A bad day :(

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  • saragato
    saragato Posts: 1,154
    Try distracting your mind for a bit whether through reading or watching a movie or finding something mindless to do. It'll calm you down, get your mind on something else besides the day. I mentally beat myself up all the time for stupid things and the longer you let your brain run that thought train, the worse you feel. The best thing's just to give yourself a temporary reprieve and come back at it later when you're not so worked up.

    One of my therapists told me once, you can't expect to start going uphill and keep going up. You're gonna stumble, you might even fall down the hill a bit, but what matters is that you brush yourself off and go right back up the hill. Because realistically, battles like this aren't going to be easy and a lot of times they won't be fun and you'll slip up, but you're human.

    Today is today. Tomorrow's the unknown variable you still have power over. You may lose some battles, but as long as you win the war then you've done good.
  • slrrese
    slrrese Posts: 180 Member
    Don't give up!! So, you have had a bad day, we all have bad days and it is ok. I have been at this roughly the same amount of time as you and I have only lost 10 lbs. I have had days where I didn't make the best choices, in fact two last week and it kept me from my goal of 10lbs lost. This is a life change not a diet. It is not what I do today or yesterday that matters as much as what I do long term. Healthy means eating well most days, not every day for the rest of your life. You can do this!!!

    Being defeated is often a temporary condition. Giving up is what makes it permanent. ~ Marilyn vos Savant
  • Becky_Boodle
    Becky_Boodle Posts: 253 Member
    I feel like this whenever I don't make it to the gym :(
    it makes me feel like I didn't accomplish anything...
    then I look at what I've done for the rest of the week
    and when I see that I've done awesome all week
    the feeling goes away and I think to myself...
    I'm gonna work even harder tomorrow to do better!!!
  • Mom_4_More_Muscles
    Mom_4_More_Muscles Posts: 46
    Today was a bad day. I made bad choices and now I feel, you guessed it, bad.

    It's a DIFFERENT day, for sure. :wink: One thing I have learned about me....is that I may THINK it's a bad day, :sad: but it's really just DIFFERENT than what I had expected. :ohwell: Expectations have come to bite me in the A&& (hope that's not too offensive) every time I put them on something or someone...or plan an outcome with myself. So I've changed my thinking...and that didn't cost a lot of calories...:smile: . I don't always know good from bad. I DO know different. What I think is GOOD for me, just might not be the best for me at that moment. And what I think is BAD for me, may not really be that bad....just different.

    Be gentle with yourself, you can always start your day over. . . .even if it's 5:00 in the afternoon. Start with right now..:smile: .make a commitment to be good to yourself for the rest of the evening.

    It's a great day! Smile to yourself and say..."I can do this". I believe you can! :smile: We all can!
  • Vonnie2006
    Vonnie2006 Posts: 246 Member
    Focus on your successes! You've done an AMAZING job in 10 weeks. You had one bad day (today) which probably wasn't "bad" just not what you started out to do. Either way, I say log it, forgive yourself and give yourself permission to be human. Trust me there will be another day when you say, eh, I'm eating that, I'm not working out, just don't make them a string and don't let the OLD you, take up permanent residence with the new you.

    30 lbs, 30 lbs, 30 lbs 30 lbs...you've been doing GREAT! Focus on that and let that propel you back onto the path.
  • Wendysworld13
    Wendysworld13 Posts: 225 Member
    Two steps forward one step back - you are still ahead. All of us have been there. Has to do with being a person!

    Congratulations on your success so far. Good Luck going forward.

    I hope you don't let one bad day - throw you back! Last night for dinner I had ho ho's and diet coke - I just needed it. Ok, so today I got back on the track and ate good. I still like the fact that overall I am eating better and exercising! Nothing defeats you except you and you don't sound like a quitter.

    Good luck again!
  • HollywoodDJ
    HollywoodDJ Posts: 296
    Oh hunne, Heck I have been on here a week and a half and I have already had some bad days. All we can do is the best
    we can do with what we have. Maybe instead of looking at it like you "FAILED" , rather look at it as you LET YOURSELF or treated yourself. Hang in there and try to be your own best friend. Be a little kinder and gentler on yourself!

    God Bless you!

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  • treehopper1987
    treehopper1987 Posts: 505 Member
    You have to learn how to let these days go, and get back to it the next day. I know how you feel I have been back and forth with weight because of the emotions I have. I had a bad WEEK last week, while being sick, but today I feel better and I'm trying to get right back to where I left off. I can't give up and let my success thus far be lost. Good luck with tomorrow, and congrats on the weight you have already lost.
  • nannabannana
    nannabannana Posts: 780
    You are and have done great. No one will shame you for that, goodness girl, we all do it enough to ourselves. First and foremost you are human...we make bad choices, so we can get disappointed in ourselves, but not DISCOURAGED...ok I have a bad day at least once a week, if it makes you feel better..Keep at it.....
  • IndiMomma
    IndiMomma Posts: 7
    Wow. So I kind of forgot that I posted this rant last week,lol. And when I saw that I had replies, I almost fell over at all the lovely support. Thank you. I've never really taken advantage of the "community" aspect of MFP and I'm thinking that I'm missing part of the benefits here. Thank you all again.

    :)
  • kbanzhaf
    kbanzhaf Posts: 601 Member
    I had a bad day yesterday -- and today is a new beginning. I am not going to let it get me completely off track. I initially lost 70 pounds, and have successfully kept off 55 of it. I'd like to lose around 7 once again, and keep that off, so I don't let the bad days get to me.
    Each morning is a chance to start a GREAT day!!!!
    Kaye
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