Only 8 days ino my plan and I just had three cookies. I could kick myself. I lost count of my calories so I really have no idea where I am today. I know, I know....go burn some off, get back on track tomorrow and get over it. But I just had to get it off my chest.
Only 8 days ino my plan and I just had three cookies. I could kick myself. I lost count of my calories so I really have no idea where I am today. I know, I know....go burn some off, get back on track tomorrow and get over it. But I just had to get it off my chest.
I only have one suggestion for your plan...why wait until tomorrow to get back on track? Get on track RIGHT NOW, at your next meal or snack.
Three cookies is not the end of the world, its just a temporary blip. You can do a lot more damage with the "well, today is screwed because I lost count of my calories, might as well start over tomorrow" mindset, because you might just keep eating things that aren't on plan for you. If you start over RIGHT NOW, the three cookies aren't going to do much damage at all.
For most of us, our journey is full of these types of episodes. The key is to jump right back on track. There really is no reason to wait until tomorrow. If cookies are a problem area for you, why not plan some into your program somewhere. Planned treats are so much more enjoyable and come with peace of mind.
Yep! If I had 3 cookies that weren't planned, I'd just eliminate a starch and fat or two from my remaining caloric/exchange allotments left for the day.
Don't worry! Just keep on planning and moving forward!
Great advice. When we fall off, we just pick our selfs back up. Don't count the day as a loss. Go from now, get back on track and don't worry about it. There are a couple of things I just can't have in the house, not many but a few. Cookies are one of them. I just am not sure I could not eat them.
No need to kick yourself! I just had a "blip" myself...I was out grocery shopping today, and wasn't home in time for lunch. I had a small cheeseburger from Burger King. Not ideal, but I came right home and planned for the rest of the day...I get to eat a wonderful, healthy dinner and still stay at 1400 calories for the day. My limit is 1500, so I can even have a piece of fruit later on if I'd like.
Not the end of the world!
Yup, no need to put off til tomorrow, what we can do today. Jump right back on that wagon. If I could go back and elminate all the times in the past when I went off track and waited til a tomorrow, or G-d forbid, a Monday, to get back on track, if I could have just somehow elminated those times, I never, ever would gotten to be morbidly obese.
That is the absolute key. You eat something off plan and you jump right back in the saddle. Very little harm, if any done.
Yup, jump right back on now. If you wait until tomorrow, you can wait a few more days after that, which allows the potential for those days to turn into weeks and sometimes even months.
It's no big deal, really. You're most likely going to mess up a lot more on your weight loss journey - and I don't mean this in a derogatory way - slip-ups are human. I couldn't even fathom counting the amount of times I've slipped up, but I've still lost 35 pounds.
Forgive yourself, darlin'
Last edited by NightengaleShane; 10-11-2007 at 04:40 PM.
rockinrobin
Always pay attention to what robin says my gosh look what she has done for herself.
Of course what I said above is what I've since learned. This has been a tremendous learning experience for me. If only I had learned and put into action decades ago the getting right back on track thing, well, then, yeah...... my life would have been an entirely different ball game. Entirely different.
Now that I've learned, to get right back on track IMMEDIATELY, I never, ever have to go back to being obese again. Never. It wasn't the 3 cookies every now and then that did me in. Or the 3 whatevers. It was the day after day, after day of the 3 whatevers. You live, and you LEARN.
Last edited by rockinrobin; 10-11-2007 at 07:01 PM.
I screwed up today at snacktime (latte and a muffin) and although I know I can't make up for it too much, I am not going to focus on it all day long. I just take longer to lose weight because I have more bumps. But I am still getting there.
I'm new here, but I totally agree with what the others have said. What's done is done. Don't let it make you feel bad or convince you to ditch your efforts. Besides, everybody deserves a little treat every now and then. Three cookies doesn't sound too bad.
Dang! I blew it today!
Yes, you can do it!
Another aspect of being overweight and working on losing weight is the belief that we have to be perfect. 
