Very bad weekend
sarajo16
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I completely went off track this weekend and it showed on the scales this morning. I ate more chocolate and treats this weekend than in any other week. When I got on the scales I could have cried. Could it really show up that quickly! My first thought was to give up, this isn't worth it. As the morning goes on Im realising how stupid that sounds but its just so hard to always be good. i know I can make better decisions bout my food choices but some days I just don't want to. I need to feel motivated again, I need to want this really badly like last week.
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You need to start looking at weight loss long term. Eating treats and gaining a couple of pounds is very very short term. Why think of it as "being good"? Start thinking in terms of numbers... Calories in, calories out. It's not about how good you are or whether you ate a few too many chocolates. It's more about... Are you in this for the long haul? Name some specific goals and keep them in the forefront of your mind. You can easily recover this week by being in a calorie deficit next week. Why give up? It's just as easy to eat in calorie deficit as it would be to stuff your face... Just a matter of sticking to the macros and allotted calories. You CAN do it!0
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omg I have been a pig too this weekend and have gone up 4 pounds today but it should go down again in a day or two if you drink tonnes of water and have a really healthy day. I feel soooo guilty too lol but then I tell myself you have to treat yourself once in a while right?!! :ohwell:0
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Don't give up. No one should expect to stay perfect through a weight-loss journey. The aim is for the bad days to be the exceptions.
What's done is done - look forward to the challenge of sticking to your goals this week and seeing the results next week (don't weight yourself too much either!).
Hang in there girl.0 -
Get back on that horse, girl!! I fall off for about 2-3 days each month (I bet you can guess which days), but then bounce right back in the saddle once it's passed. Shake it off. Move on. Forward, that is.
Julie
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You have to allow yourself to cheat every now and then. It's perfectly ok. You have to draw the line and keep it to a one day minimum. I call it my Faturday, and its usually saturday of sunday, but never both. You will in time train your brain to think the way you want to think.
So you fell off of your bike. Dust off your britches and get back on. It's that simple.0 -
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I also had a bad weekend... two meals of hot head burrito (kinda like chipotle) AND taco bell and minimal workouts. We just gotta get back to it. Its going to happen. Thats life. Just make sure we refocus and don't keep doing it.0
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Another one here that had a terrible weekend...(you can read about it on my blog)
But the most important is, do not loose the motivation and work on damage control: water, water, water and clean eating . It's the only way now, girls.0 -
DO NOT PANIC! It is water weight! Drink a lot of water and you will lose it in a few days...2 bad days ins't going to make you gain all that weight...
Get back on track today, stay off the scale for a few days....it will be ok!0 -
That's not "fat" you picked up in two days, it's water retention (from eating badly and probably not drinking enough water) and, not to bee too delicate here, you probably still have quite a bit of that food in you - it's not the type of food that makes you regular...
So don't bee too hard on yourself, but do get back on the wagon NOW.
When you see yourself going off track, that's when you are supposed to bring yourself back to your path.0 -
Today is a new day. It's OK to fall off the wagon for a day or 2, don't be so hard on yourself. Get back on track - take the good with the bad. Don't go there today too. You can do it!0
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It doesn't seem fair, does it? It takes so long to lose one pound and it can be easily put back on with a weekend of indulgence. Been there, still trying to get back to my weight before Christmas. Don't kick yourself too hard just get back to the basics.0
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DO NOT PANIC! It is water weight! Drink a lot of water and you will lose it in a few days...2 bad days ins't going to make you gain all that weight...
Get back on track today, stay off the scale for a few days....it will be ok!
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I also had a bad weekend, I weigh in on Friday's and last week I lost 2lb but this morn I'm
up 3lb. I would have thrown the towel in before but as said up above I'm downing the water
and have my meals planned for the next 5 days, them 3lb will be gone and another 1 or 2
will accompany them as well. Just take 5 mins and write down exercise and meals for the
week and you'll feel back on track and in control and try to give yourself 5 days before you
weigh again. Good Luck....0 -
Did you read the other replies? It's next to impossible to put a pound of fat on in two days.It doesn't seem fair, does it? It takes so long to lose one pound and it can be easily put back on with a weekend of indulgence. Been there, still trying to get back to my weight before Christmas. Don't kick yourself too hard just get back to the basics.0 -
i feel bad after every weekend , sometimes i feel weekends should just be marked off the calender till im done with my weightloss coz they completely derail me off my tracks. after the WI today i felt the same,. n everytime this happens i feel so let down i just want to give up then =(0
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In't in you, not on you.. it is not on your hips, leg, belly or anywhere.. it is when you stay at that weight for a while that it shows.. so just be good and it will be gone.. I have a day FAt day every Sunday and still lose weight every week.. I never weigh on Monday because I know it will be up.. I weight Sunday mornings and if I'm down from the week before, I indulge on Sunday.0
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Never weigh in on a Friday! I always do Saturday morning, then if you do fall over on the weekend, you've got a whole week to get it back!! :laugh:0
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Life is too short to get stressed about a day or two of indulgence. We are all human and sometimes you have to listen to the devil on your shoulder; denying yourself your favourite junk food for the rest of your life with no exceptions is next to impossible, and boring too!
