Calm me down
glitzy196
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I went over for the first time in 38 days yesterday. By a whopping EIGHT calories. Something about seeing red makes me feel awful, but i thought eh..whatever. and this morning i gained a 1lb. Wtf wtf wtf. I rationally know i didn't really gain a whole lb. Still sucks.
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You can't reason someone out of a position she didn't reason herself into.0
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You rationally know they're not cause and effect. Maybe you need to step away from the scale for a few days.0
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Think of it big picture: even if you went over your calories by 8 every single day for the whole year, you wouldn't even gain a full lb! Don't beat yourself up over such a small number
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lol good post tex.
Op maybe be a bit more rational, its all estimates. Go out and walk for 5 minutes and that will burn more than8. Enter that exercise for yesterday or just keep a weekly total.
Why did you gain 1lb? Is it because you ate an extra 3500 calories over maintenance? is it because you body naturally fluctuaes 1-5lbs in a day becayse you havent been to the loo, youve eaten, youve reatined some water or its the time of the month. The more you undestand how it works the less you will get sidetracked by things that do not matter. Your choice. Chill out.0 -
Go look at last Thursday in my diary. Then tell yourself that the guy who ate that didn't gain anything as a result... it'll be ok.0
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You've probably been over and under more than that over the past 38 days. Even careful logging has a certain margin of error that cannot be avoided.
Weight loss is not linear. Your weight is affected by so many factors outside of calories. Stop obsessing about one off data points and focus on the long term trend.0 -
DeguelloTex wrote: »You can't reason someone out of a position she didn't reason herself into.
This should be the MFP forum motto.0 -
Like I said i KNOW I didn't really gain it. But it still made me want to punch the scale, and I KNOW i almost always have AT LEAST 20 or so calories if not more left on mist days. But it hurt my poor little heart.0
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My microchip cannot process the idea of hurt feelings based on knowingly incorrect data.0
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I went over for the first time in 38 days yesterday. By a whopping EIGHT calories. Something about seeing red makes me feel awful, but i thought eh..whatever. and this morning i gained a 1lb. Wtf wtf wtf. I rationally know i didn't really gain a whole lb. Still sucks.Like I said i KNOW I didn't really gain it. But it still made me want to punch the scale, and I KNOW i almost always have AT LEAST 20 or so calories if not more left on mist days. But it hurt my poor little heart.
based on these two quotes you need to re-examine your relationship with food/losing weight.
if you are having a meltdown about going over by eight calories then that is border line eating disorder.0 -
I went over for the first time in 38 days yesterday. By a whopping EIGHT calories. Something about seeing red makes me feel awful, but i thought eh..whatever. and this morning i gained a 1lb. Wtf wtf wtf. I rationally know i didn't really gain a whole lb. Still sucks.Like I said i KNOW I didn't really gain it. But it still made me want to punch the scale, and I KNOW i almost always have AT LEAST 20 or so calories if not more left on mist days. But it hurt my poor little heart.
based on these two quotes you need to re-examine your relationship with food/losing weight.
if you are having a meltdown about going over by eight calories then that is border line eating disorder.
I agree for the most part, but MFP is set up to encourage it in a way.
I'm set for maintenance, but MFP still congratulates me when my weight goes down and gives me that angry red when I go over my calories...0 -
accidentalpancake wrote: »I went over for the first time in 38 days yesterday. By a whopping EIGHT calories. Something about seeing red makes me feel awful, but i thought eh..whatever. and this morning i gained a 1lb. Wtf wtf wtf. I rationally know i didn't really gain a whole lb. Still sucks.Like I said i KNOW I didn't really gain it. But it still made me want to punch the scale, and I KNOW i almost always have AT LEAST 20 or so calories if not more left on mist days. But it hurt my poor little heart.
based on these two quotes you need to re-examine your relationship with food/losing weight.
if you are having a meltdown about going over by eight calories then that is border line eating disorder.
I agree for the most part, but MFP is set up to encourage it in a way.
I'm set for maintenance, but MFP still congratulates me when my weight goes down and gives me that angry red when I go over my calories...
That's true. And they call it a 'goal' but goes red on you if you hit it right on the nose.0 -
What screen are you on when you get a congrats for losing? I just get a graph no matter whether my weight goes up or down.0
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I went over by 374 yesterday and this morning I weighted 0.7kg less than yesterday morning. Weight loss isn't linear! Also weight fluctuates, if you aren't already, then think about using trendweight.com where it filters out the 'noise' of water weight to give you a smoother line.
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You have to calm down about going over by 8 calories. You didn't gain weight.
Also, these calories are just estimates. You may have been under. You might be over on days when it says you're ten under.
These numbers aren't exact, carved-in-stone numbers. They're just estimates. If you're within ten of the goal, you're close enough. 0 -
I don't have a weird relationship with food, o have a weird relationship with myself. Like i expect better blah blah blah. Does that make sense? Im one of those if i say im going yo do it, i am..and i feel like i failed myself.
