I reeeeally screwed up.

What everyone else said.

#1 Papa Johns is awesome lol

#2 You'll be fine unless you choose to dwell on it. Keep on truckin

Oh dear, things like this happen....you are human and not going to be perfect for Jeebus' sake don't dwell and don't hate yourself. Won't change anything and it will only raise your cortisol levels and stress you out when you should be able to enjoy Christmas.

I would stay away from the scales for a while as this will probably show water weight issues on top of any gain but I'll bet my bottom dollar that you will end up NOT undoing 2 weeks of work. Try looking at it this way too....you should get some decent beast mode gains in your workouts from the extra food.

Keep up your fluids, breathe and all will sort itself out.

Woodsmoke wrote: »

So... tips on working off a pizza? And a side? DAMMIT, PAPA JOHNS.

Obviously tomorrow isn't at all viable for weight loss. But the last two days I really messed up and I hate myself for it. I can't even hold my weight level at the moment!

How can I work the MASSIVE excess off? I've undone at least two weeks work here.

Log it and move on.

Get rid of the self hate, it will do you no good.

You didn't screw up, or undone anything, you went through growing pains.

You can't work off an entire pizza, not really. Not unless you weigh 300 pounds and all of it is muscle and you spend 12 hours doing CrossFit.

Log it. Learn from it. Do better next time there's pizza. Have a slice, have two, make it fit into your daily or weekly allowance next time.

I routinely undo weeks during holidays, no big deal. You move on. 2 weeks is nothing and will pass quickly (although I doubt you undid 2 whole weeks in one day). Before you know it, it will be as if it never happened. Hating yourself will accomplish nothing. Instead, calmly evaluate why you overdid it: were you restricting too much before? Was it emotional? Was alcohol involved? Was it caused by poor planning..etc then think what would be a good plan for similar future incedents. You learn from the incidence and move on. no self hate needed. Trying to work it off because you are feeling bad or punishing yourself with severe restriction would only reinforce the cycle of restricting and overeating, which is a cycle largely fueled by stress. Calmly stepping back and evaluating is more effective than riding an emotional roller coaster.

I did the same thing. Worked xmas eve and came home ordered pizza i didnt have any meal foods at home, Then i have 2 xmas dinners incoming. Log it and move on XD Its a delicious side track for a few days. Just do best your can to not fly off the rail for next few days in guilt. Can still eat crap just remember you started off bad try and make atleast a few lower calorie choices through your holidays. Enjoy

Don't stress! If you're working the program the way it's intended you're reforming your habits for the rest of your life! It is completely unrealistic to think there will not be days where you go completely "off reservation" and eat a ton!

What's important is that you log it. Note the effect it has on you and make your future choices armed with this knowledge.

I can't stress the importance of logging it. Not as a 'punishment' or to make you feel guilty. But because the more you know about yourself and your eating patterns, the more effective you become at making the mindful decisions about food and activity.

Also my diet partner and I have been at this off and on for 3 years. We sometimes get together and review our last year's logs ... it's fun to look back at a really indulgent day and go "wow WTF did we do here!? Oh yeah! That was your 30th birthday... what an awesome day that was!" Etc. (Just a fun side effect of logging everything imo)

Hang in there. One delicious pizza won't ruin your life. 365 of them might tho!

@Woodsmoke The best thing you can do is just log it and start fresh the next day that's the beauty of it, every single day is a new day, no need to stress about yesterday's food when you could use that energy to make good decisions tomorrow (or today).

Making one good decision will bring your confidence back up, so order a salad or eat a smoothie and move on. Whatever you do don't beat yourself or hate yourself. There are so many legitimate reasons that we falter on our goals and ruminating over it won't help at all!

It was pizza. A LOT of pizza, by the sound of it. But unless you repeat this slip day after day, you haven't done THAT much damage. Learn what you can from this and move on. Suggested learning point: stop damning Papa John--annoying as he may be, he did not force that pizza down your eager little gullet!

Seriously, just get back on your normal track and you'll be fine. No need to go to extremes to atone for this.