Tell us about your worst ever slip up day...
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At our recent Superbowl party! I ate before going, and despite filling up on veggies while there (lots of broccoli, baby carrots, peppers, etc.) I also made room for two mondo slices of cheese pizza, three handfuls of cheddar popcorn, and four or five tortilla chip clusters full of salsa dip. WAY better than my past splurges (can anyone say a cheesesteak + 20 wings in one sitting...and I'm a tiny 4'9!) but still.
I need to start eating clean so my body feels yucky when I eat badly and I can self-regulate....0 -
Half a pizza, chocolate, ice cream, donuts...
LOL, I've had it all. It happens. More than once.
You just get up the next day and do something different. (And sometimes you just have another "cheat" day) but as long as you keep working, it turns out okay.0 -
Last week I did poorly in nutrition. I'd start the day out just fine-- good, usual breakfast, pretty good lunch, dinner was down the hole! I screwed up around dinner majorly--mostly due to crazy sweet cravings. I noticed part of my issue was not eating enough protein plus more intense workouts. The combination apparently is lethal for my body.
An example or two of my slip ups were-- one day last week I went to Steak n' Shake for the first time. The burger (I eat plain/dry) wasn't too bad in terms of calories, it came with fries as well and I tried to limit that. Then, of course, I decided to get a shake. Big mistake. I logged that I'd eat half the shake considering it was a little over 1,000 calories alone. I ate the whole thing!
This last weekend was my boyfriend's birthday so we went out to Carinos Italian Kitchen for dinner. I went onto the website ahead and of time recorded exactly what I'd eat and of course, gave into temptation again! Bread, Mmmm, having never been there I didn't know they had bread as a little appetizer and it was GOOD. Then, we ate, I finished my meal and thought well darn that turtle cheesecake looks DELICIOUS. I didn't use my brain and think about the amount of calories are typically in a cheese cake. Once again, I downed the entire 1,000+ calories! Worst part, I felt SO guilty when I came home that I did 30 Day Shred on a semi full belly TWICE! I felt HORRIBLE and I can now say I'll think twice about diving into dessert after a whole day of used up calories.0 -
My slip today? I had a good breakfast and a good lunch but I was still craving something sweet. I tried to have a couple dark chocolate kisses to try to kill the craving but since I am not a dark chocolate lover, it didn't work. So I had a Snickers bar. And totally demolished all of the 280 calories of it in like a second. Now I feel the craving was satisfied but now I feel bad because I know later, I'm still going to totally do dessert at my husband's grandparent's house.
How do I get through it? I just remember the old quote from who knows where "It took longer then a day to put it on, it will take longer than a day to take it off." I know i am going to make mistakes but I also know I can work harder on the other days or incorporate more healthy activities to offset the slips.0 -
I went to Chili's without checking the calories in the food first. Boy was I in for an unpleasant surprise when I got home and started logging my calories.
Chili's food is the worst for calories
I always get a kids grilled chicken with broccoli and a cup of chicken enchilada soup. The whole thing is 400 calories (200 for the soup, 200 for the chicken and broccoli), and I genuinely like all of it. Because of this, if I am eating out, I always feel like I have an option there. I've seen far worse on the Carino's nutrition chart. http://www.carinos.com/content/documents/Nutritional-Info-Guide.pdf
By far my worst slip up was this weekend when I went to stay with friends out of town and we had a Super Bowl party. I just enjoyed it and did not count anything. I had been on a plateau for awhile, so I thought, "This will definitely let my body know I am not starving!" So now that I am back at work today and eating normally, I am hoping that I lose the 2 pounds I gained this weekend and get back on track.0 -
Super Bowl Sunday! It was just my bf and I and on my way home from work I got mozzarella sticks, mini tacos, taquitos, mini quesadillas, and popcorn chicken. It was terrible! I ended up being 900 calories over. I know I will slip up again, but hopefully I will be able to moderate my slip ups.0
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January 27, 2012: On this day I ate 1504 cals OVER my daily allotment and exercise! I did OK during breakfast and lunch but then during my after noon snack I had brownies and then at dinnertime we went out with friends and I ate bread, more bread, cinnomin rolls, steak, potatoes, greenbeans covereed in butter then came home and at chocolate chip cookies (that never should have been there but my husband was off work with an injury and got bored and made them). Then I ate more choc chip cookies but spread Peanut butter over them. I was like an animal, I couldn't stop. I printed out that day and pasted it to my fridge. All I can say is I am human and I do stupid things, but I got right back on the horse!0
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Most recently, the morning after the super bowl... For breakfast, a giant bowl of leftover vegetarian chili and tortilla chips followed buy some cupcakes and cookies. I felt so gross after. Oh well, today is a new day.0