It was also the first time i ate dinner before i logged it. My husband made dinner, and had thrown all the trash away..so he dug it out.0 -
Gently, and said as someone who has had an eating disorder -- If you're truly that upset over 8 (or 20) calories and a one pound fluctuation on the scale you're heading into dangerous territory. Or maybe already there. You need to do whatever it takes to stop that level of obsession.0
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Sometimes all it takes is having a better understanding of your body and how things work to calm you down. Learning about daily fluctuations and what causes them helped me a lot. Maybe you should go through your diary over the last few days and see if there is any change in your sodium levels or look at the calendar and see where you are at with your monthly cycle. Those two are usually the culprits for me.0
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I don't have a weird relationship with food, o have a weird relationship with myself. Like i expect better blah blah blah. Does that make sense? Im one of those if i say im going yo do it, i am..and i feel like i failed myself.
It was also the first time i ate dinner before i logged it. My husband made dinner, and had thrown all the trash away..so he dug it out.
ummm, what did he dig out of the trash?
Yea, I am thinking you need to seek out some professional help ..
or, this is not a serious thread….0 -
you didn't lose an expected 0.002lb of fat from that splurge, you better do an extra hour of cardio today.
Also, if you have problems with scale flucations use trendweight.com to visualize the data differently. (if you don't have a Wifi scale, link trendweight to fitbit, and MFP to fitbit and you can enter your weight on MFP and it'll show up in trendweight) Many people freak out over the scale increasing while the overall trend is downward and the higher reading is still under the trend. Being able to visualize it really helps.0 -
I don't have a weird relationship with food, o have a weird relationship with myself. Like i expect better blah blah blah. Does that make sense? Im one of those if i say im going yo do it, i am..and i feel like i failed myself.
It was also the first time i ate dinner before i logged it. My husband made dinner, and had thrown all the trash away..so he dug it out.
ummm, what did he dig out of the trash?
Yea, I am thinking you need to seek out some professional help ..
or, this is not a serious thread….
The packaging. Lol nothing exciting. We made homeade pizza. And im not like seriously upset. I just kept telling myself 8 calories..no big deal. And for me so far my weight seems to go down an oz or 2 every day. I rarely go up. So to have it happen on the one day i went over pissed me off0 -
this post made me chuckle. I mean this is a nice way - chill out. LOL.
8 calories and some red print is nothing, wait until you have your first stall or weight gain that's when the fun really starts.
You need to have a good sense of humor and some thick skin to succeed at this 0 -
I don't have a weird relationship with food, o have a weird relationship with myself. Like i expect better blah blah blah. Does that make sense? Im one of those if i say im going yo do it, i am..and i feel like i failed myself.
It was also the first time i ate dinner before i logged it. My husband made dinner, and had thrown all the trash away..so he dug it out.
ummm, what did he dig out of the trash?
Yea, I am thinking you need to seek out some professional help ..
or, this is not a serious thread….
The packaging. Lol nothing exciting. We made homeade pizza. And im not like seriously upset. I just kept telling myself 8 calories..no big deal. And for me so far my weight seems to go down an oz or 2 every day. I rarely go up. So to have it happen on the one day i went over pissed me off
Your first thread you started was amazing but this thread is concerning.0 -
It helps me to look at long term patterns. I always get a little bummed when my period hits because it can take me 2 weeks some months to get back to losing again. I don't gain usually, but it just sits there, mocking me
Looking at my average over the last 13 weeks though, even with monthly hiccups like that, I average 1.907lbs lost a week. It definitely helps me take a step back from obsessing.0 -
accidentalpancake wrote: »
Ah. I have those notifications turned off.0 -
Geez, my weight bounces around all over the place! I also eat over my goal quite frequently (I take a weekly view of intake). You need to get a grip or this will get out of control. You didn't gain a real 1lb, it's just one of those fluctutations, could even be down to the salt in the pizza.
Honestly, this is more than just irrational.0 -
You can turn those notifications off in the news feed settings. Once I transitioned to maintenance, I turned mine off.accidentalpancake wrote: »
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I don't have a weird relationship with food, o have a weird relationship with myself. Like i expect better blah blah blah. Does that make sense? Im one of those if i say im going yo do it, i am..and i feel like i failed myself.
Yes, it makes sense. You have a perfectionist "all or nothing" mindset which is a great predictor that your weight loss efforts will ultimately fail (it is a mindset shared by many dieters.)
You need to address it - perfect is the enemy of good.
Be consistent, be patient, look to the long term. You will smash it.
Now calm the hell down!
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I don't have a weird relationship with food, o have a weird relationship with myself. Like i expect better blah blah blah. Does that make sense? Im one of those if i say im going yo do it, i am..and i feel like i failed myself.
It was also the first time i ate dinner before i logged it. My husband made dinner, and had thrown all the trash away..so he dug it out.
ummm, what did he dig out of the trash?
Yea, I am thinking you need to seek out some professional help ..
or, this is not a serious thread….
The packaging. Lol nothing exciting. We made homeade pizza. And im not like seriously upset. I just kept telling myself 8 calories..no big deal. And for me so far my weight seems to go down an oz or 2 every day. I rarely go up. So to have it happen on the one day i went over pissed me off
so you dug the packaging out of the trash to check the calorie count…?????
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