Hi and welcome to the group. So glad your here! I know your pain. When we go out to eat we don't realize just how many calories are in what we are eating. If you know where you are going to eat when your out, check the calorie count first. Most places have their menu online and you can select your meal prior to going and then look up the calorie count and be sure it is ok and in your daily eating plan for your total calorie count. Just because you ate a lunch that had more calories than you thought you don't have to binge after when you get home. So what if you messed up on one meal don't throw it all away for that! You deserve better for yourself. Eat light at dinner, choose a salad, or eat a package of oatmeal 100 calories and its filling. Don't worry we all blow it sometimes, but don't throw the baby out with the bath water...it just is not worth it! You are trying otherwise you would not be in our group and watching your calories. Give yourself credit for even checking and caring about the calories your eating. Sometimes we try to do it all at once, watching what we eat and exercising to get to lower number on the scale. IT TAKES TIME, DEDICATION, AND WILL POWER. One bad lunch...SO WHAT! Move on and make tomorrow better. We all learn from our mistakes and others learn from them too! I am so glad you posted now we all can check out our choices when we eat out and know the meals calorie count. So you ate too many calories for lunch but in turn you probably saved at least one of us in the group from doing the same thing. SO, I WANT TO PERSONALLY THANK YOU FOR SHARING THIS WITH OUR GROUP. BELIEVE IN YOURSELF AND NEVER GIVE UP..... :flowerforyou:

I have blown a whole day before and said I'll start over tomorrow, but DON'T DO THAT, you'll just end up feeling worse. Use this as a learning lesson. I totally agree with QueenBee, it is really good to get in the habit of planning what you are going to eat before you eat it, then you have a much better chance at achieving your goals!

Thanks for sharing, and you can do this, we can do this!

I posted in one of our threads about a binge last night:(
I just have to dust myself off and recommit. Never give up on our goals to manage our slip ups.

I am glad you are here. We can talk it out and move forward.


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Not sure if any of you have ever read the Thin Commandments? It is also on iTunes I believe.

It has some pretty interesting stuff to say about how we over eat. Especially the "Oh heck I all ready blew it. may as well keep going" mentality ( so guilty!)