A WHOLE PIZZA...
irishgal25
Posts: 18 Member
Okay, so I'm sure a lot of people have experienced this..
Last night, I went out to dinner with a friend to a fancy pizza place I love, but havnt been to in months. I rarely go out for dinner so I told myself this would be my cheat meal. I hit the gym for cardio 4/5 times per week (45 mins a pop) and recently incorporated strength training workouts (YouTube videos - Yoga with Adriene, "Abs and arms" - i highly recommend!) and i stick to my daily calorie goals.
I intended on 2 slices of cheese pizza and a spinach and walnut salad.. but when it came to order, the salad became non existent and I ordered a whole cheese pizza (medium, thin crust).
Waking up this morning, I feel like crap. Dehydrated, bloated, ITCHY ( I've come out in mini hives!) - but most of all, I can't shake the feeling that I've set myself back a week of hard work.
Have I? What damage have I really done?
Last night, I went out to dinner with a friend to a fancy pizza place I love, but havnt been to in months. I rarely go out for dinner so I told myself this would be my cheat meal. I hit the gym for cardio 4/5 times per week (45 mins a pop) and recently incorporated strength training workouts (YouTube videos - Yoga with Adriene, "Abs and arms" - i highly recommend!) and i stick to my daily calorie goals.
I intended on 2 slices of cheese pizza and a spinach and walnut salad.. but when it came to order, the salad became non existent and I ordered a whole cheese pizza (medium, thin crust).
Waking up this morning, I feel like crap. Dehydrated, bloated, ITCHY ( I've come out in mini hives!) - but most of all, I can't shake the feeling that I've set myself back a week of hard work.
Have I? What damage have I really done?
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I ate a whole large pizza, garlic bread, a large Chinese takeaway over 2 days and more chocolates/popcorn than I should've/ have done for a long time over the course of this week. Weigh day today and I've still lost 2lbs. Not that I expect this will happen every week if I ate like this!
Obviously, if you feel ill after then perhaps you shouldn't eat that/ much but there's nothing wrong with a treat! You went out with a friend, and had a good time! (Although admittedly felt rubbish after) you may not see the loss you expect this week, or whenever you weigh, but hasn't it happened to everyone that you have a perfect week and don't lose/ put on! It's life! Don't beat yourself up for living it
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I ate a whole large pizza, garlic bread, a large Chinese takeaway over 2 days and more chocolates/popcorn than I should've/ have done for a long time over the course of this week. Weigh day today and I've still lost 2lbs. Not that I expect this will happen every week if I ate like this!
Obviously, if you feel ill after then perhaps you shouldn't eat that/ much but there's nothing wrong with a treat! You went out with a friend, and had a good time! (Although admittedly felt rubbish after) you may not see the loss you expect this week, or whenever you weigh, but hasn't it happened to everyone that you have a perfect week and don't lose/ put on! It's life! Don't beat yourself up for living it
You are very very wise! Ha. That has really helped the guilt a bit.
This is the graph I live by
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irishgal25 wrote: »
You are very very wise! Ha. That has really helped the guilt a bit.
This is the graph I live by
Anything I can do to help a fellow Irish girl I grew up in Co. Kerry but living in the UK now!
And also, I hate seeing people beat themselves up for having a life. Unfortunately 100% perfection in our diets is a tall order and I don't believe it's possible when you have a social life. Well, not without an inhuman amount of discipline!
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Can't change the past so just make the next right choice.0
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I ate a whole stuffed crust pizza from dominos a couple of nights. It was excellent.
I gained about 5 lbs, but I still look and feel awesome. Today I had a cheeky weigh and the weight had gone away. What I'm trying to say is don't put yourself down for having a night off. Just make sure your consistent with your diet and your exercise regime.0 -
irishgal25 wrote: »I ate a whole large pizza, garlic bread, a large Chinese takeaway over 2 days and more chocolates/popcorn than I should've/ have done for a long time over the course of this week. Weigh day today and I've still lost 2lbs. Not that I expect this will happen every week if I ate like this!
Obviously, if you feel ill after then perhaps you shouldn't eat that/ much but there's nothing wrong with a treat! You went out with a friend, and had a good time! (Although admittedly felt rubbish after) you may not see the loss you expect this week, or whenever you weigh, but hasn't it happened to everyone that you have a perfect week and don't lose/ put on! It's life! Don't beat yourself up for living it
You are very very wise! Ha. That has really helped the guilt a bit.
