When you screw up.. binge

I've been at this for 400 days and I had a horrible day yesterday. I was good at breakfast then made home made kettle corn for lunch and ate almost the whole popper by myself. Later I wanted chocolate but all I had was Nutella so I put some on 2 graham crackers and that tasted so good I had 2 more. Top that of with 3 slices of homemade pizza (I usually allow my self 2) washed down with a beer and there you have a bad day. I've had them in the past and I'm sure I'll have them in the future but you're right when you say you won't let them turn into bad days, weeks and months. Cut yourself some slack, you're only human, and good luck with the rest of your journey, many people are on your side!

Sometimes, it just happens and the best thing to do is to forgive yourself and start fresh tomorrow like it never happened.

But if it is a regular thing, or becomes a regular thing, then the most common reason is that you are either not eating enough calories for your needs, or you are restricting the type of food that you eat too much. If you let yourself work in some treats daily into your calories, you are much much less likely to binge.

If you are too strict on yourself, eventually you will binge.

Some people even lose 100+ pounds then gain it all back because once they lose the weight, the go "well, I'm done now!" and start binge eating all the stuff they "weren't allowed to eat" before.

The brain is funny like that. If you tell it that it isn't allowed to have something, it will do everything possible to sabotage you and eventually your willpower will give up in the face of chemicals in your brain, hormones.. all kinds of rationalizations.

The one you listed is the most common one. "Well, I've already F'd up today, might as well turn it into an epic day-long binge!" Sometimes one cookie turns into all day binge, then all day binge turns into a full weekend binge.. then a full weekend binge turns into a month binge..

The best way to prevent this is to let yourself have what you want in moderation and make sure it is PLANNED, not spontaneous. Sometimes simply telling yourself that you can have that cookie, but you can have it tomorrow, and work it into your calories, is all the brain needs to relax about it.

Are you restricting yourself too much? If so, that may have been the trigger. If it does happen again, don't just throw the day away...pick yourself back up and get to work.

I don't know what to do, never lost control like that.

But I guess log it and start the next day.

Probably thinking screw it I done goofed and stuffing your face with peanut buttter isn't the right choice. If you mess up at breakfast, accept your losses, don't throw good money after bad by over eating the rest o the day.

kiittenforever wrote: »

I'm pretty strict and weigh all my food and drink green tea and water like crazy I even feel bad having bread and try to avoid it. I walk every night like clock work and just totally fell off the routine today and said screw it. I knew to avoid the cookies but wanted to try them now I know just to avoid the junk all together seriously I have no self control to have just 2 - its not worth it. I can't believe how much I ate today thats crazy. I'm going to move on now that I ranted and just go extra hard at the gym tomorrow and not do it again. Sorry for the long rant.

There is no reason to feel guilty about bread. Unless you have a diagnosed medical condition that makes you have to limit it. Key word there is diagnosed, not just something you read in a magazine and all of a sudden you think you have that condition.

I know for me, its best to just chalk that day as a loss and start over the next day. That doesn't give me carte blache to completely go nuts and ignore my hunger/fullness signals. If I have a big binge in the afternoon, chances are I'm not eating dinner. That's not because I'm punishing or restricting myself, it's simply because I won't be hungry.

Just log it and resolve to make tomorrow a good day, and even if its not, don't beat yourself up

*kitten* happens as they say. You can't change what happened yesterday but you can make today better. As stated previously just log it and move on. Maybe try to fit in an extra workout or eat really clean (NOT cutting calories because then you will just be too hungry, but eat healthy foods). Everyone slips up at times (I've learned I cannot buy Cinnamon Toast Crunch cereal ) but all we can do is, be better going forward!