Weight Loss

Today I slipped down the hill AGAIN. I was doing better I thought, but one or two bad choices can kill your calorie count for the day. I am going to exercise to hopefully help with some of the calories, but I am still over ALOT. It's SO hard to stay on track sometimes.

I feel for you! I'm in the same boat. And..I feel that if I make a mistake once throughout the day...i might as well blow it the rest of the way. But...I and everyone else knows that's wrong. I read something online somewhere that said that would be the same as if you blew a tire while driving..then..got out and sliced all the rest. You of course wouldnt do that and should compare your diet to that. At any rate...its easier to say then do.

Thanks so much for your advice. I totally agree with what you said. The tire story was perfect to compare to my mistakes, because its absolutely right.

I goofed today too :[

Oh well, tomorrow is another day. I doubt we are going to turn into whales just because of one day.

good luck!

No single day, or binge, or mistake can derail your dedication to expressing love for yourself. A big mistake I made was thinking of this as a sprint. it's a marathon. you feel bad now. you'll get back on the stick, and you'll laugh at your mistakes. seeing them for the little bumps in the road they are.

You it's hard.  When I first started all this, I had some MAJOR shocks when I started look on labels in the pantry.  We had been buying tortillas to make burritos with.  OMFG!!!!  They were 200 cal. each by themselves.  Minute Maid Lemonade has more calories in it than a COKE!!!  I can't tell you how shocked I was to find out what in my house.  Stuff I didn't think was that bad or even bad at all was HORRIBLE.  Some of the worst offenders were things that were masquerading as "healthy" - Trail Mix.  OMG, OMG OMG.  My trail mix was 250 cal. for a few tablespoons.  YIKES.  I'd been eating an entire packet which is several handfuls. 

You pick yourself up, dust yourself off, and chalk one up to experience.  Then you analyze it and learn from it.  Some times it's simple - like don't eat that any more.  There are tortillas out there that are *not* 200 cal.  Some times it's more complex - like realizing that I overeat if I'm too hungry.

I did the same thing. My son came to visit and brought a pizza and chicken wings. Now he is straight from the military and runs 6 to 10 miles a day sometimes twice a day and can afford to eat that crap. I on the otherhand, can not afford to eat that ,not even once a month. I gave in. though,I don't like pizza with the thick crust, I like thin, extra thin ( not a bread eater at all) but that did not stop me. I devoured  4 pieces and 4 hot wings. It would have been ok had I not been at my 999 cal. count so far that day and am on a 1,200 hundred cal. diet . I beat my self around a few times and wallowed in self pity for the remainder of day. Next day , when I got up, I felt hungover and crabby. I jumped back on the band wagon , only to allow myself to be taken down again, this time my daughter came by with Arbys and Lg. fries and a shake.  Those are the times I wish I could purge myself LOL

 

Maybe set a day to treat yourself, so you are not always under a strict whip, telling you what you can't have. You will look forward to the day you get to treat yourself and won't cheat during your time to be on the diet. This may work for you.

 I have a range that I shoot for, about 1750-2000 calories a day. ( I'm breast feeding)

I try not to feel bad if I "go over" or anything like that. I just get right back on it and try again the next day. I take it one day at a time, and when I wake up in the morning, I try not to think about what I ate the day before, or make up for it by eating less.  It helps me to look forward and not back.