Biggest blunders you've done?

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  • Alidecker
    Alidecker Posts: 1,262 Member
    solieco1 wrote: »
    Thinking that triathlon training would lead to weight loss.
    Thinking that I deserved to eat because I swam, biked and ran.
    Truth was I just needed less damn food!
    Wow, so simple.

    This worked for my first triathlon....during the training. Problem was, I kept eating when the training was over.
  • Red_Pill
    Red_Pill Posts: 300 Member
    Governing my food choices solely on calories as well buying into the notion of there being "diet" foods. I'm more seasoned at it these days.
  • fitoverfortymom
    fitoverfortymom Posts: 3,452 Member
    I once thought a pizza crust serving was the whole crust, not a half crust---and I ate a whole pizza. I figured it out the next week when I was making another pizza (premade crust). What was done was done and I ended the week at a nice loss, so chalked up to better measuring next time.
  • ds41980
    ds41980 Posts: 133 Member
    I bought a box of milkduds yesterday and realized that I may have no self control around milkduds. I ate 7 of them, put the rest in a sandwich bag and threw them literally into the back of the freezer. I am planning on eating 6 per day until they are gone and then I won't be making that mistake again.
  • lightenup2016
    lightenup2016 Posts: 1,055 Member
    Buying my favorite candy for Halloween candy to give out to trick-or-treaters! Where do you suppose the leftovers went?? This year I plan on getting pretzels and some type of candy that I do not like!
  • JeromeBarry1
    JeromeBarry1 Posts: 10,179 Member
    The biggest blunder I did repeatedly was by skipping my breakfast on a weekend when I expected to have a big restaurant lunch. I did have a big lunch, but then kept snacking and it turned into a bad day of too many calories. Sometimes it was below Maintenance, sometimes above. The corrective action was to have breakfast in reasonable fashion and lunch in reasonable fashion. The snack attacker doesn't stalk me when I treat myself well.
  • JeromeBarry1
    JeromeBarry1 Posts: 10,179 Member
    Asher_Ethan wrote: »
    When I was pregnant, I ate one of those Sonic shakes once a week. Turns out those are over 2000 calories a shake. No wonder I gained 60 pounds in 9 months.

    Poor girls. "You're eating for two" is interpreted as 'eat for two ZIP codes".
  • ajsutter0396
    ajsutter0396 Posts: 10 Member
    It's hard to settle on just one mistake when I've made so many! My biggest mistake was doing a ketogenic diet clinic with severely restricted calories. I got to my goal weight but looked sick (and felt sick). Of course I gained it all back ... This time around, I've had a balanced diet with a calorie goal of losing 1-2 pounds per week and exercising.
  • NorthCascades
    NorthCascades Posts: 10,968 Member
    ericwhitt wrote: »
    What other blunders have you done that might help someone else avoid later on?


    Go out with a jacket.
  • ericwhitt
    ericwhitt Posts: 87 Member
    NorthCascades wrote: »
    ericwhitt wrote: »
    What other blunders have you done that might help someone else avoid later on?


    Go out with a jacket.

    I somewhat enjoy being cold, so this is a blunder I purposely repeat. Until it drops to somewhere in the low 40s, I won't bother with a jacket.

  • Francl27
    Francl27 Posts: 26,371 Member
    JeromeBarry1 wrote: »
    The biggest blunder I did repeatedly was by skipping my breakfast on a weekend when I expected to have a big restaurant lunch. I did have a big lunch, but then kept snacking and it turned into a bad day of too many calories. Sometimes it was below Maintenance, sometimes above. The corrective action was to have breakfast in reasonable fashion and lunch in reasonable fashion. The snack attacker doesn't stalk me when I treat myself well.

    I'm a bit the same way... I'll skip a meal to make room or because I already ate a bit too much that day but I end up starving later because of it and making bad choices.
  • NorthCascades
    NorthCascades Posts: 10,968 Member
    ericwhitt wrote: »
    NorthCascades wrote: »
    ericwhitt wrote: »
    What other blunders have you done that might help someone else avoid later on?


    Go out with a jacket.

    I somewhat enjoy being cold, so this is a blunder I purposely repeat. Until it drops to somewhere in the low 40s, I won't bother with a jacket.

