How can I lose weight with one splurge meal a week!

SW8689
SW8689 Posts: 22
in Food and Nutrition
For two weekends in a row we have been at bbqs and I have had that so called splurge meal. Ni still had no refined foods, no "white" foods, but ate all the meat and veggies and wine, gin, choclate, etc I felt like, and both time my caloric intake for the day was over by 400+. How can that not sabotage my hard work the rest of the week?

Can I still lose weight with the odd splurge meal? I'm certainly not going to do this next week..

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  • Sidesteal
    Sidesteal Posts: 5,510 Member
    both time my caloric intake for the day was over by 400+. How can that not sabotage my hard work the rest of the week?

    Because the net deficit that you've created for the days are not cheat days, is far greater than -400.
  • Erica27511
    Erica27511 Posts: 490 Member
    Can I still lose weight with the odd splurge meal?


    Yes. Enjoy your life.
  • reneecgc
    reneecgc Posts: 179 Member
    Every time I have a cheat day like you as long as I made good choices like you did I still tend to lose weight. Sometimes
    it is a shock to the system.
  • Lalee975
    Lalee975 Posts: 19 Member
    Can I still lose weight with the odd splurge meal?


    Yes. Enjoy your life.

    ^^ This.
  • fatgirlslove
    fatgirlslove Posts: 614 Member
    Can I still lose weight with the odd splurge meal?


    Yes. Enjoy your life.

    ^^THIS
  • sunshine_gem
    sunshine_gem Posts: 390 Member
    As long as you eat right 90% of the time you'll be fine, and this advice was given to me by my trainer who is an ex bodybuilder. If you're only doing it once a week I see absolutely no problem. If it really bothers you though then do an extra workout the next day.
  • SPNLuver83
    SPNLuver83 Posts: 2,050 Member
    I have not only a splurge meal once a week, but it's a splurge DAY. I usually take in a NET of about 3000-3500 calories. I still lose.

    Your body ain't as complicated as some ppl make it out to be. Eating high cal once a week ain't gonna derail you. Your body likes food.
  • douglasmobbs
    douglasmobbs Posts: 563 Member
    going 400 calories is not a splurge. Come on you need a 4 figure over to count it as a splurge
  • Jacole18
    Jacole18 Posts: 716 Member
    I splurge pretty much every Sat. I love food, and I love to indulge. Enjoy it
  • thelovelyLIZ
    thelovelyLIZ Posts: 1,227 Member
    Um, yes. Yes you can. Being over your DEFICIT by 400 a couple days over the course of a few weeks will not really cause you any major set backs.
  • sun33082
    sun33082 Posts: 416 Member
    400 over probably didn't even get you to a maintenance level for that DAY let alone for the week.
  • Josette89
    Josette89 Posts: 244
    I see this as changing my diet all together. I don't "award" myself a day to eat whatever because food is not the reward. The reward will be fitting into those cute jeans when I lose the weight. Yes, I have those days that I eat candy and treats, but I don't see that as a reward. I end up regretting it because I work my butt off trying to lose those calories that I gained from the day before. I don't want to feel like I should be punished for eating snacks. I just learn how to control myself and stick to my diet. I went out to a restaurant with my family yesterday and at broccoli and tofu (because I love it) then I had chocolate at the movies. I did not consider that a cheat day, I pretty much consider that cheating myself. It will only take longer for me to reach my goal. So I try not to allow myself cheat days. I try to be consistent with my diet, and if I go over board I'll try to work those excess calories off.
  • SW8689
    SW8689 Posts: 22
    Wow, thanks for the quick replies! This makes me feel a lot better, especially given it was the huge amount of prosciutto I ate prior to dinner that put my colonic intake so far over.. I like the idea that my body likes food, I pretty much ate and drank the same things, just way too much of it.. Alcohol always makes me eat way too much, so it's a good thing I only have one glass of red through out the week.

    Thank you everyone!
  • Skinny_minny_mo
    Skinny_minny_mo Posts: 1,272 Member
    going 400 calories is not a splurge. Come on you need a 4 figure over to count it as a splurge

    4 figures?! ooohh its go big or go home!
  • SirEager
    SirEager Posts: 5
    Drinking lots of water ... before and after helps. Water helps clean your system and prevents the damaging food to stay in your system too long.
  • yourenotmine
    yourenotmine Posts: 645 Member
    This makes me feel a lot better, especially given it was the huge amount of prosciutto I ate prior to dinner that put my colonic intake so far over..

    Please tell me this was an autocorrect fail...
  • taso42
    taso42 Posts: 8,980 Member
    both time my caloric intake for the day was over by 400+. How can that not sabotage my hard work the rest of the week?

    Because the net deficit that you've created for the days are not cheat days, is far greater than -400.

    This. If you have a 500 calorie deficit 6 days of the week, and a 500 calorie overage 1 day of the week, then your total calorie deficit for the week will be 2500. You would lose .71 lbs that week.
  • onedayillbeamilf
    onedayillbeamilf Posts: 966 Member
    This makes me feel a lot better, especially given it was the huge amount of prosciutto I ate prior to dinner that put my colonic intake so far over..

    Please tell me this was an autocorrect fail...

    I hate when my colonic intake goes over.
  • SW8689
    SW8689 Posts: 22
    This makes me feel a lot better, especially given it was the huge amount of prosciutto I ate prior to dinner that put my colonic intake so far over..

    Please tell me this was an autocorrect fail...
    Oh oh! Too funny!! Yes, this darn iPad, this has to be the funniest one i have don yet!!
  • SW8689
    SW8689 Posts: 22
    both time my caloric intake for the day was over by 400+. How can that not sabotage my hard work the rest of the week?

    Because the net deficit that you've created for the days are not cheat days, is far greater than -400.

    This. If you have a 500 calorie deficit 6 days of the week, and a 500 calorie overage 1 day of the week, then your total calorie deficit for the week will be 2500. You would lose .71 lbs that week.

    So, I just calculated my two weeks, and I'm still under my caloric intake by over 500, that's going on 1200 a day. When you are using your figures are you calculating based on your caloric intake to lose or maintenance calories? What I'm trying to figur out is that if I eat say 600 extra on a Saturday and that takes me to my full diet ie 1200 each night for the week (I would have to save some each night) or if I calculate it based on my maintenance intake then I would not lose weight that week if ate the equivelent of the same amount of calories on a cheat day that would have been my maintenance difference for the week, say 2100? Does that make sense? So if I have a chest or free day, I still should stay away for prosciutto!!
  • MrsKillough
    MrsKillough Posts: 30 Member
    I try and hit 1200 most days, sometimes a little over or a little under, but often go a bit overboard on a Friday or Saturday, (by way more than 400 cals!) and I'm averaging a loss of 1.5lb per week. Don't stress about it.
  • lizziebeth1028
    lizziebeth1028 Posts: 3,602 Member
    Can I still lose weight with the odd splurge meal?


    Yes. Enjoy your life.


    ^^^^ Love it! Simply put but true!!!!

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