Bad day cheat meal ruined whole week

AsrarHussain
AsrarHussain Posts: 1,424 Member
edited November 25 in Health and Weight Loss
My diet was ok through the week but yesterday I had a cheat meal which set me over my calories by 1000 the week was bad had couple cheat meals but yesterday was the worst
First time iv slipped on my diet
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  • graysmom2005
    graysmom2005 Posts: 1,882 Member
    Not a slip. You had a meal. You lived. And today is a new day! Nothing you can do about it, so onward and upward. Great opportunity to learn something too. What was the reason you "slipped" so badly? Under eating? Over training? Something emotional happening that day/week? We have all been there, and it sucks...but you are recognizing it right off the bat and THAT is the key to success. :-)
  • malibu927
    malibu927 Posts: 17,562 Member
    It happens. Just log it and move on.
  • Lucille4444
    Lucille4444 Posts: 284 Member
    The danger in obsessing when you go over your goal is that you might give yourself permission to stop trying.
    Just treat every day as a new chance.
  • AspenDan
    AspenDan Posts: 703 Member
    Luckily there is no time limit to losing weight (aside from dying) so you probably have nothing to worry about. So you spend 1 more week at your current weight? Don't sweat it :P





  • kbmnurse
    kbmnurse Posts: 2,484 Member
    OK. Move forward. Don't look back.
  • jennifer_417
    jennifer_417 Posts: 12,344 Member
    OH NOES YOU RUINED ALL OF THE EVERYTHING!!!
    Ok, not really. You just set yourself back a bit. It's all part of the process. Don't beat yourself up, you'll just make it worse. Simply return to your regularly scheduled calorie deficit, like it never happened.
  • Asher_Ethan
    Asher_Ethan Posts: 2,430 Member
    You're fine. Today is a new day and you can start right back where you were.
  • Francl27
    Francl27 Posts: 26,371 Member
    1000 calories over your goal is made up for in one day of deficit (assuming you're set to lose one pound a week). It's just a setback. It will only ruin your whole week if you let it.
  • AsrarHussain
    AsrarHussain Posts: 1,424 Member
    graysmom2005 wrote: »
    Not a slip. You had a meal. You lived. And today is a new day! Nothing you can do about it, so onward and upward. Great opportunity to learn something too. What was the reason you "slipped" so badly? Under eating? Over training? Something emotional happening that day/week? We have all been there, and it sucks...but you are recognizing it right off the bat and THAT is the key to success. :-)

    I work in a pizza place they had a left over free pizza they gave if to me it was free could not resist
  • shadowfax_c11
    shadowfax_c11 Posts: 1,942 Member
    Who can resist free pizza? Not me!!

    You didn't actually ruin the whole week. You possibly cancelled out a day or two but not the whole week, That would take more like 4000 calories or more depending on what your settings are.

    It is okay to have a slip like this occasionally. Breath. You're fine.
  • Liftng4Lis
    Liftng4Lis Posts: 15,151 Member
    Log it and let it go.
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  • ckfox95
    ckfox95 Posts: 73 Member
    Breathe....it's ok. You are not the first and won't be the last. It's not a cheat day it's life! Just move on, today is a new day. By the way pizza is my weakness also.
  • scolaris
    scolaris Posts: 2,145 Member
    Yes, all or nothing thinking is way more harmful to your progress than 1000 additional calories. BTW, I kind of loathe the 'cheat' label. I used it the other day after I ate some fish & chips, and it made me cringe. It's not 'cheating.' It's just eating. Lying about your taxable income to the IRS? Cheating. Paying someone to go to the SAT test site with your ID and take the test for you? Cheating. Buying your term paper off the internet? Cheating. Conducting a hot affair with the copier repairman while you tell your husband you're working late on a project? Cheating. I'm sorry but I just don't see how eating a piece of your neice's Tres Leches cake or enjoying a pizza and beer night is cheating. It's not how you usually eat. Got that. But it is a way that every one of us occasionally eats. So just record it, if there's a trend that disturbs you deal with that, and lose the whole 'cheat' mentality as much as possible if you can.
  • DaleCannard
    DaleCannard Posts: 11 Member
    I slipped up big time today, bad breakfast, terrible lunch, MacDonalds for dinner and finished off the left over Halloween treats,

    It was ugly but it's all logged ready for a better day tomorrow ,
  • SergeantSausage
    SergeantSausage Posts: 1,673 Member


    "had couple cheat meals"
    "yesterday was the worst"
    "First time iv slipped on my diet"


    Does. Not. Compute.

