How much will one TERRIBLE day ruin things?

christinasoonmrsnewton
christinasoonmrsnewton Posts: 22 Member
edited November 25 in Health and Weight Loss
I have stuck religiously to my diet for 5 weeks and lost 1 stone 3 lbs

Today I've been a nightmare due to a meal out and me thinking 'stuff or' for a day! I've eaten a McDonald's breakfast, a big meal out and loads of biscuits. I'm so unimpressed with myself!!!!

I feel bloated and horrible!

How much will this have wrecked my diet?
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  • scolaris
    scolaris Posts: 2,145 Member
    Not terribly much. Dust yourself and move on. The discomfort you are feeling is digestive.
  • ariana_eatsandlifts
    ariana_eatsandlifts Posts: 197 Member
    In the grand scheme of things, it won't. Log it and move on. You'll probably retain a bit of water weight, but it'll come off in the next few days. Congrats on your weight loss so far.
  • diannethegeek
    diannethegeek Posts: 14,776 Member
    Hardly at all! You may retain a little water because of it, so ignore the scale for a bit because it lies. But get up and dust yourself off. You're human! Things happen.
  • vivelajackie
    vivelajackie Posts: 321 Member
    Honestly? Not much. It's one day, and seconding that most of the weight you notice the day or two after is water retention. Been there, done that.
  • courtcassiefit
    courtcassiefit Posts: 76 Member
    Its ok it happens!
    I've found that having a few treats a week helps me not binge :).
    Have some yummy vegetables tonight along with loads of water and start fresh tomorrow x
  • juggernaut1974
    juggernaut1974 Posts: 6,212 Member
    I dare say that if you're at such an extreme calorie deficit as to average 3.4 pounds per week of weight loss, it will probably do you a bit of good to get your body a bit of extra nutrition.
  • rankinsect
    rankinsect Posts: 2,238 Member
    One bad day certainly won't physically derail your diet.

    It's up to you whether or not you let one bad day mentally derail your diet.
  • christinasoonmrsnewton
    christinasoonmrsnewton Posts: 22 Member
    Thank you so much. I will dust myself off and start again tomorrow
  • christinasoonmrsnewton
    christinasoonmrsnewton Posts: 22 Member
    Ps I'm not on any extreme lack of calories! I'm on 1600 a day and I eat every single one of them! Haha. I'm sure the loss will slow down soon xxx
  • christinasoonmrsnewton
    christinasoonmrsnewton Posts: 22 Member
    rankinsect wrote: »
    One bad day certainly won't physically derail your diet.

    It's up to you whether or not you let one bad day mentally derail your diet.
    That's incredibly true and what has ruined it several times for me in the past!!!

  • Bud_
    Bud_ Posts: 116 Member
    Meh, don't worry about it at all!
    Too many times in the past I've thought "Oh that's ruined things I may as well not bother"... and then stopped trying. However, this time I haven't worried in the slightest about bad days and just continued with logging and aiming to stay under where I can. It works :smile:

    Each day is a new day!
  • eringrace95_
    eringrace95_ Posts: 296 Member
    christinasoonmrsnewton wrote: »
    rankinsect wrote: »
    One bad day certainly won't physically derail your diet.

    It's up to you whether or not you let one bad day mentally derail your diet.
    That's incredibly true and what has ruined it several times for me in the past!!!

    Think of it this way, one good day of eating won't make you super thin and fit just like one bad day won't make you lose all your progress. It's all about consistency, so like everyone said, get back up and keep going!

    I usually like to give myself a cheat meal (within reason) every couple weeks just to keep my cravings at bay and not make me wanna have a binge day, so maybe try adding a couple cheat meals every few weeks :)
  • Francl27
    Francl27 Posts: 26,371 Member
    I have bad days all the time. But that's why I log... ok so I went 2000 over. That's just 4-5 days of deficit to break even. That's nothing.. I've been at this for almost 3 years! What's 4 days vs 3 years? I've lost 80 pounds and been maintaining for 16 months.

    Log it. Move on.
  • galprincess
    galprincess Posts: 683 Member
    About as much as 1 good day makes you thin
  • Sued0nim
    Sued0nim Posts: 17,456 Member
    edited October 2015
    I'm having a terrible (terribly good) weekend

    It's my fathers birthday celebration and I'm going to be about 2000 over maintenance each day

    So I will put on about 1-2lbs

    Plus sodium weight

    But I'm still logging as accurately as I can

    And as soon as I'm home tomorrow back on to a defecit of 500 per day so that in a couple of weeks I'm back into maintenance

    Because my dad turned 95 and my family is all about the foodz and life happens
  • Jillish23
    Jillish23 Posts: 226 Member
    You've got to live and find ways to fit in the odd days where you eat more (i.e. birthdays/meals out/days where your body just needs fuel). I do this by changing my goal for the day to either a smaller deficit or even 'maintenance'. This way it's kept within reason but equally if I do go over then it's not the end of the world. One day of poor choices isn't going to make my body put back on the 35.2lbs I've lost.

