Am I the only one...

mes1119
mes1119 Posts: 1,082 Member
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that doesn't freak out when I have a bad meal?

Lately I've noticed many people on here having panic attacks because they went 200 calories over, or had a day where they overindulged. It frustrates/annoys me.

Yes, I eat healthy a majority of the time, but one or two bad meals or snacks a week hasn't hurt me. Moderation is key.

One day of bad eating WILL NOT make you gain weight. THE END. :laugh:
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  • Brandicaloriecountess
    Brandicaloriecountess Posts: 2,126 Member
    Nope, I didn't even freak out when I went out of town and ate whatever all weekend.

    But I used to, I get where it comes from. It took me a while to realize it was not the occasional indulgence that made me fat but rather regularly making poor choices. I think my biggest fear was not the one meal but more the fear that I would see the one bad day or meal as a license to eat crappy all the time. It has been a learning process for me ;)
  • femmi1120
    femmi1120 Posts: 473 Member
    No, you're not the only one, some of us are just neurotic like that. Yes, I admit it...
    I don't mind when it's planned, but if i feel like i'm not controlling it, I freak out. It stems from past borderline-ED habits, I think.
  • kdeaux1959
    kdeaux1959 Posts: 2,675 Member
    so glad you said that. I preach that all the time. It is the AVERAGE of what you do... Yes, MOST days should be at or under but quite honestly, this is not an exact science anyway... How do you know there was exactly 6 oz in that steak... or 8 oz... It is a good estimate... So a couple hundred calories over is pretty insignificant... if it does not happen daily.
  • erh12275
    erh12275 Posts: 40 Member
    that doesn't freak out when I have a bad meal?

    Lately I've noticed many people on here having panic attacks because they went 200 calories over, or had a day where they overindulged. It frustrates/annoys me.

    Yes, I eat healthy a majority of the time, but one or two bad meals or snacks a week hasn't hurt me. Moderation is key.

    One day of bad eating WILL NOT make you gain weight. THE END. :laugh:

    I don't get freaked out. But, I think I know where they are coming from(not the 200 calories ones but the ones that go over 1500-2500 calories). They are so afraid that they will let it ruin what they have accomplished. That tomorrow they will do it again...and the next day....kwim? I have this fear about the gym. I am so afraid to take time off because I am afraid I will stop going. Other than my 3 days that I took off last weekend( I did work out in the pool and walked alot at SF) and the time I took off yesterday when I was sick...I haven't missed a day at the gym since I started 6 weeks ago. I am afraid to. Eventually I know I will get to a point where it no longer bothers me...but for now I go every day.
  • wanatab1
    wanatab1 Posts: 1
    I totally agree. Sometimes i just gotta have that cookie dough icecream and you know what, I'm gonna eat the ICECREAM..Everyday staying on track and watching what i am eating is great. The awareness of what's going in my mouth is wonderful, but the awareness of what's not going in there is just depressing sometimes. So I reward myself
  • femmi1120
    femmi1120 Posts: 473 Member
    that doesn't freak out when I have a bad meal?

    Lately I've noticed many people on here having panic attacks because they went 200 calories over, or had a day where they overindulged. It frustrates/annoys me.

    Yes, I eat healthy a majority of the time, but one or two bad meals or snacks a week hasn't hurt me. Moderation is key.

    One day of bad eating WILL NOT make you gain weight. THE END. :laugh:

    Oh, and for the record, if I looked like you, I might not worry so much either :P Maybe one day :)
  • pattan59801
    pattan59801 Posts: 142
    that doesn't freak out when I have a bad meal?

    Lately I've noticed many people on here having panic attacks because they went 200 calories over, or had a day where they overindulged. It frustrates/annoys me.

    Yes, I eat healthy a majority of the time, but one or two bad meals or snacks a week hasn't hurt me. Moderation is key.

    One day of bad eating WILL NOT make you gain weight. THE END. :laugh:



    whatever...it does me
  • beckylawrence70
    beckylawrence70 Posts: 752 Member
    Nope, I don't freak out EVER, and have alot of OVER days.......no biggie.....
  • qtiekiki
    qtiekiki Posts: 1,490 Member
    Nope. I don't freak out either, and I have many days over and don't eat super clean.
  • GretelPetal91
    GretelPetal91 Posts: 84
    I don't worry when I go over by a hundred cal or so because that still isn't as much as a maintenance count anyway.
    If I must go over, I try to make sure it's with healthy food... but sometimes it doesn't end up that way haha
  • BeautyFromPain
    BeautyFromPain Posts: 4,952 Member
    The only time that I freak out is because sometimes when I binge it feels like the binge controls me, not that I control the binge.
  • TheFitHooker
    TheFitHooker Posts: 3,357 Member
    I plan my day's out in advance unless I'm going out to eat and I can't view their menu and nutrition facts.I use to freak out, now it's a "If I gain, I'll get back off again another day." I can't freak out over going a little over, I've lost over 100lbs, I am not going back that way, and if I freak out over food, then I'm going toward a different direction that I don't think is healthy either. We need food and if I'm hungry, I mean actually hungry, I'm gonna eat, if I'm not hungry, I'm not going to eat.
  • spectralmoon
    spectralmoon Posts: 1,179 Member
    I don't necessarily freak out. I just utter a fairly loud, "Aww, ****," when I log it later and suck it up for more squats. :laugh:
  • princeza9
    princeza9 Posts: 337 Member
    Like I've learned to choose my fights carefully, I've learned what I "flip out" about carefully. In the grand scheme of things, I'm not going to freak out if I go a couple hundred calories over every once in a while. Yes, I need to be mindful about what I eat, but I've learned that I can say no. And I've learned when it's a-ok to say yes.