    A couple of cheat meals ... and *then* yesterday ... "first"?

  • RaquelCowell
    RaquelCowell Posts: 11 Member
    I do find that logging the meal is punishment enough and then I just move on. It's not about perfection. It's about being mindful.
  • concordancia
    concordancia Posts: 5,320 Member
    I finally realized that slipping up is its own punishment. I just won't lose as much this week. Other than that, I just have to get back up and get back on track.
  • alizesmom
    alizesmom Posts: 219 Member
    Having just gone over by 728 calories, I really needed to hear these remarks. I agree that "logging is punishment enough". Tomorrow is a new day.
  • dramaqueen45
    dramaqueen45 Posts: 1,009 Member
    It happens- today I went out to eat- twice. Thing is I didn't (and couldn't) finish the potato chips that came with my grilled chicken I had for lunch, AND later I got a chocolate shake with my hamburger and small fries and could only drink about a third of it. Yes I'm sure I went over my calorie goals, but in the past I would have definitely polished off all of the chips and the shake. It's what you eat MOST of the time- it's how consistent you are day after day and week after week when you see real, long lasting progress that translates into just eating a bit differently than you have in the past. It's NOT a diet- it's a life change.
  • lorrpb
    lorrpb Posts: 11,463 Member
    1000 cals is only 1/3 lb. If the rest of your week was on target you'll barely notice it on the scales.
  • melbmeg
    melbmeg Posts: 32 Member
    I exceed my (fairly generous) calorie allowance probably 6 out of 10 days - mostly by a little but sometimes by 1000 calories - and I've lost about 40 lbs in 15 months. I have only 10 lbs left to go.

    Sustainable weight loss is not about perfection, it's about changing the amount that you eat overall, over the long term. I think the biggest difference between naturally slim people and fat people is that the slim people auto-correct and eat less after a big day of eating whereas fat people think "damn, I ate a whole pizza last night, I will always be fat so I might as well have donuts for breakfast."

    I am training my thinking to make it more like a naturally thin person's, and less "all or nothing". Try it!
  • wrenak
    wrenak Posts: 144 Member
    melbmeg wrote: »
    fat people think "damn, I ate a whole pizza last night, I will always be fat so I might as well have donuts for breakfast."

    Prior to the current attempt this was me, as well. If I screwed up one day the whole week, at the very least, was shot. I'd already screwed up so "f it, I'll start again next week." Now every day is a new day. It's fabulously freeing!
  • AsrarHussain
    AsrarHussain Posts: 1,424 Member
    Thanks everyone
  • robertw486
    robertw486 Posts: 2,401 Member
    A day is not a week, nor is a week a month, nor is a month a lifestyle choice.

    For anyone that thinks one day will kill you, look at my August 1st this year. Closing in on 6000 calories. My trend continued down.
  • PinkPixiexox
    PinkPixiexox Posts: 4,142 Member
    You haven't slipped nor cheated.

    On Saturday (Halloween) - I ate 1200 over my maintenance calories. I simply logged it and cut back the following day and plan to cut ever so slightly today to balance every thing out. This is personal preference and not even that necessary - you had a meal, that's it. This won't affect your progress.
  • LKArgh
    LKArgh Posts: 5,178 Member
    One bad day does not matter. However, your diary says you are over your calories almost every single day. So, either your goal is not working for you, or something else needs to change.
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  • sanegec
    sanegec Posts: 15 Member
    Welp if that's the case my plan has ended with no return. I WAS A COMPLETE PIG yesterday. Butter, donuts, pasta, cheese that I had not had in a month. Whew...My daily intake was 3,100 calories, so you could imagine all stats were off. Guess what??? Don't give a flying flip. I so enjoyed it! But I know I can't afford to have another one of those days. Today is a new day. MFP logging helps quantify my intake that I have relearned how to qualify the "yes" & "not a chance" options.
  • feisty_bucket
    feisty_bucket Posts: 1,047 Member
    edited November 2015
    Dude- with calorie banking, this isn't even something to get confused or worried about. The surplus goes on your balance, you carry it over into the next few days until you've eaten less and used it up. What you've done is eating in advance.

    Much better, IMO, than just shrugging and hoping to adhere more strictly to the next day's calorie balance. Unless you fail at that, and then you can hope again. Hope, hope, and hope some more.
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