    Take care of yourself and just take it one day at a time. ❤
  • christinasoonmrsnewton
    christinasoonmrsnewton Posts: 22 Member
    Oh thanks so much everyone, you've made me feel so so much better! You're so right and you've given me lots of good ideas to try :smile:
  • CoffeeNCardio
    CoffeeNCardio Posts: 1,847 Member
    It's still early, while this will not completely destroy your progress and ruin your efforts, if it is really worrying you, you could make time for a walk! You don't have to, but when I do this, it both settles my stomach and derails the guilty feelings:):):)
  • CoffeeNCardio
    CoffeeNCardio Posts: 1,847 Member
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  • GaleHawkins
    GaleHawkins Posts: 8,159 Member
    That may be one of your best days ever if you learned anything and practice it going forward. :)
  • UncaToddly
    UncaToddly Posts: 146 Member
    In the grand scheme of things, like others have mentioned, it won't ruin things. Maybe it takes a little longer to reach your goal but the one day isn't going to set you back so far you have to start over.

    I have over 100 pounds to go and do a pretty good job of following the "be good 85% of the time" portion of my diet that they told me at the bariatric clinic I go to. Being on a low carb (50-100g)/high protein(160g) diet it takes very little "normal" food to blow out the numbers, especially the carbs.

    On the days I don't do as good (bring McDonald's home for dinner) or give in and eat a bagel or donut that is in the house, I just log it and move on. Part of me does feel disappointed that I caved a little (I could have not eaten the french fries and only did half a bun or no bun or simply fought the donut urge) but I try to remind myself that since I am logging my food I can go back and see that overall I am being good most of the time and that "cheating" now and then isn't going to kill me, completely giving up on this will.
  • Obnoxa
    Obnoxa Posts: 187 Member
    galprincess wrote: »
    About as much as 1 good day makes you thin

    Perfectly put!

    It's one day, as long as you keep it in perspective and move forward with the attitude that you're still all over better eating choices it won't have any real bearing. Good luck!
  • aarar
    aarar Posts: 684 Member
    edited October 2015
    Francl27 wrote: »

    Log it. Move on.

    ^^^ Exactly this! It's been my motto for the 3 years I've been on MPF including 2 years of maintenance.



  • christinasoonmrsnewton
    christinasoonmrsnewton Posts: 22 Member
    Well I've logged it which has made me feel more in control! Just under 3000 calories in one day - wow!!!!!! :o
  • quiltlovinlisa
    quiltlovinlisa Posts: 1,710 Member
    rankinsect wrote: »
    One bad day certainly won't physically derail your diet.

    It's up to you whether or not you let one bad day mentally derail your diet.

    Exactly this.
  • kshama2001
    kshama2001 Posts: 28,052 Member
    juggernaut1974 wrote: »
    I dare say that if you're at such an extreme calorie deficit as to average 3.4 pounds per week of weight loss, it will probably do you a bit of good to get your body a bit of extra nutrition.

    Yes, @christinasoonmrsnewton, with only 42 pounds left to lose, if you set your weight loss goals to be one pound per week you will get a more sustainable amount of calories.
  • Ninkyou
    Ninkyou Posts: 6,666 Member
    Meals out, holidays, special dinners, etc happen. It's part of life. Try to work them into your calorie goal, but if you go over, big deal. Log it and move on.

    As long as you don't treat everyday like today (eating over maintenance), you'll be fine.
  • Bex_hostie
    Bex_hostie Posts: 52 Member
    If you lose concentration for a split second and fell down the last stair... Would you then March right to the top and throw yourself down the whole lot? No! So just put it down to a small bump in the road and act like it never happened B)
  • 47Jacqueline
    47Jacqueline Posts: 6,993 Member
    Probably not at all if you don't keep repeating it.
  • jeepinshawn
    jeepinshawn Posts: 642 Member
    They figure 3500cal=1 pound if you are 1500 calories over maintenance thats almost .5lbs or another way to think of it is if you are at a 500cal a day deficit you lost 3 days worth of work, you didnt put on all that extra weight in 3 days it probably took years, 3 days isnt much in the grand scheme of things.
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