    Like today, I said no to the grocery store donuts and yes to a mini molten chocolate cake for 150 calories. I'm still dealing with emotional eating, but at least I don't have anything to berate myself about tomorrow.
  • Contrarian
    Contrarian Posts: 8,138 Member
    No. If I am going to freak out, it is going to be about something way more important than food I have willingly indulged in.
  • PennyNickel14
    PennyNickel14 Posts: 749 Member
    Nope! Just keep going and make better choices :)

    I am playing the long game and one bad meal does not end a lifestyle. How you react to it can!
  • FitLink
    FitLink Posts: 1,317 Member
    that doesn't freak out when I have a bad meal?

    Lately I've noticed many people on here having panic attacks because they went 200 calories over, or had a day where they overindulged. It frustrates/annoys me.

    Yes, I eat healthy a majority of the time, but one or two bad meals or snacks a week hasn't hurt me. Moderation is key.

    One day of bad eating WILL NOT make you gain weight. THE END. :laugh:

    Nope. Not alone. In my 53 years, I've learned that things will not always go as planned. You simply move ahead as best you can.
  • jaydubbayu
    jaydubbayu Posts: 456
    That's the kind of stuff that makes people quit this stuff. They realize that perfection is unatainable, when it's not even necessary. Make good choices, keep around your goals on MFP, and I think things will just fall into place!
  • brittanidigby
    brittanidigby Posts: 247 Member
    I don't. I think people who freak out over that are annoying. lol
  • unsuspectingfish
    unsuspectingfish Posts: 1,176 Member
    Nope, not the only one. In fact, I'm eating a cookie, right now.
  • tbresina
    tbresina Posts: 558 Member
    You're right, one bad meal may not make you gain weight but for a lot of us it is a slippery slope, once we let it start happening it begins a bad cycle. Its a scary thought, I know but it is reality! You are very thin compared to most of us on here, if I were your size I wouldn't worry about a bad meal here and there either. I think a lot of us are trying to re train our brains to stop eating poorly, at least I am.
  • Ready2Rock206
    Ready2Rock206 Posts: 9,487 Member
    Nope - look at my diary - some good days some bad. And if there would have been a place to get dessert at midnight tonight I would have been over calories for the day and not even cared. But... watch out tomorrow because we still might be on the hunt for that dessert!!
  • taunto
    taunto Posts: 6,420 Member
    I used to freakout. But mainly I used to freakout just to make sure I dont get back into the old habits where bad meals were basically a norm. However a friend of mine told me to put that "freakout energy" to better use and do better from now on! and that my friends is the best advice I got on MFP
  • Elizabeth_C34
    Elizabeth_C34 Posts: 6,376 Member
    I stopped freaking out over single meals about a year ago. Now I just compensate by exercising more or just letting it fly once in a while and try not to let it become a habit.
  • hiker282
    hiker282 Posts: 983 Member
    Nah, I allow myself large meals on purpose so I never feel like I'm deprived and so I don't feel like I am cheating. I'm still losing fat at a good rate, so there's nothing to complain about.
  • heyghoge
    heyghoge Posts: 153 Member
    some of us come from a history of binge/emotional eating. speaking for myself, it's not how much i go over, it's why and what that means -- it's symptomatic of a much bigger problem than OH NO YOU LET URSELF HAZ CHEEZBURGER -- that makes me occasionally go into a spiral of feeling ALL the bad feelings.

    it's easy to be smug about "not freaking out" if one has a healthier relationship with food. that's great, congrats, etc., but some of us aren't there yet. i don't think there's any need to make struggling people feel even ****tier about their (totally legitimate) feelings than they already do.
  • sunkisses
    sunkisses Posts: 2,365 Member
    I don't freak out about pretty much anything.
  • femmi1120
    femmi1120 Posts: 473 Member
    some of us come from a history of binge/emotional eating. speaking for myself, it's not how much i go over, it's why and what that means -- it's symptomatic of a much bigger problem than OH NO YOU LET URSELF HAZ CHEEZBURGER -- that makes me occasionally go into a spiral of feeling ALL the bad feelings.

    it's easy to be smug about "not freaking out" if one has a healthier relationship with food. that's great, congrats, etc., but some of us aren't there yet. i don't think there's any need to make struggling people feel even ****tier about their (totally legitimate) feelings than they already do.

    While I agree with the general idea of what you're saying and I completely understand where you're coming from, I don't think she was trying to be smug and I definitely don't think she was aiming to make anyone feel bad. I have her added on my friends list and she's never been anything but kind and supportive, even on days when I'm freaking out in my statuses every 5 minutes. So please don't make accusations like that based on 1 post on a forum.
  • timadotcom
    timadotcom Posts: 653 Member
    At this point of my weight loss journey, no I do not freak out if I have one bad meal or a weekend full of bad meals. However, when I first started out this did freak me out. For a lot of people who have a lot to lose they can not help but freak out because they may feel overwhelmed with how much they have to lose.. it's nice they have MFP to vent about it and awesome peeps to tell them not to worry:)
  • SexyCook
    SexyCook Posts: 2,249 Member
    I really don't freak out when I have a bad meal...I have learned being here that balancing my day around it....(I am huge on planning) always keep me still in the game...This is a lifestyle these days and many more are going to come...So no need to freak out...

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