Ugh, what was thinking... - 3 Fat Chicks on a Diet Weight Loss Community

ncuneo · 08-16-2010, 05:11 PM

I'm in a training seminar all day for the next three days and I'm trying to make up for some poor decisions from this weekend, upcoming out of town weekends and get motivated to lose those last 5-10 lbs. So I decided this week I would tighten the reigns a bit *maybe* even drop my cals a smidge. What a dumb idea! And I KNOW better. This morning I knew that we'd be in training I had to eat my breakfast earlier than normal (mistake No.1), but I made it quality to hold me over for lunch, which I thought would be at 12:00 (didn't happen till 1:30), to drop my cals a little I had a small lunch (mistake No.2) and packed no snacks (mistake No.3).

So now I'm cranky, exhausted, HUNGRY, and detoxing from the weekend's indulgences and need to go back into training for another 3-4 hours and possibly work a little OT before I go home for dinner, in which I will be totally over hungry for and tempted to over eat. Will I ever learn that weekend long indulgences are not worth pain? Yes and *occassional* or single indulgence is or can be worth it, but most of the weekend or an entire day (yesterday) not worth it at all. Dropping my cals past my comfort level for faster weight loss, not worth it, eating for fuel and eating well for sustaining energy and health - worth it. The worst part is my exercise was stellar last week and had I been on plan I probably would have lost instead of maintained! We live we learn.

duckchick · 08-17-2010, 02:07 AM

On the upside, you sound REALLY motivated!

CyndiM · 08-17-2010, 07:03 AM

I've been at maintenance for a little over two years and it's been a roller coaster. Losing was so easy compared to this. I had a plan, I followed the plan religiously, I had successes. Figuring out how this works for the rest of my life has been hard work and I'm still trying to get it right. Every day like this you learn a few more things. You might need to relearn some of them lots of times before they stick, but you will. The single most important thing is getting right back to basics. Lesson learned, new day.

ncuneo · 08-17-2010, 10:50 AM

The day actually turned out pretty well. Someone brought in fresh plums so I grabbed one of those and felt pretty good til dinner. This morning the water weight from the weekend is gone already! Today I planned better food choices, more filling stuff and what not and have a stellar workout planned for this evening. With any luck I'll have a big whoosh this week.

canadianwoman · 08-17-2010, 11:38 AM

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Originally Posted by ncuneo

The day actually turned out pretty well. Someone brought in fresh plums so I grabbed one of those and felt pretty good til dinner. This morning the water weight from the weekend is gone already! Today I planned better food choices, more filling stuff and what not and have a stellar workout planned for this evening. With any luck I'll have a big whoosh this week.

I was going to suggest having a snack but you beat me to that snack. Good choice on the plum but I would have also added a small protein snack to go with it like nuts or string cheese.