This is the graph I live by
Love this^ its true0 -
Looking at your weekly calorie totals and their average often puts a "cheat meal" in perspective.0
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When I saw the title of this post I thought you were giving away a whole pizza and I got excited!
Really I totally did the same thing you did. Next day I was like "Damn I should not have done that" I then just started watching the cals again, if you fall off the horse accept that it is going to happen and then just get back on and keep riding. Yes I am from Texas you should expect horse related examples
Hang in there!
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I am busy bouncing back from 5 days of eating over calories. I still logged it (as best I could, I was in a foreign country and eating off buffets and at restaurants) and I hold myself fully accountable for the intake. I got on the scale when I got home and was rather miffed to see I had gained 1kg (just over 2 pounds). It is pretty much impossible that this is all *real weight* as I did not eat THAT much over, relatively speaking, but I did eat a lot of salty and sweet food and I had also just got off a plane from a long flight.
I will see in a couple of days but the way I figure it - even if I did gain that full 1kg, it will take me two weeks to get rid of it at my normal rate of loss. An extra two weeks is not a big deal in my life, just a small blip on the road.
One pizza is probably not even going to ruin your whole week, if the rest was in hand.
You can't let stuff get under your skin, you just need to soldier on.0 -
it's crazy when you change your eating habits how the foods you used to love make you feel after over indulgence and sometimes don't even taste the same! It's a bit like a hangover - except, food. You'll be fine, you got this.0
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it's crazy when you change your eating habits how the foods you used to love make you feel after over indulgence and sometimes don't even taste the same! It's a bit like a hangover - except, food. You'll be fine, you got this.
TOTAL food hangover. On this journey I've cut alcohol in a big way, also. Being a 20-something in Ireland, it's safe to say that drinking is a huge part of our culture, and it is certainly not uncommon for someone of my age to go out on a friday or/and Saturday night and have more than 6 pints of beer or 50cl of vodka. In fact, on a big night I'd polish off a bottle of wine before even getting to the club, and I wouldnt even consider myself a huge drinker.
I've had a total of maybe 3 glasses of white wine in the past 3 months and have no regrets - certainly dont miss the hangovers. But this morning - holy crap! I woke up at 4am gasping for water, pounding headache and feeling 50 lbs heavier and covered in ichy hive things! How did I eat that stuff regularly for so long?!
But... Let's be real - at the time, the pizza was the most delicious thing I've ever tasted.
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jsmestflowers wrote: »When I saw the title of this post I thought you were giving away a whole pizza and I got excited!
Really I totally did the same thing you did. Next day I was like "Damn I should not have done that" I then just started watching the cals again, if you fall off the horse accept that it is going to happen and then just get back on and keep riding. Yes I am from Texas you should expect horse related examples
Hang in there!
J
I would totally have given you a pizza, but you know, I had an appetite like a horse last night - that's why I have the long face.
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Yea I don't think the taste of pizza will ever change for me - but the taste of soda sure has!0
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It's unlikely you've undone a whole week of hard work. Maybe a day or two, but so what? It's done and it can't be undone. Drink plenty of water to get rid of the bloat and carry on. Leave it in the past.0
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Every now and then you earn the chance to be bad. On July 4th weekend I went to a neighbor's party and quaffed a few beers, ate lots of good food (including "meat popsicles"), and chilled. My intake was about 1000 calories over my goal, so I balanced it out with 2 days of proper food, exercise, and lots of water.
It's all about balance. For every bad day you have, balance it with good days.0 -
I feel like I'd be less confused if like once/twice a month I didn't eat an entire pizza to myself... and stay within my allotted calories. I mean... I guess it depends what you ate the rest of the day?
But yes, as everyone's saying, don't beat yourself up about it. The worst you're going to do is carry a bit of water weight for a few days, or if that somehow took you up and out of your deficit for the week, gain a very, very small amount of fat.
The hives don't sound fun though; sorry to hear about those!0 -
What are you going to do next time to let your Rational Voice win?irishgal25 wrote: »I intended on 2 slices of cheese pizza and a spinach and walnut salad.. but when it came to order, the salad became non existent and I ordered a whole cheese pizza (medium, thin crust).
How many calories was it?Waking up this morning, I feel like crap. Dehydrated, bloated, ITCHY ( I've come out in mini hives!) - but most of all, I can't shake the feeling that I've set myself back a week of hard work.
Have I? What damage have I really done?
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ok ordering pizza right now.
