[Jen]

I know I ate like a total hog today but seeing the numbers in black and white is extremely enlightening.

I started recording my food intake and exercise on fitday about a week ago. I missed 2 days, the other days I did okay. Today I wasn't even going to figure it all out but I decided I'd better see it and maybe that would show me why it is that I am not losing weight and still gaining.

Well friends, I ate over 4,000 calories today. Granted I don't normally eat this much in 1 day, the other days I recorded my intake I was around 1800 cals. Still I'll bet there are enough of these 4,000 days and that is why I am not losing weight.

Why??? Why did I eat like this today?

The big mistake was getting a $5 pizza at Little Caesar's and eating most of it by myself. I can honestly say that I've never ever done that before and I don't know why I did it tonight. Well yes I do know. I didn't eat at a regular hour and by the time I was going to eat I was really hungry, didn't feel like making anything at home and even though I try to tell myself that there isn't anything at home to eat there are much better choices at home than at pizza that was about 2,000 calories.

So there you have it. I'm not going to moan and groan and pull out my hair over this. But maybe those days when I am moaning and groaning about not losing weight I will remember this day and these 4,000 calories that went senselessly into my mouth and joined the abdominal fat that I despise so much.

[BrwnEyedGurl]

Hey Jen,

I know exactly how you feel. Tonight was a hall (dorm) event: Game night! I mean, who could resist game night? Get together with a bunch of other people in your hall (and I live in a CHOICE hall, substance free living... so no drunks are wondering about) and play a variety of board games. I especially wanted to go because I'm usually pretty shy and thought that this event would help me be a little more social.

But anyway... where there are big get togethers with college students - there is junk food... and lots of it! Well, since all the other girls I was hanging out with were munching continuously, I found it extra easy to just get sweeped up into eating with them (Snickers and Starbursts are so yummy!)... and of course, they only had soda to drink (and my being too lazy to walk the 50 feet to my room to get water opted to drink soda).

As soon as I got back to my room, I got kind of peeved with myself. I could have had just as much without eating and drinking such horrible things. I then realized, after a talk with my mom, that tomorrow's another day and I can learn from tonight. And maybe this blip in my good eating will help me even more this week to stay on task.

Getting mad won't help, but learning from our mistakes will.

[AngiKL]

Jen,
If I let myself get too hungry, I just might eat a house. I've got blood sugar issues, and so that, in addition to my general compulsive overeating, can really throw me for a loop.

Jen, I'm proud of you for putting it all down in black and white! That's the hard part. I haven't stepped on the scale in weeks. It's so silly to hide the truth from myself, but I'm afraid of it! You've motivated me to face the music!