Tell us about your worst ever slip up day...

When I got really sick the past week, I took half a day off, stopped by McDonald's and got a Mighty Kids chicken nugget meal with fries, coke on the way home...

The next day, still sick, went to the Dr, got my antibiotics (bad cold) and headed home, realized there was no real food at the house so I went and got a Wendy's double cheeseburger, fries, and sprite. HAHAHA :P But I enjoyed the kids meal the day before better, the burger was just way too much...

So did not give a flip those two days... feeling too bad, did NOT care.

Didn't really gain much. Right back at it after I felt better. ^_^

This is a great topic. I have slip ups about once sometimes twice a month, anything that I can find and eat I will, man do I feel sick after. I am glad that everyone has those days. But when I wake up the next day, I just go back to eating well, like the binge never happened. You can't get upset about what you cannot change, like someone else said, its all about understanding our personal relationships with food. I hope in the end I will get over my love for eating, but in the meantime, we just need to wake up everyday and vow to be a healthy person.

Last week I caved and had a huge cheeseburger with everything on it.... It was over 1,000 calories and I felt terrible afterwards.

Normally I would get discouraged and just throw the rest of the week away or give up entirely. This time I logged it truthfully, accepted what I ate (denying it wouldn't make the calories evaporate!) and realized that tomorrow I could do it over. I did and I'm still going. The pound I gained from it went away and now I'm back on track.

i tend to buy more that i want to, i do it ONLY in Grocery stores Or Walmart, Funny i write down what i want Before i go shopping and i ALWAYS come back with the Quadruple stuff , Well i dont go to bars or do any fun activity so i let loose in grocery places. Unfortunately that is what is wrong with me.

Something that MIGHT help you... look up some yummy but healthy recipes that you want to try. Write down all the ingredients for two or three recipes, then add the stuff that you need/were going to get anyway.... I dunno about you, but on the rare times I actually adhere exactly to a recipe, I'm shocked at how much stuff I have to buy for it. Once your basket is full of 18 different ingredients for 3 meals (that you had to look up and down the store to find), that should quell your shopping urge. Heehee.

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. How about 3/4 of a family size Stoffer's veggie lasagna and then 6 cupcakes? 3/4 a pizza + wings + garlic bread was another. Worst ever? They were all so bad and there were so many I cant even keep track! How do I not weigh 1,000 pounds?

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....

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.

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.

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!

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!