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I don't really have slip ups because I don't restricted myself. I just eat in moderation, I eat junk food if I am craving it, I have still lost weight. I don't eat meat so I rarely go out to eat and never eat fast food unless my husband gets it and I pick at left over fries. Also if I know I will be eating a lot of calories I plan ahead, like saturday I went out to buffalo wild wings, they have black bean burgers, so I knew I would be eating that + fries. It came out to be like 900 calories for the whole meal, which I knew ahead of time, I doubled my workout time, ate a small breakfast. I didn't go over on calories and I didn't feel bad about eating it. Just plan ahead, and eat in moderation!0
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I have only had a couple slip ups... Mainly when I am stressed out. I usually make a big meal and I feel so hungry & just cant get satisfied. I find myself at 8:30 at night with stomach aches cause my body had been trained to not eat so much at one sitting & completely over stuffed. Right afterward I plan on my next morning of working out harder & getting back on track. Luckily I have not gained any weight from my slip ups... probably because I feel so guilty I double burn it off the next day.0
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bump...nice to know others mess up and keep it truckin
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Worst slip up I can remember? January 25 of this year. Out of town on business, decided to live it up a bit and went to Red Robin for a burger and fries. Got to the airport and found out my flight was delayed for about 5 hours.. My co-worker and I had dinner, then decided we needed something to do. Drank more beers then I typically would at an airport. Many, many liquid calories were consumed that evening. But, I tracked each and every one of them (approximately) and vowed to not let it happen again. Haven't since. If I need a kick in the butt, I look back at that day and the disappointment I felt in myself after that.0
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About I'd say a year and a half ago, I had the kickin jack nachos from chili's and brought them home because they are my guilty pleasure lol. Well they come with anything you can think of (the option of chicken or steak on them salsa, sour cream, guacamole, cheese obviously) and there are also about 20 of these big chips filled with the cheese on them and you can put whatever you want on them. All those nachos alone we're probably around 900 to 1000 calories! Damn. I swear though if those nachos were magically healthy in an alternate universe I'd eat them every week!0
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It was in January - my husband was in the hospital for a week having some tests done and my schedule was all out of whack. I was exhausted, stressed out, and worried they wouldn't get desired results so I started to stress eat. I had bad stuff at Wendy's, I had a steak hoagie, but the worst was Monday of that week.
Double bacon cheeseburger (works), tater tots, Dr. Pepper, and a concrete mixer (basically a blizzard) with chocolate custard ice cream and kit kat bars.
I ate every.single.bite.
The stress was a lot (he was supposed to be discharged that day and wasn't) and I dealt with it by eating nothing but junk. I gained 2lbs, felt ashamed and got back on the wagon. Two weeks later, I'm back where I was. 5 days took 2 weeks of recovery.0 -
So far my worst slip up day was yesterday...I ate healthy from the begining of the day and then by the end of the day I fell into temptation and sabotage! My wonderful husband bought some nutter butter bars home and was eating them like they were the best thing ever... I had already hada snack for the day...not to mention i had two servingd of these grilled chicken poblano rolls and I had skipped my cardio workout for the day =(... i'm not slipping up again cus I put a picture of the victoria secret model wearing the bathing suit I want on the box (lmao) therefore it'll remind me of how I want to look for my miami trip this july.:happy:0
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If I have a slip up, I decide the whole day is wasted. But my worst one was when I had breakfast a diner, then lunch at McDonalds, then for dinner Pizza. And on top of the ICE CREAM for desert! I swear I must have gained 2lbs that day!0
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I went to Chili's without checking the calories in the food first. Boy was I in for an unpleasant surprise when I got home and started logging my calories.
Chili's food is the worst for calories
You're not kidding! I used to regularly order the Texas cheese fries when I went there for dinner. After I started logging I realized they were 2000 calories. ONE MEAL. That stopped that really fast. LOL0 -
Reading some of these "worst binge days ever" have me embarrassed to to even mention what my binge days are like. 3/4 of a cheeseburger? Honey, I would eat 4, and some fries, and some ice cream. It's gets worse.
I'm glad to know someone else is feeling this way. Some of these posts have left me with a daunting realization that my relationship to food is probably even worse than I suspected. Grabbing a fast food meal would not be a slip up day for me. A slip up for me would be more like grabbing a fast food meal, then going home and eating lunch right on top of it, then throwing the whole day out the window and deciding to go to a steak restaurant and eat anything I wanted until I was too stuffed to move, then waiting an hour until there was the tiniest bit of space appearing in my stomach again, and having a sandwich... and on and on until bedtime. I seriously imagine I could pack 6000 cals into a slip up day.
Not to belittle anyone elses slip ups of course. I understand that it's individual and as big a deal for everyone regardless of quantity consumed.