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kshama2001 wrote: »
What are you going to do next time to let your Rational Voice win?irishgal25 wrote: »I intended on 2 slices of cheese pizza and a spinach and walnut salad.. but when it came to order, the salad became non existent and I ordered a whole cheese pizza (medium, thin crust).
How many calories was it?Waking up this morning, I feel like crap. Dehydrated, bloated, ITCHY ( I've come out in mini hives!) - but most of all, I can't shake the feeling that I've set myself back a week of hard work.
Have I? What damage have I really done?
I think the hives and generally awful feeling is enough to make me think twice in the future.
Also as for calories, it's hard to know. Maybe 1000 or more? It's so hard to gauge. It's a gormet pizza place, they piled on the cheese, although I had no toppings.
Anyway... lesson learned!
Thanks for the advice guys
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One day going over your calories isn't going to sabatoge you or makes you a failure. Just makes you human. Log it and start fresh the next day. If it becomes a trend where you're going over several days in the week, then you have a problem, but one day? We took some friends out for a thank you dinner to a fancy steak house and hell yeah I'm eating that steak and having dessert because OMGAWESOMECHOCOLATECAKE! Was like 600 calories over for the day since I had adjusted lunch since I knew it was coming, but I went back to normal the next day and everything was fine.0
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Redbeard333 wrote: »Every now and then you earn the chance to be bad. On July 4th weekend I went to a neighbor's party and quaffed a few beers, ate lots of good food (including "meat popsicles"), and chilled. My intake was about 1000 calories over my goal, so I balanced it out with 2 days of proper food, exercise, and lots of water.
ummm... What is a meat popsicle?
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Yah inquiring minds want to know what that is.0
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"Was like 600 calories over for the day..." But is really only a 100 calorie surplus considering that MFP calculates your total with a 500 deficit, right?0
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People are too funny and so micro focused on their health.
So my caloric goal to maintain is around 2400 calories per day. Say I eat a decent breakfast and lunch like normal, and then I decide I want to eat a whole pizza from the greasy pizza capital of the world, Pizza Hut. I order the Large stuff crust and have a good ol' time tearing it up. I go through all 8 slice and that is 2780 calories. With my normal breakfast and lunch, lets say the total for the day was 3780 calories, or 1380 calories over. Not even a half pound gain for the day. So the next 6 days of the week I moderate a bit, cut out about 200 calories each day, and it's like I never ate a whole pizza...but I did.
Seriously There is NOTHING you can do in one day, or even over a couple days, that will completely sabatoge your health. You might be off for a week and not lose, or maybe even gain a pound or two, but that's nothing in the grand scheme of moderating every day, every, week, for months and years.
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irishgal25 wrote: »kshama2001 wrote: »
What are you going to do next time to let your Rational Voice win?irishgal25 wrote: »I intended on 2 slices of cheese pizza and a spinach and walnut salad.. but when it came to order, the salad became non existent and I ordered a whole cheese pizza (medium, thin crust).
How many calories was it?Waking up this morning, I feel like crap. Dehydrated, bloated, ITCHY ( I've come out in mini hives!) - but most of all, I can't shake the feeling that I've set myself back a week of hard work.
Have I? What damage have I really done?
I think the hives and generally awful feeling is enough to make me think twice in the future.
Also as for calories, it's hard to know. Maybe 1000 or more? It's so hard to gauge. It's a gormet pizza place, they piled on the cheese, although I had no toppings.
Anyway... lesson learned!
Thanks for the advice guys
Yeah, the hives would be my only concern. Feeling crappy after eating something radically different than you've become used to eating is pretty common.
I'd want to know what caused the hives so I could avoid whatever it is. Could be food-related, could have been something else you came into contact with that night.
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The hives are odd. But, this is supposed to be a lifestyle change and not a crash diet. Personally, I have a cheat day once a week.0
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I love whole pizzas.0
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A "meat popsicle" is really just a big chunk of marinated meat on a small skewer that you put on the grill. Delicious! I must've eaten a dozen of those suckers that day...0
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"Was like 600 calories over for the day..." But is really only a 100 calorie surplus considering that MFP calculates your total with a 500 deficit, right?
No, that's taking my deficit into account. That is 600 over maintenance. Yeah. But it was super special awesome food so I'm not going to apologize to my body for it! XD0 -
I eat a medium thin crust almost every week. It's not a cheat either. I love pizza so I make sure I have calories for it. And I don't feel bad afterwards either. It's fine. Move on.0
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