Terrible Week of Eating - How to recover

annastuart94
annastuart94 Posts: 14
in Motivation and Support
So I haven't been using MFP lately, but I have been logging my food with fitbit. I know you can link them but I have chosen not to. Anyway. Not the point. For over a month I have always stayed under my calories allowed, worked out like a fiend (like 3 hours a day) , eaten mostly clean (except for the lucky charms I sometimes allow myself at night when I have at least 600 calories left for the day. This past week I went to visit my boyfriend in college and all that went out the window. I don't even want to know how many calories I ate or how inactive I was. Getting back home, I haven't gained any weight, which is nothing short of a miracle. But my confidence is way down. I ate things if I saw I home I would literally run in the opposite direction. I had started to think of myself as healthy and fit. But after last week, I'm very down on myself. And while I know any bad week can be fixed, I feel very ashamed. Any advice on how to bounce back?

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  • malibu927
    malibu927 Posts: 17,562 Member
    Start fresh, continue logging (though I will say MFP's database is much better than Fitbit's), and remember that messups are part of life.
  • annastuart94
    annastuart94 Posts: 14
    Thanks! Do you think the database is just more comprehensive or more accurate?
  • dramaqueen45
    dramaqueen45 Posts: 1,009 Member
    Nice that you haven't gained. Just get back on the horse and move on. While it's true that how much and what you eat will determine weight loss, it's what you eat and how much you eat MOST of the time- a few days or even a meal every once in a while is not going to totally derail you. Food is to be enjoyed and loved- if you want something- have it and log it. That's what I do. I don't feel deprived and I don't beat myself up if I go off every now and then because I know it's what I eat most of the time. Yesterday I had a piece of homemade cheesecake. It was good too. ;)
  • annastuart94
    annastuart94 Posts: 14
    :)
  • 365andstillalive
    365andstillalive Posts: 663 Member
    You don't need to do anything to "recover". Just move forward and get back to your routine.

    I will say however that your routine sounds like you're significantly over-exercising. And since you're being really restrictive with your food/intake, you may want to work towards developing a healthy relationship with food so that if one day you have to go to someones birthday party and eat a piece of cake, you won't feel guilty over it.

    Food is food. It has no moral value.
  • annastuart94
    annastuart94 Posts: 14
    This is very true. My relationship with food is very unhealthy. And I do need to work on that. And I enjoy exercising but need to learn to not be a slave to it.
  • mundaycarroll
    mundaycarroll Posts: 64 Member
    Today's a new day and this is a new week. You can't change what has been done. Just learn from it and keep going. Nobody is perfect.. Try to stay positive :smile:
  • JazzFischer1989
    JazzFischer1989 Posts: 531 Member
    edited October 2014
    It's not the end of the world. Just continue on the way you were before.

    You'll shoot yourself in the foot by treating a week of indulgence and relaxation as something you have to "recover" from and labeling your food choices as "bad". I said this in another thread but in your lifetime, there will be birthdays, holidays, office celebrations, you get the picture. This won't be the last time you stray from your regular diet and exercise regimen so you should look at the bigger picture. You're not doing yourself any favors by beating yourself up over it.
  • Falcon
    Falcon Posts: 853 Member
    just get back to your normal routine and move on. It was Canadian Thanksgiving this weekend and I'm not about to let one day of bad eating habits get me down. It was good and put two pounds of food on. Haha I don't care it was good. Yesterday wasn't as bad as Sunday. I plan to keep myself restricted for the next couple of days until I see the scale move again.
  • bwogilvie
    bwogilvie Posts: 2,130 Member
    JazzFischer1989 wrote: »
    It's not the end of the world. Just continue on the way you were before.

    You'll shoot yourself in the foot by treating a week of indulgence and relaxation as something you have to "recover" from and labeling your food choices as "bad".

    ^ This is very wise advice. You have to have fun! And, speaking as someone who exercises 7-10 hours a week, it's important to take breaks from time to time. A week away from serious exercise, eating at maintenance and chilling, was probably just what your body needed to recover.

    Just start afresh today, and work on relaxing your attitude toward food and exercise just a little bit.
  • annastuart94
    annastuart94 Posts: 14
    All very good advice. I need to learn to not beat myself up over letting loose. I just don't know how to do that. I feel terrible about myself whenever I eat anything I "shouldn't" to the point it will just ruin my day. So not feeling that way would be the first step I suppose.

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