Slip ups

They are...inevitable...

Mine today was a Sonic Hot Dog and ice cream cone.

I don't regret it (need a drooly smiley on here).

We are human, we slip up. Move onward.....

DH is getting ready to deploy. Exercise has slacked and we've had several family dinners out and date nights. I've tried to work it in, but I've been struggling not to feel guilty about my multiple slip ups. I keep telling myself it's not enough to cause weight gain so I need to relax.

Recently, I hit the skids for 2 to 3 weeks after doing pretty well for two and a half months. It's harder for me to stick to the plan when I have a bunch of time off from work and my day isn't largely occupied. So the slip ups were a few meals out, mostly on my regular days off, where I did have some bread and some rice, and I caved and ate a bunch of candy and snacked outside of my parameters for a week and a half, mostly on what I had around in the house, which wasn't too bad. I have made an effort to not bring trigger food home. But I managed to stay mostly within the framework of what I've been doing, took the same lunch to work as what I have been bringing, and ate the same breakfast. It did take some doing though to get back onto the wagon and I finally did that two days ago. I thought I must have regained up to 5 lbs, which I would have accepted, but luckily I didn't do any damage. I'm not sure how I didn't. I still have a ways to go, so it was a good surprise that I didn't regain. The big advantage is my mindset now, to just accept my screwups, move forward and do better. That seems to be sticking, which I am happy with.

@Zilla100 I love your mindset “accept my screwups, move forward and do better”. This is exactly the thing that is helping me be successful. In the past, I’ve been “all or nothing”, and once I got derailed would just give up.Now, I just say to myself, “it’s ok, it happens, and every day is a new start”. Glad you’re back on track!

Cats_fitness_journey wrote: »

Try to eat everything in moderation. It’s important to have balance, maybe you aren’t eating enough sugar and your body is telling you to eat more? Or not, sometimes we need cookies 🙌

lol, If I went with what my body tells me in regards to sugar and moderation, I'd weight 800 lbs.

The OP is from 2012, and the person who posted it hasn't been active here since 2016. I think they're beyond our advice.

Zilla100 wrote: »

Recently, I hit the skids for 2 to 3 weeks after doing pretty well for two and a half months. It's harder for me to stick to the plan when I have a bunch of time off from work and my day isn't largely occupied. So the slip ups were a few meals out, mostly on my regular days off, where I did have some bread and some rice, and I caved and ate a bunch of candy and snacked outside of my parameters for a week and a half, mostly on what I had around in the house, which wasn't too bad. I have made an effort to not bring trigger food home. But I managed to stay mostly within the framework of what I've been doing, took the same lunch to work as what I have been bringing, and ate the same breakfast. It did take some doing though to get back onto the wagon and I finally did that two days ago. I thought I must have regained up to 5 lbs, which I would have accepted, but luckily I didn't do any damage. I'm not sure how I didn't. I still have a ways to go, so it was a good surprise that I didn't regain. The big advantage is my mindset now, to just accept my screwups, move forward and do better. That seems to be sticking, which I am happy with.

@Zilla100, you've done really great getting things back on track - and doing so pretty calmly, it sounds like, which is even better. (Guilt or catastrophizing about extra eating doesn't burn any extra calories, and it usually feels icky, so there's no point in that emotional reaction, even though it's a common reaction.)

I'd point out that in order to gain 5 pounds, you'd need to have eaten at least 17,500 calories above your maintenance calories (not just above your MFP goal) in that week and a half. There are reasons why the gain might be less than that, if it's an unusual jump in calories, but I won't belabor that.

While I personally absolutely could eat an average of 1750 calories above my maintenance level for 10 days, it really is kind of a lot of food.

You say "slip ups were a few meals out, mostly on my regular days off, where I did have some bread and some rice, and I caved and ate a bunch of candy and snacked outside of my parameters for a week and a half, mostly on what I had around in the house, which wasn't too bad." That really doesn't sound like 17,500 calories above maintenance, though I can't be sure.

As long as overages stay rare and somewhat moderate, the impact on overall weight loss won't be huge. Obviously, if we can find a routine that avoids overages happening, that's ideal. Getting back to a healthy routine as soon as possible is also a great response, if and when they do happen.

I think you're going to be very successful, given your level-headed handling of the situation.

I'm going to leave the 2012 people back in 2012, though .