Some great suggestions in this thread. I particularly like the ideas of planned "binges" and journaling/analysing emotional states when it happens to learn and progress regardless. Thanks everyone!0 -
Wow am I glad I found this post. I am half way through an inspection at my school (I teach there). The stress is really getting to us all, and I've been getting through by eating really healthy then having a treat which I've counted in, in the evening. Unfortunately today feels tough, and I'm nearly at my calorie limit now. But I really want to eat something huge, chocolatey or sticky. Preferably all 3. I know I'll hate myself in the morning when I step on the scales, but right now I'm having to tie myself to the sofa. Maybe I'm not such a bad person, and a little slip will be understandable? How about some ice cream?0
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I ate 2/3 of a package of oreos last week and finally gave the rest to my coworkers since I know I have no self control with regard to oreos.0
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I commend you for this. I started and gave up after every binge for YEARS. This time I'm going to accept that habits can't be changed overnight, and it's going to happen. About once every 1-2 weeks I have a binge anywhere from 300-1000 over my limit. I don't beat myself up. I don't even make promises of intense workout. I just really internalize how I'm feeling, sometimes write down my thoughts, and eat lots of healthy foods the next day, sometimes I'll try a new healthy recipe just to distract myself (as I usually binge on sugar, which causes cravings for a few days). It works pretty well. A lot of people say a 'spike' day now and then actually helps your weight loss nicely. :]0
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ive had my fair share of slip ups im my lifetime.. i changed something with them this past round..for two years i changed my whole being in regard to being healthier. ive lost 80lbs because of it ..however that is not to without saying that i didnt have my hiccups along the way. in the past i had my times of indulging but the difference between then and now-- i dont say' oh well i cheated so i might as well cheat the rest of the day and get back to things tomorrow'.. number 1 i usually didnt get back to things tomorrow and number 2 i ate even worse as the day went on because of thinking that way.
That's awesome! Something that woke me up was a quote I saw online a few months ago-"Saying 'oh well, I already screwed up once, might as well just binge the rest of the day' is like saying 'oh well, i dropped my phone, may as well smash it." So simple, but I liked it. :]now i really try hard to plan my indulgant meals or snacks. i find that its not a slip up when i do that but rather more controlled to eat something out of the ordinary. i go out a lot for various meetings and events ..everywhere i go there is food. most of the time its not very healthy food. i have my plan of action for these types of things ..i either plan what im going to eat there or i dont eat it at all and have something before and after i go .
THIS! Depravation is a 'diet' trick not a 'lifestyle change' trick. If you're craving something-eat it! A small amount, and within your allowed calories. Make it something special.
i went to a buffet at a casino a few months back. i was going to chow everything in sight and whatever i wanted. i got through one plate of food and i wanted to die. it wasnt even a packed plate either .. oh well there went that idea of stuffing myself to death lol
LOVED that 'shrinking stomache' effect. 0 -
I completely understand, believe me. Before I started with MFP, my binging was really out of control. I was easily eating every 30 minutes to an hour and I always had this overwhelming hunger, regardless of how much I would eat. Having a triple whopper and large combo meal was nothing, I would finish it and then eat an entire box of macaroni and large bag of chips. And that was on top of everything else I had eaten throughout the day. If I had to guess, I was consuming over 4,500 calories per binge. I would beat myself up about it which would result in "punishing" myself with more binging. I've been able to keep it under control for about a year. I can't think of a way to word this properly but being able to say that my "worst" slip-up is just one burger, is in some ways reassuring. It's progress, I suppose.0
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Picture a large tupperware container full of leftover milk chocolate from a party where we used the chocolate fountain. I just use a spoon and dig.... i moved it down to the laundry room so i wouldn't have to look at it, but what i would really love is to throw it out.
Thats definetly not my worst though... the most recent would be less than a week ago when i decided to eat half a banana before bed, then told myself i was short a bit on my protein for the day so i could dip it in peanut butter, which turned into nutella. When there was no more banana i started dipping bread straight into the nutella container..... probably 1000 cals later i went to bed, feeling so so gross.
Not to brag but i could totally eat an entire pizza, a bag of chips, a box of crackers... probably five or six tacos no problem! "Healthy appetite" is my weakness.0 -
Worst ever..well, may not be my worst ever but the hour since I got home from work just now has been pretty bad. I just inhaled a mini custard tart, 100g of chocolate and half a box of cheezels. Erg... and there's a roast chicken cooking in the oven.. at least roast chicken breast without skin is good, and I'll make sweet potato and peas to go with it.
I hurt my back at work a couple of days ago, not particularly badly but enough to feel a bit sorry for myself and be unable to go to the gym until the chiropractor gives me the all-clear on Friday. Apparently, I've taken that as free licence to eat whatever! I find I've started counting things in the morning, and making good choices, but by the time 5pm comes, I just don't care anymore. Well enough of that! I'm going to get up earlier tomorrow morning and make a good protein-filled breakfast, pack some healthy yoghurt snacks for work, and get back onto this properly. I've been losing weight consistently and feeling great since getting back into MFP about a month ago, and a silly back injury is not going to wreck all that. This is MY YEAR, and I WILL reach my goal!0
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