Why did I do that?!

I know how you feel. I was recently rejected by a guy that I really, REALLY like [he was nice about it, at least]. I've not quite been able to keep up my 'healthy eating'. I'm eating close to maintenance, rather than over, but I still feel just... Bah. x-x I'll take those suggestions, too, please.

You haven't broken your diet.

You've had one day - out of many successful ones, I'm sure - where you have eaten more than you would normally. This is totally okay. Tomorrow is a fresh set of calories - log today and move on

logandiekmann15 wrote: »

PixelPuff wrote: »

I know how you feel. I was recently rejected by a guy that I really, REALLY like [he was nice about it, at least]. I've not quite been able to keep up my 'healthy eating'. I'm eating close to maintenance, rather than over, but I still feel just... Bah. x-x I'll take those suggestions, too, please.

I feel like I'm either hit or miss. I'm trying to find patterns on why I make the bad eating choices. I've found out it's usually during the night that I do this and on days I don't work. But no emotional trigger really.

Then it may be habitual or ritual. Look at what you do when you're making eating choices you're converted with and try to make it happen at nights or on days you don't work.

You got great advice in your thread yesterday. Go back and re-read it. Think about it.

Think about it when you're planning to eat. Don't eat mindlessly. And don't think feeling guilty will make up for eating mindlessly. It won't.

logandiekmann15 wrote: »

Protranser wrote: »

logandiekmann15 wrote: »

PixelPuff wrote: »

I know how you feel. I was recently rejected by a guy that I really, REALLY like [he was nice about it, at least]. I've not quite been able to keep up my 'healthy eating'. I'm eating close to maintenance, rather than over, but I still feel just... Bah. x-x I'll take those suggestions, too, please.

I feel like I'm either hit or miss. I'm trying to find patterns on why I make the bad eating choices. I've found out it's usually during the night that I do this and on days I don't work. But no emotional trigger really.

Then it may be habitual or ritual. Look at what you do when you're making eating choices you're converted with and try to make it happen at nights or on days you don't work.

Like have a healthy meal planned for those times?

Well, is having a meal planned what you've done the days you're working/ during daylight hours? I'd continue the same practices on days off/nights

This may seem counterintuitive, but beating yourself up only makes it worse, and makes it more likely that you will slip up. Think about it: food makes you feel good. Beating yourself up makes you feel bad. So, what do you do to feel better? Eat. It's a vicious cycle.

I've consistently found that an important part of this process is to forgive yourself when you slip up and just go back to your regularly scheduled calorie deficit.

logandiekmann15 wrote: »

PixelPuff wrote: »

I know how you feel. I was recently rejected by a guy that I really, REALLY like [he was nice about it, at least]. I've not quite been able to keep up my 'healthy eating'. I'm eating close to maintenance, rather than over, but I still feel just... Bah. x-x I'll take those suggestions, too, please.

I feel like I'm either hit or miss. I'm trying to find patterns on why I make the bad eating choices. I've found out it's usually during the night that I do this and on days I don't work. But no emotional trigger really.

Well maybe a couple things here:

Maybe you are being too restrictive/hard on yourself

allow yourself one day to have one bad meal or make it fit your cals for day

preplan! Take a ready snack or meal bar out with you in case that hunger strikes while out to avoid fast food problem

midnight snacking or other unnecessary snacking on off days: preplan all meals and snacks do not eat out of your time frame for this if you do you notice I am eating outside my feeding window and catch yourself to stop this get organized, clean, exercise, walk,brush y o ur teeth,journal or do a hobby or go window shopping. These distractions help I mow my lawn sometimes too.

motivation find out anything that motivates you in your journey

get your head in the game if you are not in the right mental space for it it will keep happening so find a goal like you cannot do right now that takes a time commitment like start a c25k and sign up for a 5k, start a 90 day workout program, have a goal to walk 100 miles in a month or do a spartan, mudder or triathlon. Something you are excited about like a zumbathon or zombie run. This always reels me back in.

take stock of what you are doing and why, remember where you came from and where you are going! Mine is I have these awesome legs now I want to continue to see them get defined so I need to walk or exercise to keep that up if I quit I get back to jello legs and well im not doing that!

Can you get out for a walk or some other form of exercise today?
It won't undo *all* the bad food but it will certainly help! And more importantly, it will make you feel better.
Don't worry about it, every single one of us has terrible days - life would be boring without them - just move on, get some exercise, and plan your next meal to be extra healthy.
What's done in done, can't be changed - worry is a waste of time!

If I know I'm going to be eating somewhere with "expensive" food (I say expensive because it "costs" me so much of my calorie budget) I make myself log it before I order. That way it forces me to decide on what I'm going to have BEFORE I'm at the counter with all of that yummy food staring me in the face and the well-meaning cashier telling me "you can double that order for only 1 penny more!"

I recently ate at Taco Bell and 2 of their steak tacos are 340 calories, typically our Taco Bell does not overload them, so I feel its pretty accurate. They have a website for calorie counts. You can eat fast food and stay oncourse.