    It's harder when you wear a road bike because you have more wind chill.
  • mari5466
    mari5466 Posts: 137 Member
    I was really strict on my self and after two months one night I couldn't anymore and I just binged on cake and fried chicken. After that I realized I needed to be more realistic and I actually have a monthly cheat meal ( yes meal not day) where I eat whatever I want and don't add the calories to MFP. I don't want to know I just want to enjoy. I work out a little more that week and I still eat healthy the other meals that day.
  • mis1022
    mis1022 Posts: 109 Member
    Convincing myself its "just coffee" and that is not too many calories, But it was a flavored latte with over 200 calories. :o
  • Tubbs216
    Tubbs216 Posts: 6,597 Member
    Christine_72 wrote: »
    Allowing myself to put on weight in the first place. I won't be making that mistake twice!
    I have made that mistake twice! Now trying to avoid doing it for a third time :)
  • Christine_72
    Christine_72 Posts: 16,049 Member
    Tubbs216 wrote: »
    Christine_72 wrote: »
    Allowing myself to put on weight in the first place. I won't be making that mistake twice!
    I have made that mistake twice! Now trying to avoid doing it for a third time :)

    Regaining the weight I've lost petrifies me. I honestly don't think i have the energy and fortitude to do it all over again and start from scratch.

  • endlessfall16
    endlessfall16 Posts: 932 Member
    kommodevaran wrote: »
    elisa123gal wrote: »
    Buying into a calorie is a calorie. I was always hungry eating 100 calorie snacks...chips.. cookies.. turkey dogs and trader joe's guilt free mac n cheese .all that. Nutrition matters and I lose better when I'm eating vegetables and making all my own food.

    Yeah, but that isn't "buying into"; but "misunderstanding". Nutrition matters AND calories count.

    Different strokes for different folks.

    Calorie counting/awareness was what initially set me on the course I'm on now, but ironically it was also my biggest blunder and needed to be dropped as I moved on.

    With calorie counting, I was always thinking about foods, never ate enough, ate at wrong time, never felt satisfied, frequently being hindered from going out. The minute I stopped screwing with my eating behavior -- start eating satisfyingly per necessity and stop (reduce) when not needed -- the process became virtually effortless.

  • endlessfall16
    endlessfall16 Posts: 932 Member
    Christine_72 wrote: »
    Tubbs216 wrote: »
    Christine_72 wrote: »
    Allowing myself to put on weight in the first place. I won't be making that mistake twice!
    I have made that mistake twice! Now trying to avoid doing it for a third time :)

    Regaining the weight I've lost petrifies me. I honestly don't think i have the energy and fortitude to do it all over again and start from scratch.

    Wow that sounds worrying. I guess you feel like you have to be constantly on guard?

    One of the things that I make sure I have in my wt control process is that it has to be (relatively) effortless. Almost like it's a natural thing to do or be. Like brushing teeth before going to bed. So, that's how my eating pattern is right now. The eating is balanced with the amount of activity.

    My effort isn't spent on counting, controlling calories. It's spent on shaping my eating behavior. Identifying, resolving destructive eating issues. :)
  • StealthHealth
    StealthHealth Posts: 2,417 Member
    arditarose wrote: »
    Getting lean enough to bulk, bulking, and then not having the drive to actually cut. So now I'm just kinda chunky again. I long for that moment I was really tiny before the bulk. But I'm much stronger so there's that.

    Can relate!!! Everyone says gaining muscle is harder than cutting fat but it is SO MUCH MORE FUN that when it comes time to cut, the will is lacking.
  • Eleanor_82
    Eleanor_82 Posts: 57 Member
    Not really understanding what this whole "cup" measurement was and how it related to solids. I assumed it meant something between a tea cup and a coffee cup. Was so shocked when I picked up a measuring jug with cup measurements in the US, gah!
  • arditarose
    arditarose Posts: 15,573 Member
    StealthHealth wrote: »
    arditarose wrote: »
    Getting lean enough to bulk, bulking, and then not having the drive to actually cut. So now I'm just kinda chunky again. I long for that moment I was really tiny before the bulk. But I'm much stronger so there's that.

    Can relate!!! Everyone says gaining muscle is harder than cutting fat but it is SO MUCH MORE FUN that when it comes time to cut, the will is lacking.

    Yep. I had a BLAST in the gym while I was bulking. Then when it was time to cut I felt like...what's the point of this squat? What's the point of accessory work now? Snooze.

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