CHEAT DAY... NOT EVEN CLOSE!!!
mishelnkiki
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soooo... yesterday was prolly the WORST day ive had in a while. i dont know what happened, but i got in this i dont give a ish mood and ate anything and everything. today, i am suffering from it. i felt like one of those girls on those shows where they literally binge eat alllllll day long! that was me. im being so truthfully honest right now and im so embarrassed! i ate mcdonalds for lunch, quarter pounder with med fries and large sweat tea. went to work and ate a whole tube of ritz crackers, grapes, all kindsa of lil snacks (healthy but it gets worse)... went home from work earlier... ordered a pepperoni pizza... ate HALF OF THAT! a large! then i drank a bottle of pop... now mind u... i havent had a single sip of pop for the past month! and then to top it all off, i had a big bowl of frozen yogurt, WITH CARMEL TOPPING!!! WAT IS WRONG WITH ME?!?!?!?!?! now today, i dont only feel like a failure, but also disgusting from all that GROSS food yesteday! just wondered if anyone else has ever had a time or two like this.... thanks for the letting me vent. lol.
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happens to me all the time. I just try to think tomorrow is a new day. But I think in time it gets better. It is super hard with all these temptations around us.0
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I did it on Saturday - had a deluxe quarter pounder meal (medium mind you, like that makes it much better!!) AND then went to a wedding reception on the evening and ate buffet food!
But I only had a roast dinner and fruit on the Sunday...
Just be good today and put it behind you! I know exactly what you mean though, I felt HORRID after eating all that rubbish food!!
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I have had plenty of days like that. Try not to become so discouraged that you give up on your diet all together. Just get back on the horse, you can do this! You are only human. Did something make you upset or angry? I am an emotional eater and I usually eat like that after someone has made me feel upset. If you can identify the trigger you can prevent it from happening in the future.
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OH LORD!!! dont EVEN feel embarrased. ive done that...actually i STARTED to do that saturday but felt like such holy hell after i ate my Five Guys Burger and fries that i couldnt move without feeling like i was going to vomit...so yes, youre not alone and THE ONLY thing you can do today, besides drown yourself in water to flush yourself out, is DONT feel guilty about it. you cant change it, but you certainly did learn from it im sure
throw in an extra 10 mins to your regular routine for the next few days/week...just to even out your guilt.
youre sooo not alone!!0 -
Happens to the best of us.. just shake off that gross feeling and keep going.. 0
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It happens. Don't beat yourself up over it. Pick back up, and move on today. You had one bad day in what a month???? That's not bad. It will actually probably shock your system (in a good way). It will reiginite your metabolism. Seriously, you had a bad day. It was just one day. Just don't have that day today, or tomorrow, or the next. Get back on track. You can do this. One day doesn't ruin you.0
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It happens. You can't change what happened yesterday but you can control what you put in your mouth for the rest of the week. We can't be perfect all the time so let that go and think about what happens from here on out. 0
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I always feel sick after a bad day. I had fries last night and my belly is reaming me for it this morning.
BUT, as has been mentioned - just keep looking forward. the future is the only thing you can change!0 -
Today is a new day all you have to do is get back on the wagon!!! 0
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We all have our bad days, try not to let one bad meal turn into a whole bad day and even if it does TODAY is a new day and get right back on track. Sometimes we have to give ourselves a little treat so we dont blow out of control.
Dont beat yourself up about something you cant change.
Keep positive and Take Care!0 -
Don't let it get to you. You can allow yourself a day like that every now and then as long as you do not let temptation get a hold of you.0
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I find that what works for me is if I give myself 1 day a week as a "cheat day". I allow myself to eat what I wish in whatever amount I'd like to have (of course trying to stay within reason if you can), then I get it out of my system and can be motivated for the rest of the week. If you do good the rest of the week and get your heart rate up at least everyday, that one cheat day doesn't hurt you because your metabolism eats right through it. I've been doing it for at least the past 2-3 months and have still lost weight.0
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Trust me, we have all been there. I struggle with it a lot, I have to tell my fiance to kick me out of the kitchen when I reach for the snacks and ice cream so I don't undo my whole week.0
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I learned one thing over time. Strive for consistency, not perfection!
I had this day today. I just ate anything in my way 0 -
LOL! Friday is usually my cheat day as we go out for lunch from work. So last Friday, we went to the diner and I had the Super 8 - 2 eggs (poached), 2 sausage links, 2 pancakes and I got potatoes instead of the 2 pieces of bacon. Then my husband calls and he's having a KFC craving. So I had KFC for dinner. I had to leave the table because I kept popping popcorn chicken. 900 cals over! I'm going to have to live on that memory for a long time. The next day, I got right back and I'm keeping going.0
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soooo... yesterday was prolly the WORST day ive had in a while. i dont know what happened, but i got in this i dont give a ish mood and ate anything and everything. today, i am suffering from it. i felt like one of those girls on those shows where they literally binge eat alllllll day long! that was me. im being so truthfully honest right now and im so embarrassed! i ate mcdonalds for lunch, quarter pounder with med fries and large sweat tea. went to work and ate a whole tube of ritz crackers, grapes, all kindsa of lil snacks (healthy but it gets worse)... went home from work earlier... ordered a pepperoni pizza... ate HALF OF THAT! a large! then i drank a bottle of pop... now mind u... i havent had a single sip of pop for the past month! and then to top it all off, i had a big bowl of frozen yogurt, WITH CARMEL TOPPING!!! WAT IS WRONG WITH ME?!?!?!?!?! now today, i dont only feel like a failure, but also disgusting from all that GROSS food yesteday! just wondered if anyone else has ever had a time or two like this.... thanks for the letting me vent. lol.