Just don't let it de-rail you, or become a regular habit. As other people have said, you're probably retaining water from salty foods, and the stodgy food still in your belly still hasn't left your system. Get back to your clean eating, drink lots of water and move on.
I had a terrible weekend too, literally from Friday to Sunday I ate bad foods and drank alcohol. But it was an occasion, and it's not something I do regularly. I was good all last week and I plan to compensate this week before my weigh-in. I didn't weigh in this week because I knew the scales would be up, and it would only make me lose heart.
Stay off the scales until next week, get back into your good habits and remember that we're all entitled to treats every now and again if we're good most of the time 0 -
cheat days are not the devils work.. they are very good to keep your body in check..even bodybuilders have cheat days...it all comes down to balence....you cant eat that pizza then sit on your *kitten* all day..... we are only human after all, so dont panic about having a candy bar, just plan it into your daily diary............... all the best STORMY0
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^^^^ THIS! It's not actual weight. Drink a ton, eat clean and it will come right back off.DO NOT PANIC! It is water weight! Drink a lot of water and you will lose it in a few days...2 bad days ins't going to make you gain all that weight...
Get back on track today, stay off the scale for a few days....it will be ok!0 -
I'm with you weekends are always tough for me also but i love monday to get back on track and dig in.0
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Saaame. Feeling pretty lousy this morning, after my Monday morning weigh-in showed me as UP 3 LBS since last Monday.
It's hard seeing that "Pounds Lost" meter go down, but let's have a super good day and get back on track! 0 -
I keep drinking 4 glasses of wine instead of 2 and then feeling like an idiot. :-)
But i think it might help to dismiss the idea that you ever went off the wagon at all. Some days you sleep poorly . . . does that make you think you might give up sleeping altogether? Of course not. What you're working on is a lifetime of making good, healthy decisions ON AVERAGE. That means some bad days too. And some super good ones. But if you can average out good decisions and healthy eating, you will be healthy.0 -
Don't give up! Chances are, some of it's water weight. To gain a pound, you need an excess of 3500 calories.
Anyway, even if it's a true gain, which I doubt, you can easily get back on track. I think the secret is not to let one weekend be the start of going back to old ways for the long term (as someone else said).
It's much better to have a bad weekend than a bad week or a bad month, or a bad year.0 -
I'm glad you posted this. I too had a terrible weekend and was feeling discouraged. This thread has made me feel better. I only have healthy snacks at my desk and I started off the morning with a swim. I WILL have a good week.0
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Hey don't feel bad.....Last week, starting on Saturday night and through Super Bowl sunday I ate and drank like a total slob......I never had that full feeling and just kept eating and drinking.......Well, on Sunday night I was 14 pounds heavier than I was on Friday morning.......Talk about shocked!!!!! It all came off during the week though and I stayed very clean over this weekend, so I'm not playing catch up this week......You gotta let loose once in a while I guess....
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i had 4 pork ribs and 3 egges over easy tuna for lunch and 1000 cals of mc donalds O and half a bad of chocolate chips yaaa i know i had a moment. Time to be a good boy agian.0
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I was just thinking that today myself... there are bound to be a few days each month that just don't go as planned. It's gonna happen to everyone at some point. It may help to remind oneself that we are making lifestyle changes, changes we can manage forever and it's realistic to eat junk occasionally, it is part of life. Our goal should be to tip the scales towards healthy the majority of the time, really enjoy those moments we decide to treat ourselves, savor every bite then just keep on truckin'. We can do this!0
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Im totally feeling you on this one. I myself had a couple not so good days. First chinese food on friday night with the hubby and saturday went to The Wing House with the family and later at home we made some strawberry shortcake..so needless to say I was feeling guilty because all the hard work Ive been doing BUT... done with that guilt this morning I'm moving on. Its ok to cheat sometimes . I like to eat and have a good time with the family without counting and worrying about CALORIES..so it was kinda nice to take that break this weekend..so don't be hard on urself ..you'll get to where u wanna be in time. Good luck0
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