Anyone else feel when they eat 1 high calorie treal meal they will gain weight?

rikkejanell2014
rikkejanell2014 Posts: 312 Member
edited March 2017 in Food and Nutrition
I always feel guilty after. I know it takes 3500 to gain 1 but i still always feel guilty. Terrified of gaining any weight back.
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  • hillaryflicka92
    hillaryflicka92 Posts: 613 Member
    Im the same way!
    I can kill it ALL week, and treat myself to something on the weekend (still usually within my intake goal) and feel awful after like Im going to ruin my entire week.

    Its such a mental struggle.
  • rikkejanell2014
    rikkejanell2014 Posts: 312 Member
    Funny thing is im still under my calories but sometimes to next day the scale with go up 1 or 2 pounds
  • Jthanmyfitnesspal
    Jthanmyfitnesspal Posts: 3,522 Member
    I'll find out! I had a 1000 kcals to eat, so I did. Steak, yum.
  • CandehMandeh
    CandehMandeh Posts: 66 Member
    I feel like that all the time, lol.
  • jacobsl221
    jacobsl221 Posts: 75 Member
    I can eat one sugar cookie and the next day I am up a pound. I am sure that pure sugar makes me hold water, because it disappears the day after. The same thing happens when I have a glass of wine.
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  • rikkejanell2014
    rikkejanell2014 Posts: 312 Member
    livingleanlivingclean wrote: »
    There is a common theme to many of your threads - all revolving around guilt, and stress towards certain foods, or cheat meals.

    I would really encourage you to develop a better relationship with food and eating - there shouldn't be any guilt associated with eating food (unless you stole it), and strea
    Are you watching my threads?
  • lulalacroix
    lulalacroix Posts: 1,082 Member
    No I don't. I believe in the math. As long as I eat less than I burn I will lose weight, regardless of treats.
  • lynn_glenmont
    lynn_glenmont Posts: 10,086 Member
    livingleanlivingclean wrote: »
    There is a common theme to many of your threads - all revolving around guilt, and stress towards certain foods, or cheat meals.

    I would really encourage you to develop a better relationship with food and eating - there shouldn't be any guilt associated with eating food (unless you stole it), and stressing about extra calories probably does more damage than the extra calories.

    And since stress hormones can cause you to retain water, getting all stressed out about a "treat meal" that still leaves you under your calorie goal could become a self-fulfilling prophecy -- your stress is causing you to gain water weight.
  • AnvilHead
    AnvilHead Posts: 18,343 Member
    No.
  • amusedmonkey
    amusedmonkey Posts: 10,330 Member
    Hang in there. It's irrational and you know it, now all you need to spend enough time to get desensitized to this irrational annoying and stressful feeling. It will pass. I have been at this long enough and high calorie days (even very high calorie days) don't phase me anymore. Even scale gain doesn't phase me one bit.

    I was nearly 1000 calories over maintenance yesterday, ate twice my calorie allowance, and I woke up 2.5 pounds heavier. It's amazing when the only thing I'm thinking about is how much I enjoyed yesterday. I had a water fast day earlier this week for lent and a high calorie day was just part of the plan to not have too low of a weekly net. Everything worked exactly as I planned.

    When it's unplanned I may feel a little bit annoyed that I did not have the opportunity to plan it, but it does not produce that nasty old anxiety feeling anymore. Give it time.
  • zyxst
    zyxst Posts: 9,147 Member
    rikkejanell2014 wrote: »
    I always feel guilty after. I know it takes 3500 to gain 1 but i still always feel guilty. Terrified of gaining any weight back.

    Yes because I usually do, either too much sodium or the food weight or both. It only becomes a problem for me if I continue overeating.

    My fave place to eat is Wok Box. I get crispy breaded chicken and rice. Always up 2# the next day. Why? Because I ate 2# worth of food.
  • Lounmoun
    Lounmoun Posts: 8,423 Member
    No. I plan and log food before eating. If food fits my calorie goal I don't feel like I will gain.

    I have not labeled foods as bad, junk, unhealthy, fattening so I don't feel bad about eating normally.
  • Duchy82
    Duchy82 Posts: 560 Member
    Nope doesn't come into it I enjoy high calorie foods guilt free. I had two triple belgian chocolate cookies at 357cal each yesterday, enjoyed them and went over my calorie goal yesterday, the scale shows a lb down this morning and I was expecting more like half a lb this week.
  • JeromeBarry1
    JeromeBarry1 Posts: 10,179 Member
    rikkejanell2014 wrote: »
    I always feel guilty after. I know it takes 3500 to gain 1 but i still always feel guilty. Terrified of gaining any weight back.

