Anyone had a HORRIBLE weekend and still managed to lose weig

Sometimes, if you've been really "good" at meeting your calorie goals, going over one day can be a good change for your metabolism and you can see weight loss. Also, unless you ate 3500 extra calories you won't gain.

Sometimes, if you've been really "good" at meeting your calorie goals, going over one day can be a good change for your metabolism and you can see weight loss. Also, unless you ate 3500 extra calories you won't gain.

so true

i went away last weekend and eat out a lot and gained 3 lbs but two days later it was gone. thank god lol. just makes you work that much harder.

Actually I am opposite. If I am at a stall in lose (the 2 times) I have ate a ton and the weigh started coming off again. Sometimes your body needs the little jolt of the extra calories to jump start it again.

I went to New Orleans for 3 days and came back @ the same weight. Knowing what I ate and drank, that was a victory in my book.

But remember, in order to actually gain weight, for every pound you would have to consume and additional 3500 cals. So anything that you are up, is mostly likely water weight.

You might see a gain but there's a chance some of that is just water retention, especially if your horrible eating included restaurant food and alcohol. So just keep that in mind and get back on track this week and try not to fall SO hard off the wagon next time you're in that situation.

I had a bad weekend!!
I went out Friday night and had a glass of wine, 2 bottles of cider and a cheeseburger from the takeaway, and managed to go over slightly. I also then went out Saturday night and went way over my calories by having 4 bottles of cider, cheesy chips with garlic mayo and some onion rings from the takeaway. I couldn't stop myself, it was what I wanted so I just had it.
However, my target is to lose one pound every week and I still managed to do that. I had my weigh in today. It'll be even harder for you to do this if you deprive yourself all the time, so I figured a few treats wouldn't be too bad. I'd really stuck to it all week aside from that and was often under my calories on my week days. Maybe it averaged it out a little bit...that's what I like to think anyway lol.
Good luck xx

It happens to all of us. we have a bad night, day, weekend, week ect, but the trick is to stop it as soon as you can and get back on track.
Someone on here once said, don't let a bad meal turn into a bad day, or a bad day turn into a bad week, or week turn into... you get the idea. This little motto helps me when i seem to slip.
I also agree with the jump start of the metabolism, I have experianced the same thing. don't be to hard on yourself and jud=st go back to what you were doing before that worked for you. Don't starve the the next few just because of a weigh-in.
Good luck!

Well, after my horrible 3 days of over indulgence...and trying to make up for it the rest of the week....I ended up with a .25 lb weight loss. Whew! It's not much but I'll take it!

I went to a wedding last weekend and ate/drank almost 3,000 calories. Yikes. Here I am one week later and one pound lighter (I have been losing a little over a pound weekly) so it didn't set me back. I think as long as it is not a regular occurrence, a spike here and there won't kill you. I also made up for it by eating 1200 calories the following day. I am not sure if it did anything but it made me feel better psychologically! :bigsmile: