What's your attitude towards a slip

At the end of the day, I move on to the next one and don't look back. I don't try to make up for what I ate the day before by eating less or exercising more.

Interesting question & I'm looking forward to folks' answers.

Had an interesting experience the other day, it was the bi-monthly pizza night. I had saved my calories so I could have 4 slices & a salad. Was really looking forward to it! 2 bites into the 3rd slice I was uncomfortably full...seriously "couldn't wedge an after 8 chocolate" in here full.

The feeling lasted until the next morning & I found myself feeling sad & disappointed in myself. It wasn't a conscious thought as such, just a feeling. It hit me that this is how I used to feel when I binged. Properly binged. Like, 3000cal days binge before I had decided to change my life. So my body was basically reacting to the uncomfortably full feeling the same way as when I had truly overindulged...where in this case, I definitely hadn't. In fact, I had lots of Cal's to spare that day but obviously couldnt fit them in!

When I DO have a real higher calorie day, I feel no guilt at all. It's just a number on a page & I just think....you're so consistent with your diet/logging..what's a few hundred calories every so often in the grand scheme? Tomorrow is another day, no point in looking back.

Can only conclude that my relationship with food was so deeply rooted in emotion that it's going to be a while before it all truly gets sorted out.

Like a lot of folk, I was unkind to myself for too long in many different ways. No-one should beat themselves up & let one slip over ride all of their achievements so far...we're human...life gets in the way. If you find yourself having extra calories occasionally, allow yourself to enjoy them I'd say....regret just isn't worth the wasted energy!

88olds wrote: »

Track it.

Weight loss is a set of things to do. This is opposed to the prevailing view of WL as a bunch of don'ts, like "Don't eat that chocolate cake!"

One of the main/best things to do is keeping a food diary. The food diary is not just for our good days.

When losing, there were a lot of days when I ate more than planned. Some loss of focus, some bad math, some lapses of will power. Lots of ways to eat too much. But I always did my best to put a good faith number on everything and track it.

So did you eat too much, or eat too much and use it as a reason to quit the process? Big difference.

I'm with you on this. I don't see how it is helpful to selectively acknowledge fitness data based on whether you feel it is "good" or within tolerance. I accurately log days when I exceed my calories or have a messy macros mix and I log exercise events where I basically sucked (running slower than my average, for example)

It isn't about giving yourself a good or bad grade (or an "incomplete"), it is about understanding the totality of your fitness and nutrition and making decisions accordingly.

I kick my self HARD.

That is one reason IF 5:2 works better for me. I really only have to ‘succeed’ for two days a week. Eat sanely and even a few treats the other five and I WILL have achieved my desired deficit.

So I’m much nicer to myself now because I really don’t slip.

I log it, think "oh *kitten*...oops," submit my diary, and move on with my life I used to beat myself up about it but staying consistant has wielded some great results so I dont worry any more. Im usually not right on point with my calories anyway. Some days I'm over, some under so I like to keep my eye on my weekly calories

I thought this was an undergarment thread and was going to say I was back to wearing onevwith dresses as it smoothed out my belly bumps.

It's obviously not.

Log it and move on. No guilt.

You are, hopefully, losing in a way that will be sustainable in maintenance.

This means you have to work in life events and celebrations, as well as days where you have no appetite. Learning that none of these short term variations affect long term results is a valuable tool.

Consistency over time for the win.

Cheers, h.