What do you do, if anything, to compensate for a bad day when you ate more than you should have? Do you cut back for a day or more to try and average out the calories? Do you exercise more to try and burn it off? Or do you just go right back to the same plan?
I am trying very hard to minimize "bad" days (when I go over 1500 calories and get a red X). But they happen. I am thinking ahead about a planned night out this week with my son. Every year for his birthday we go to Outback. I looked online at their menu and omg, I cannot believe the calories I used to eat there...a third of a bloomin onion, some bread, a coke or two, a blue cheese chopped salad, a ribeye with a baked potato, and a piece of chesecake = over four THOUSAND calories!! omg. That was my meal. Anyway back to topic... now I go and drink water and choose fish and steamed veggies and half a baked sweet potato but it still usually puts me over my calories. And other stuff, ya know, vacations, birthdays, etc. Most of us have bad days occasionally but I am wondering if you do anything to compensate when you do go over.