Lost control this weekend

Its Okay! Everyone deserves a cheat day. I have noticed that if you weigh every single day your weight will vary. Like if on monday I weigh 145, then tues, 143, wed, 147, I know that I really weigh about 145 because that is the average. They say to weigh at the exact same time every time you weigh and take the average and that is your true weight. They say to do this because some of the food that you ate before you weigh could still be in your stomach and that can cause you to weigh more and many other factors like that. Trust me. One day of mistakes will not hurt you. You probaby earned it!

I guarantee you some of that is water retention. Birthday party food usually has a high sodium content. You'll be surprised if you get back on track and add a little more exercise how fast those two pounds will disappear!! Hang in there - we all slip up for a while (I went over 2000 calories on both thurs and fri :noway: ) But the thing about being healthy is not that you're perfect, but that you allow the slips and then get back to it. Enjoy your brunch, then hit it again and you will be fine!! Hang in there - it gets better :flowerforyou:

I went out of town this weekend with my husband and my college roomies for a wine tour......six wineries later I felt so bloated and overstuffed that I'm too scared to step on the scale today. I guess we just need to get back on track. I'm finding it easy to exercise regularly, not so easy to eat right!

I think part of being here is learning what works and what doesn't, where are your weakness but also, where are your strengths. I also had a challenging week end. I did great on Friday, taking healthy snacks to the zoo, eating a SMALL salad for lunch, then coming home for dinner and working 600 calories on the machine. Yesterday was worse. I ate breakfast and took snacks, but left them in the car, which seemed miles away when I wanted them. I had a turkey sandwich at the rugby game, complete with lots of salad mix, so that was okay. But then I broke down and had a muffin. Then my nephew chose Izzy's for his birthday dinner. I had one small, what I thought was small, serving of each item that I wanted, only about two bites of each--rice, mac and cheese, baked beans, etc. By the time I finished that, I was fullish feeling so I chose two slices of pizza, ate one, could not eat the other. One of thier little tiny cookies and about half a cup of ice cream later and I was done. I haven't even logged it all in, but I think the muffin really killed the calorie count. Anyway, today I feel tired, and starved. I ate breakfast, a snack, lunch, a snack, and can't wait for dinner. I'm drinking lots of water, took a nap, and plan to do exercise before the day is out. What I learned from the experience is that it's too soon in the program for me to think about going off my regular plan. It provided good information for what I need to do during my trip in April. I don't weigh for a long time, so I have lots of time to work it off.