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Blew it!

shans34
shans34 Posts: 535 Member
edited November 2024 in Social Groups
Yesterday I ended up skipping breakfast, had a good salad with turkey for lunch and then was starving come evening and no where near my calorie goal. I ended up binging on spaghetti and a bowl of cereal! UGHHHHHHHH I think my biggest mistake was skipping breakfast, when I eat regularly, I don't think about cheating at all. I am back at it today and I am going to push through, cause it's what I do.

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  • baconslave
    baconslave Posts: 7,038 Member
    Yeah. Don't let yourself get too hungry in the beginning. I'm able to IF now, but at first, it's a binge trigger for some people, like it was for me.

    I always say "No guilt. But no excuses."
    Sounds like you are right back on track. :+1:
  • FocusonHealthy
    FocusonHealthy Posts: 9 Member
    It happens, don't worry about it. My advice (tho I haven't been doing this long) is to always keep a bag of snacks in your bag. I keep walnuts and bacon in a Baggie in my purse and whenever I'm STARVING when I come home I have beef/chicken broth with 1.5ish tbsp of butter in it.

    I definitely recommend mea prepping one day and ensuring you have several prepared meals so you can have variety when you're hungry (right now I have chicken + alfredo sauce, keto meatloaf, Caprese salad, ribeye, and ham and Brie rolls in my fridge just in case I want diet variety)

    You got this!
  • Sunny_Bunny_
    Sunny_Bunny_ Posts: 7,140 Member
    A salad with turkey sounds pretty low fat. I suspect a higher fat lunch would also help
  • hakamruth
    hakamruth Posts: 124 Member
    I agree with Sunny_Bunny_. What salad dressing did you use on your salad? I always have mine with either full fat Cesar or Blue Cheese dressing. If you are starving when you get home you might what to have certain snacks (appetizers) ready, cheese, salami, etcc... to hold you until you make the dinner you had planned.
  • Cheesy567
    Cheesy567 Posts: 1,186 Member
    baconslave wrote: »

    I always say "No guilt. But no excuses."
    Sounds like you are right back on track. :+1:

    I like that. Thanks for sharing it
  • Dragonwolf
    Dragonwolf Posts: 5,600 Member
    Sunny_Bunny_ wrote: »
    A salad with turkey sounds pretty low fat. I suspect a higher fat lunch would also help

    That was my thought, too. Make sure you've got some cheddar cheese, avocado, and/or an oil or cream based dressing on that salad to give it more staying power. :)
  • shans34
    shans34 Posts: 535 Member
    Thanks guys. I usually use a balsamic dressing but a high fat cream dressing is good too
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