My official weight-in day is Tuesday morning, but I monitor my weight daily just so I can gauge if I've been a little over the top with my eating. Last week I was doing great! Unfortunatly I got a little cocky over the weekend and gained a great deal back. Now I'm frustrated because overall, I may not loose a thing for the week and I know there is no one to blame but myself.
Everyone hits these speed bumbs. They are not all bad, use it as a learning tool. You know your limit, and now you know what to do to syay under it. Dont get discouraged, you can do it.
Unless you're eating umpteen thousand calories, you cannot "gain a great deal back" over one little weekend. In fact, I'd be surprised if you gained back one whole pound.
Don't be so hard on yourself. We all slip up from time to time. The trick is to "plan for" little slip ups every now & then.... it makes regaining control double easy.
Yep, the sad truth is, you can stall your weight loss by eating off-plan. I'm sorry you had to learn it this way, but many of us have been in your boat. Stay with your program! Don't give up! We'll help you bail it out!
My weight fluctuates by about 2 pounds every week. I zig zag my calories, so I eat about 1900-2200 calories a few days and then 1400-1700 for the next few days. Each and every day following one of my higher days, I will "gain" a pound.
I dont sweat it though because I know I'm still burning more calories than I'm consuming, on average (being the key for me). I keep a spreadsheet of my total daily calorie intake, my approximate number of calories burned throughout the day, and the difference between the two (my calorie deficit). If I dont exercise on one of my high eating days then I may have actually eaten more calories than I need for that day (I may go over up to 200 calories). But on my low days I may have an 800-1000 calorie deficit (especially if I've worked out and eaten less), and the next day I always seem to lose a pound.
The spreadsheet keeps a running total of the calorie deficit and it divides that number by 3500 (being the number of calories needed to lose a pound); this number is coinciding with the number of pounds I'm losing so I'm finding this spreadsheet accurately tracking my weightloss and very motivating..keeps me accountable and ensures that if I have a high day I'll make up with it with a lower day to counterbalance the extra calories (or I'll exercise more).
I'm mad at myself
Dont get discouraged, you can do it.
