Need a hug :(

I felt the same after Easter weekend, I spent most of yesterday in a funk of feeling bad that I consumed so many jelly beans and candy. This week I m just going to work hard at adding a couple extra minutes to my work outs, making healthy choices all week and stay on track.

There, there...It will be alright.

:flowerforyou:

I know how you feel. I started my weight lose journey a month ago and I find that every 4 or 5 days I just get an urge to be bad. I always tell myself it is just one day, or one meal, but in the end I find that when I do give in, it sets be back a couple of days. The key for me is to realized that I have changed the way I look at food and the choices I make to eat them. I am getting results, so I do no tlet it get me down, so neither should you. It is in the past, just refocus and stay the path

Here are my thoughts, I don't think we should ever beat ourselves up over what we have done (I used to do it a lot), what is done is done, the weekend is over and you are moving forward, hopefully having learned something and are now headed down the right path again. Beating yourself up, will just lead you to want to quit and quitting every time things go rough is what got most of here in the first place. Just move forward and move on, you can do it.

Hug, hug, hug!! But the best hug of all will come from eating well/exercising/getting back on track. You can do it!

*wraps his arms around you and gives you a gentle squeeze*

Like I need an excuse for a hug

Just get back on the wagon today and move on... it's done and you can't change it so the best course of action is retaliation by tracking and planning

The way I see it, you're not making a mistake or anything. If you're sick, you take the day off to rest, because that's what your body needs (or at least, you're supposed to, I know myself I try to resist until my body collapses out of exhaustion). I think eating can be the same way. Some days your body needs to take a break from the food and exercise, and relax too. If you look at the year, many of the holidays are in the winter-when your body needs to fatten up and store extra nutrients because of the cold. In the summer, they are spread out over months, because you don't need as much. Sometimes nature plans things out, and we should take note of it. Now I'm not saying that Thanksgiving and Christmas should each have their own pigout session where you gorge on sweets and food and make yourself sick at each family get-together (many people go to a couple houses), or make the holiday season last from Thanksgiving until the new year, I'm just saying that you should relax a little. I also offer no scientific proof to back any of this up, it's just the way I feel about it. I'm also a weirdo who's a little "out there" so no one should probably take what I have to say to heart anyway...

I bet you're doing wonderfully, and this one day won't even matter in a little while. Keep up the good work, and let yourself live a little! This is a lifestyle change, and if you're going to deny yourself for the rest of your life, you're probably going to go crazy from it, or feel guilty for the rest of your life each time you "cheat". It's better to allow yourself the simple pleasures with acceptance, but plan them so you don't feel guilty. Maybe work out a ration, or something that you feel comfortable with. I wish you all the best!!!

I read on a posting here several weeks ago: There is no good food or bad food.......it's just food.....
Here's a hug ........squeeze-squeeze

I was fine until Sunday myself and then went to the in-laws where I started and then continued to make bad food choices for the rest of the day. I also felt pretty crappy yesterday, but then did my workout and felt so much better afterwards. We're only human and every has a hick-up now and then...don't beat yourself up. Just get back up, dust yourself off and continue your journey! You got this!!!

:flowerforyou:

I have stumbled a bit too. Couldn't work out for a week due to back problems, tried to eat better but just kind of lost the ooomph, I guess. I'm back on the wagon though and feeling good. We all deserve a break every once in a while. Just got to get back on track and never give up completely!

There is such a thing as "Moderation in all things, including Moderation"

Special events are part of life, and to be enjoyed (not avoided). This is about LIVING HEALTHY (in the long term) - and about the entire journey, not just the ocasional pot-holes.

Just keep on with the day-forward "what is my healthiest choice for this meal" - and before the next big event that comes along (maybe the May Long Weekend?) do some pre-planning about "this is the extra goodie I would enjoy the most - substitute new choice for that" and how you will exercise before (and after) to compensate.

ANewLucia makes some good points - maybe check out the group readings she suggests. So does the post comparing house renovations and body renovations - they really aren't so different!

Hugs always available here, and for any, all, (and no particular) reason.

You have to leg go sometimes, just dont feel guilty. Feel that you will have to do something to offset what you ate, like go for a walk or something. Then the world of eating is back in balance.

Group Hug! I am right there with you! Family dinners are hard! Also TOM is next week, so this week is shot due to water weight! BUT I am heading right to the gym after work to get back in the groove of things. I think my break from logging and restricting has made me more driven to work out. Keeep going on this journey, cause there will be speedbumps!