Today I worse than eating at the buffet. I ate at a pizza buffet (a lot) and now I'm getting fast food and I can't work out because I'm injured /: 2 months of work down the drain...
No, No, No...... Don't get discouraged! You did not undo 2 months of work in one feeding frenzy.
Drink tons of water over the next couple of days, know your weight will probably bounce up a few pounds, but it will go back down. Get back on track. At most you lost a week. You'll be fine.
Hang in there!!!!!!! You deserve to keep going and have success!
Agreed...YOu cannot let yourself get discouraged because of one day. Know that we all have days like that, and you just have to pick yourself back up and get on track. Make good choices at your next meal and the rest will fall into place.
Put off the scale for a few days and let your body settle... Your down almost 20 pounds and thats fanastic. Don't let yourself stop until you get to where you want
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Originally Posted by kassiebby1124
2 months of work down the drain...
No. No, no, no, no, no, no, no. Don't say that. Partly because thinking that way will only discourage you, but mainly because it just isn't true. I know how you're feeling; for a long, long time after I started losing weight, I truly believed that one "slip-up" would cause me to gain back everything I had lost in an instant. But we all know that is NOT true.
Look, you may have eaten more than usual today. But, you realize it. You know you don't eat like that every day. And even though you may NOT realize this, you know that one day of less-than-stellar eating will not undo all the hard work you've done so far.
I completely agree with what the others have said. In my view, one of the biggest differences between those who regain the weight and those who do not is that the latter group keeps at it no matter what. So, be part of that group: Get back on plan and keep going. In the big scheme of things, one day of bad eating WILL NOT cancel out months of healthy habits.
2 Buffets in 2 days and now fast food? What the heck is going on? What are you feeding? Is something going on right now that you are trying to push down with food? You gotta get out of this funk, or you will gain back all the weight. Come on now, get this under control. Injury or not, you can stay on a healthy eating plan and lose wight with out excercise. You can do this, nothing is worth feeling like this.
Are your parents the ones taking you out to eat? Cause I remember your post about the Chinese restaurant. Are you finding that they don't support you as much as you would like? I know my dad has a tough time supporting me. He always questions why I keep counting calories or why I cut the fat off of my steak or why I actually measure out the serving size of cereal and milk; he just doesn't get it.
But don't let a day like this bother you! I'll be honest, I went to the store the other day to buy my friend a birthday cake and ended up buying a little mini-cake for myself; I ate it in 2 days. I'm not gonna let that get me down though; I know I can get back on track and undo the damage done by that cake. You'll be alright. As long as you don't eat like that ALL the time, you'll be okay. Just remember that.
Are your parents the ones taking you out to eat? Cause I remember your post about the Chinese restaurant. Are you finding that they don't support you as much as you would like? I know my dad has a tough time supporting me. He always questions why I keep counting calories or why I cut the fat off of my steak or why I actually measure out the serving size of cereal and milk; he just doesn't get it.
But don't let a day like this bother you! I'll be honest, I went to the store the other day to buy my friend a birthday cake and ended up buying a little mini-cake for myself; I ate it in 2 days. I'm not gonna let that get me down though; I know I can get back on track and undo the damage done by that cake. You'll be alright. As long as you don't eat like that ALL the time, you'll be okay. Just remember that.
Thanks, and thanks to all of you, too. It made me feel better.
Lori Bell: Nothing is wrong with me, but I was in control of where we were eating when I went to the buffets because I didn't know../:
Don't give up! You may not be able to work out but you can still eat healthy! I broke my foot last yr and I remember how hard it was and feeling like lazy bum because I couldn't walk around. But like everyone else said you can't undo 2 months of work in one meal. Keep you're head up!
ps. I don't know what kind of injury you have but you still may be able to some light weight lifting with some barbells at home or even just talking a short walk is better than not doing anything. Something to ask you dr about!
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Originally Posted by kassiebby1124
Lori Bell: Nothing is wrong with me, but I was in control of where we were eating when I went to the buffets because I didn't know../:
No, there's nothing wrong with you. You had a couple bad days. We all have them. The important thing is, you know you had a couple of bad days, and you don't need to be beaten up about it, either by yourself or anyone else.
Sometimes we can't control where we eat. And, even though we logically know that we should be able to control ourselves when we end up at a place we have no control over, some of us aren't perfect and make less-than-perfect choices. The important thing is to acknowledge those choices, own them, and move on.
Don't let anyone make you think there's something "wrong" with you just because you had a "setback" (I use quotations there because, hey, you don't even know yet if there's been any damage due to your choices.) You keep right on going and don't pay attention to anyone who drags you down.
Please don't give up. I have been where you are, where you think that one or two binges (if that's even what it was) means that you are a failure and you might as well give up.
But you are doing well. So you messed up. Big deal. You have still lost weight overall. It IS possible to pick yourself up tomorrow and get back on plan. The first day will be hard but you an do it. Be strong.
I have been on 4 day binge and I am so mad at myself.... I went and stepped on scale, and of course it was up and I decided that I am better than this!! I will control my eating tomorrow, no matter what! So let's do it together!!
I agree that you just have to put the bad day behind you and start again as soon as possible. Occasional slip ups aren't worth freaking out about. Good luck tomorrow!
No, there's nothing wrong with you. You had a couple bad days. We all have them. The important thing is, you know you had a couple of bad days, and you don't need to be beaten up about it, either by yourself or anyone else.
Usually when a person writes on a message board for thousands of strangers to read that they hate themselves, there IS SOMETHING WRONG. What planet do you guys live on? This is not all lollipops and rainbows, obesity is some serious $hit and when people sugar coat everything it makes people think it is OKAY to gorge themselves, I see that crap go on here all of the time. When I stuff myself sick 2 days in a row, there is always an emotional component, and I personally respond better to people helping me figure out whats going on with me rather than them telling me that its OKAY.
The way I see it, there were already several, "It's okay to gorge...we all do it" posts, so I decided to throw a different perspective into the mix. Everyone is different and everyone needs different kinds of help. I'm here to offer the "lets figure it out" approach instead of fluffy puppy approach.
Lori Bell, while I totally see where you're coming from, the thing about it is we don't know if she actually "gorged" herself or not. Just because someone goes to a buffet doesn't mean they automatically eat 5 plates of food and call it a day. Eating more than usual doesn't equal gorging. For instance, the cake I ate really was a miniature cake -- it was no bigger than one large cupcake and I divided it in half and ate it over two days instead of eating it all in one sitting. Also, eating unhealthy food doesn't equal gorging, either.
I'm not saying you were wrong in what you were trying to accomplish; I'm just explaining our motives. She said her bad day made her hate herself, and we were trying to get her to NOT hate herself. No, gorging oneself is not okay; no one ever said it was. But a lot of people have that one bad day and think everything they've accomplished has gone to **** and then they give up. It's not the 2 days of unhealthy food that made their hard work go to ****; giving up is. Your angle is still good though. We need to think about why we really ate those unhealthy foods so we know not to go to that place in our minds again and thus stay on track. All is not lost; you just pick yourself up and start again.
Pigged the heck out today and now I hate myself..
