe instead of getting rid of your "traditional" date place, you could add to it. Maybe you and your honey can go for a walk together after breakfast, or maybe after work to work off the extra calories. Or sex..sex burns calories!

I think it is okay to indulge every now and then. On the Biggest Loser, the contestants eat a big meal with more calories than normal on their weigh-in day just to confuse their bodies. You never want your body to know exactly what you are going to do, then it expects it. Enjoy your date time with your husband and just be planful for those extra calories