Cheat Day mess up

TasteofEnvy
TasteofEnvy Posts: 123 Member
edited November 28 in Motivation and Support
So, since I started like two weeks ago I had lost almost 4lbs. It felt great; I felt so in control with measuring all my food and being healthy.
But I ended up having two cheat days in a row;
One was due to a friend I haven't seen in three years visiting and he wanted Qdoba... I got the lowest calorie item on the menu, but I'm sure we all know their food is nothing but sodium.
The other was yesterday with my boyfriend; we both had terrible days and binged on some oreos and milk. He was sweet, being aware of me trying ot be more healthy, and bought skim milk and oreo thins... I still even ate less than I usually do when I eat regular oreos...

But today I weight myself and I gained all my weight back.
I know, realistically, it's probably water weight from the qdoba sodium and the junk+milk I had yesterday...
But I'm so frustrated.

Please support, encourage, no hating...

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  • TavistockToad
    TavistockToad Posts: 35,719 Member
    You know it's water weight, so....?
  • TasteofEnvy
    TasteofEnvy Posts: 123 Member
    TavistockToad wrote: »
    You know it's water weight, so....?

    I'm just paranoid b/c what if it's not...
  • pinuplove
    pinuplove Posts: 12,871 Member
    TasteofEnvy wrote: »
    TavistockToad wrote: »
    You know it's water weight, so....?

    I'm just paranoid b/c what if it's not...

    Did you log it?
  • ccrdragon
    ccrdragon Posts: 3,374 Member
    Do you think you actually ate 14,000 extra calories over the past 2 days (above and beyond your maintenance calories) because that is what it would take to have put on 4 pounds of fat in that time period.
  • RAinWA
    RAinWA Posts: 1,980 Member
    TasteofEnvy wrote: »
    TavistockToad wrote: »
    You know it's water weight, so....?

    I'm just paranoid b/c what if it's not...

    Then you know to plan better the next time.

    Seriously, relax - you have a life to live and stressing this much over one meal out and some skim milk and Oreo Thins is going to drive you insane. If you know the water fluxes after a high sodium day are going to mess with your head, just stay off the scales for a few days until it goes away.
  • ACanadian22
    ACanadian22 Posts: 377 Member
    edited September 2018
    Ahhh...99.9% of us have been in your shoes at one time. It is just water. Make sure you log it and you will see it disappear in the next couple days. I am like that every Monday now so I don't even think about it. We all have our days and you can't expect to eat perfect all the time :)
  • TavistockToad
    TavistockToad Posts: 35,719 Member
    TasteofEnvy wrote: »
    TavistockToad wrote: »
    You know it's water weight, so....?

    I'm just paranoid b/c what if it's not...

    What if it's not? You'll have gained a bit of fat...? So....?
  • dandl1986
    dandl1986 Posts: 94 Member
    don't beat yourself up over yesterday, set yourself up for a successful week and get back on track, guilt never helps weight loss:)
  • WinoGelato
    WinoGelato Posts: 13,454 Member
    Better how to figure out how to deal with this sooner rather than later...

    Do you really never intend to eat Qdoba again? What about other fast food, higher in sodium meals?

    An Oreo Thins and Skim Milk binge - did you eat 10K calories in Oreos? 5K calories in Oreos? 3K calories in Oreos? Or did you eat more than a serving? That's not a binge.

    What did these two occurences do for your total calories for the day? For the week?

    How do you plan to handle special events - birthdays, family parties, date nights, holidays?

    Look at the numbers - what is your goal rate of loss set to? How much weight do you have to lose? Are those two things compatible? You've lost 4 lbs in 2 weeks, are you aiming for a 2 lb/week loss or was that initial loss some water weight coming off?

    Did your Qdoba and Oreo intake put you over your weekly calorie target? If not, then no, you didn't gain 4 lbs, and likely, you may still loose weight this week.





  • TrishSeren
    TrishSeren Posts: 587 Member
    It's water weight, you literally don't put on fat that fast after two days of overeating especially when you've spent an extended period of time in deficit.
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