Completely and totally blew it yesterday!!!!

lizarene3
lizarene3 Posts: 46 Member
edited November 12 in Motivation and Support
Ok, so yesterday, I was up early to take my father-in-law in for test in a neighboring city. I didn't plan my food choices, so I ended up having snack crackers at the crack of dawn, followed by lunch at ihop, dinner with my whole family(who loves to cook and eat volumes) and even had a spurgle fall off the wagon snack of cheese puffs and Dr. Pepper yesterday afternoon!

I do not know WHAT got into me at all, but I was over on my calories by a whopping 1,039 for the day!!!! OMG! The scale reflected a 1/2 pound gain this morning.

I am so not doing well! Somebody slap me please!!

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  • kd_mazur
    kd_mazur Posts: 569 Member
    yesterday is done. Plan for today and tomorrow will take care of it's self.
    Have a good day:)
  • dshearrer
    dshearrer Posts: 25 Member
    sometimes life happens..move on and make today a better day..don't beat yourself up over 1 day... :-)
  • vickieross
    vickieross Posts: 53 Member
    Everybody has those days. Just get back on track today.
  • nnylee
    nnylee Posts: 811 Member
    Today is a new day! Don't fret!! Don't give up! Just get on track ASAP!
  • lizarene3
    lizarene3 Posts: 46 Member
    Thanks you guys, I guess it just helps me to confess! I want to be a healthier person so bad, it is just dang hard to break these YEARS of bad eating habits! Not to mention the zero years of exercise!
  • rcramer7
    rcramer7 Posts: 138 Member
    Yeah, my wife and I had a moment yesterday too. We had Panda Express for dinner. I don't feel so hot right now. Kinda feel like half of it is still in my stomach. You can guess where the other half is.

    It was a reminder though! I don't like fast food and there is a huge difference in my energy/mental strength afterwards.
  • jonesdav254
    jonesdav254 Posts: 99 Member
    OK...consider yourself "slapped". Now...no more whining about yesterday....but equally important...don't let the faults of yesterday define who you are and what you will do TODAY. It's about habits...putting new and healthy habits in place takes time...and dedication. We any of us be perfect moving forward? NO way. Welcome to the battle.

    So, your motto today...I'll do the best I can today...yesterday is gone and tomorrow is not something to worry about. Today will be....MUST be....my focus.

    Best wishes to you on your personal fitness and weight loss efforts.
  • lizard053
    lizard053 Posts: 2,344 Member
    Yup, that's quite a total! No worries. It's over and done. Just get back on track today!
  • lacewitch
    lacewitch Posts: 766 Member
    start fresh
    be kind to yourself ( your not perfect and dont have to be! )
    drink plenty ( to help with excess salt)
    plan
    think about what triggered it and how you can avopid it in the future
    I.e asking for a portion to take away from parents so they know you love it and then you don't have to eat as much to show your love and enjoy the food in 2 small goes rather than one gut busting one. I try to keep snacks in the office so maybe a few long life healthy snacks in the boot ( so they are not easily munchible but there) for emergency

    and next time prepare soak oats overnight then you can just pop porridge in the microwave in the morning
    soaking it makes it creamer with out the cream and then add nut / berries / banana /nut butter / jam. cinnamon/ ginger
    or boil eggs and have them in the fridge as emergency snacks / b'fasts
  • mstaser
    mstaser Posts: 657 Member
    I think everyone needs to have days like that. Its a good reminder of what things used to be like and after gaining that weight after one bad day, just think about what more days like that would do. You just have to get back in your routine and forget about it.
  • ELee0517
    ELee0517 Posts: 83 Member
    Don't think about it anymore! Get back on track today & keep going! That 1/2lb will be gone before you know it!
  • snowchj
    snowchj Posts: 45 Member
    Let's use math.

    You went over your goal by 1000 calories. There are 3500 calories in a pound of fat. So assuming the way our bodies handle nutrition is a perfect system (it isn't), you went over your goal by the equivalent of 0.28 pounds. Not so bad really.

    But there's more...

    Assuming you're eating at a 500 calorie deficit, which seems to be the average for most diets, that means you only went over your TDEE by 500 calories or 0.14 pounds. Even less bad.

    So theoretically, you only put on 0.14 pounds yesterday. The scale went up because all that food is being physically carried in your colon (gross). You should go back to normal in a day or so. Don't worry, one day isn't enough to kill a diet.
  • Chagama
    Chagama Posts: 543 Member
    Yesterday is done. When I have a bad day like that, for whatever reason, I start looking at the week as a whole. You have 5 days to average that out, so look for an extra 200 calories per day through Sunday, and your weekly total will still be fine.
  • lizarene3
    lizarene3 Posts: 46 Member
    Thanks to everyone, I'm back in the saddle today and I will make better choices for sure! I am inspired by everyone's determination and support!
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