Your on a Carb fat downer today. You need to cleans. Drink a lot of water with lemon, tons of Veggies and if you like fish, a light white fish, (talapia, cod, flounder, Not breaded) Whole grains ( nothing white besides the fish today.) When I eat like that I find I crave it again and again. You need to get it out of your system. I know everyone needs a cheat day. But you don't want your cheat day to destroy all the hard word you did for the week. Good luck.0 -
I was like that yesterday.
Oh yes and I am like it today too.....
I am soooo fed up with me, I think you might know what I am talking about.
Tomorrow is another day I guess, but I am struggling to get thru this ****ty day first!0 -
*internet hugs*
I read somewhere that if you stick to a healthy, balanced diet 80% of the time, then the 20% you spend having something you really want isn't going to kill you. I find that every now and then I give in to a craving because if I don't, I have a bad day and go careening off the wagon.
I'm an emotional eater too, so when I'm stressed, bored, or depressed -- I tend to crave hostess pies (chocolate or berry pls) and McDonalds. It's hard to combat emotional eating because... the eating is something that I do to make myself feel better when I'm sad, so if I take that away I actually have to deal with my emotions It has led to me lashing out at people around me... I guess being healthy is making me cranky! 0 -
Glad to hear I'm not the only one. I always feel like those girls on tv too, except they are tiny from their eating disorder. I've never been one to skip a meal, or throw it back up. Once I eat all that junk....it just stays. Sometimes yes, it is an emotional trigger. I eat when I'm angry or lonely. However, there are just days that I eat everything in sight for no apparent reason! And once I get started, it's like a monster has been unleashed. Maybe one day I will be able to say that I don't do that anymore, or at least not as often.
But again we are just human. And feeling guilty does not do you any good. Just try to move on. Something I heard recently is that when you notice that you are having one of those days, don't think I will just start over tomorrow (or Monday) - turn it around today. It doesn't have to be all or nothing. I'm still dealing what that on a daily basis.0 -
I learned one thing over time. Strive for consistency, not perfection!0
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sometimes i think we do these things to ourselves to remind us that we don't need these things. although we beat ourselves up about it i reckon it must be better (not mentally or physically, just in general) to do it in one big splurge and not enjoy it (putting us off a repeat performance) than having a treat every day and starting on the slippery slope of being back where we started. although i am sure there will be others who disagree.
just remember today is a new day it doesn't have to be like yesterday0 -
What is your planned deficit and how close are you to your correct BMI?
You go very under your daily goal quite often - that will make your animal brain crave fats - and it will override your best intentions.0 -
thank u guys sooooo much! i was feeling soooo crappy until i read all ur posts! i feel MUCH better now. thanks to everyone for their advice. i told myself today is a new day. i dont really know what happened yesterday! i woke up in just a crappy mood and it went downhill from there! no clue wat really triggered it! but thanks so much guys!0
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Today is a new day. Get back on that horse and start again! We all have bad days, hang in there!0
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HAHAHA!!!! I had one of those days last Wednesday, bacon and fried potatos for breakfast, 2 slices of sausage pizza for lunch, cheese steak for dinner, plus all the other goodies throughout the day. We all need a cheat day and since we are trying to lose weight we feel like cheating on our "diets" is against the law. Its okay to do this... Don't feel bad0
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This has happened to me so many time since I started in June. But the weird thing is is that sometime coming off of a bad weekend I have a bit of break through and I see the numbers on the scale go down. Now this doesn't happen everytime I "cheat" but as long as I don't give up and get right back at it the next day everything works out ok in the end. Good luck. Just keep working hard and the pounds will come back off.0
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You had a day of weakness. Not excuable it shouldn't happened and it happenes to everyone
F it and keep on moving
We grow from our mistakes not from our success
Hey just like muscle right?
You rip it and hurt it to just rebuild it and grow it
grow from it
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We all don't need a cheat day. I would say we all need some cheats or cheat meals. Eating crappy all day will flat out hinder results.
I would try and at least get some veggies and fruits and good foods in.
Try to cheat healthy. Try to remove the word cheat from your vocabulary!
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My binges have definitely decreased since MFP. After the first time, I lowered my goal to lose 1lb a week and that has helped although I had a bad day last Saturday. I get food hangovers which makes me feel like garbage but I'm learning the more I let it go, the less and less I binge. Plus I look at it as although I do let myself eat whatever I want and make room for treating myself, sometimes I think I need that calorie shock to my system.
The important thing is to not let it get you down and not to quit. I'm pretty sure this has happened to most people but its all how you look at it and deal with it afterwards. I have definitely learned for me its more of a mental thing than anything else. I don't know if I'll ever be completely binge free, but I see that its happening less and less the more I accept that I might have to deal with this the rest of my life.
It may keep happening occasionally but I can work with it and still maintain my goal.0 -
Happiness is the clean slate when you log on to MFP the next day! Hang in there!0
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