I’ve been doing great, working out, meal prepping, being consistent with my 16:8 IF, and I was officially below the 130lb landmark, but my husband is having friends over and now there is all this junk in the house and I completely binged today. I feel like I’m going to loose all my progress and I might as well not even try. I feel completely defeated. They won’t be gone until Wednesday 😔
by _Little_Birdie101_
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It happens. You’re only human. Enjoy what you had and start again tomorrow ❤️
Seriously, go through these four steps right now. You can use them anytime you slip up. Google “The official bright lines cool book” and maybe you’ll find them online. I have them memorized so I wrote from memory.
1. Speed – get RIGHT back on the wagon! Don’t do that thing where your mind goes “oh well, I’ve failed, so I’ll just keep failing and maybe try again later.”
2. Self compassion – treat yourself like you would a close friend or small child. How would you talk to them in this situation?
3. Accountability and support – do you have somebody to talk to? Somebody to support you and keep you accountable?
4. – learn from it – find the lesson in your mistake. What happened? Why? What can you do in the future to make sure it doesn’t happen again.
I hope that helps you.
DO NOT try to make up for it tomorrow. Just move on.
Op, if you’re set at a 500 calorie deficit, you went over by 500 from your maintenance. If you’re at a 1000 calorie deficit you’re eating maintenance. This is barely a drop in your weekly overall deficit. You almost certainly will not gain weight over one single overeating day.
Even if your deficit is smaller, it still means nothing in the grand scheme of your weekly calories. Or monthly calories. If you just ate normally and tracked a few treats within your budget tomorrow, today really doesn’t matter. People have diet breaks, people go on vacations and enjoy holidays… and still continue to lose weight. Taking a minor break doesn’t change the lifestyle changes you’ve made if what you’re doing is sustainable. You enjoy the moment, and you move on with your goals.
You didn’t undo your progress. It took time to lose weight, it takes time to gain weight too. If you got a flat while driving, would you get out and pop all your other tires too? Just eat the way you would normally tomorrow.