    I'm skipping the intervening comments. Take a longer view of your journey. If you have created a calorie deficit of 3,000 calories in the past 6 days by eating 500 calories below your NEAT each day, you will still lose fat for the week if you have a 1200 calorie meal. While certainly you'll have a weight gain of several pounds tomorrow, that's water and sodium, and will quickly drain away. You could even go 1200 over your NEAT on both days of the weekend and still have a weekly deficit. Weight loss would be slow, but it would be real. Be of good cheer, and get back into your deficit.
  • NameItNClaimIt
    NameItNClaimIt Posts: 79 Member
    Some foods do cause you to retain water. Salt causes the kidneys to retain water, while excess sugar causes the body to produce insulin, which in turn hinders the body’s ability to get rid of salt. It could have been the cookie.

    Funny how a question is treated like a cry for help. Everyone tries to fix the problem.
  • Xvapor
    Xvapor Posts: 1,643 Member
    NameItNClaimIt wrote: »
    Some foods do cause you to retain water. Salt causes the kidneys to retain water, while excess sugar causes the body to produce insulin, which in turn hinders the body’s ability to get rid of salt. It could have been the cookie.

    Funny how a question is treated like a cry for help. Everyone tries to fix the problem.

    One average size cookie everyday for a week wouldn't have any noticeable effect. Weigh fluctuations of 2 to 5lbs depending on size of person is normal. Weigh your self every 2 weeks in the morning and better yet take measurements forcaccurate fat loss. When someone posts that they feel guilty for eating a cookie it could mean nothing but it could be the sign of a problem
  • cwolfman13
    cwolfman13 Posts: 41,865 Member
    No...'cuz that's not how it works.
  • Jthanmyfitnesspal
    Jthanmyfitnesspal Posts: 3,522 Member
    Jthanmyfitnesspal wrote: »
    I'll find out! I had a 1000 kcals to eat, so I did. Steak, yum.

    I am following up the next morning after a 1000kcal steak and Mac n' cheese dinner with a bit of hazelnut chocolate for dessert. This was within my calorie plan because I swam for 55 minutes and ate within plan earlier in the day. I also had plenty of fluids for the day (including chai rooibos tea, yum).

    The result? I'm down .5 lbs. In fact, I'm at my goal weight today. Why? Probably because protein is a diuretic or something like that.
  • Hamsibian
    Hamsibian Posts: 1,388 Member
    livingleanlivingclean wrote: »
    rikkejanell2014 wrote: »
    Are you watching my threads?

    No, I have a good memory.

    I have a good memory as well. You need to start working on coming to terms with this now, otherwise maintenance is going to be difficult.
  • Cylphin60
    Cylphin60 Posts: 863 Member
    rikkejanell2014 wrote: »
    I always feel guilty after. I know it takes 3500 to gain 1 but i still always feel guilty. Terrified of gaining any weight back.

    Stay with it and concentrate on trusting the math.

    I do get surprised sometimes at how bloated a single meal can make me feel, but rarely if ever feel guilty over it. My weightloss has stalled at times too, but that's easy to get over and never lasted long.

    Hang in there and double down on the calorie tracking. You look strong and healthy in your avatar, so focus on that and you'll get there. :)
  • jennypapage
    jennypapage Posts: 489 Member
    I do have this irrational fear, but i know it's in my head and i know the math behind weight loss, so i just ignore it.I don't eat take out food much,or at restaurants, but i do it once in a while so i can overcome this fear.Like on Friday i ordered a pizza after a year and a half, and ate the whole thing. I had planned for it, and i only went over my daily goal by 400 calories, so yesterday i cut 300 out of my day and the other 100 came from the rest of the week.Looking at the weekly numbers, i am under my weekly goal by 5 calories, so i know there was no "damage" done and i won't gain.I weighed myself today out of curiosity and...still the same.There have been times where i have actually lost weight after a meal out.
  • elaineloveslost
    elaineloveslost Posts: 2 Member
    Remind yourself: Just as it took time for you to gain all your weight, it will take time to lose it again - and just as it takes time to lose it again, it will take time to gain it all back. It's a process, and one day over a calorie goal won't make you put on all of the pounds you worked to lose. :)

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