I’ve been really proud of myself with my deficit – I’ve been sticking to it for a while and I’ve been seeing results, however I’ve been in a plateau for over a month. I got on the scale today and saw a 0.4 kg (0.88 lb) increase, and for some reason, that pushed me into the screw this mindset. It didn’t help that I had plans with my partner and he wanted to eat out. Not blaming him at all – it was 100% my decision to eat that burger and fries! I think my brain was just like, let’s have fun and have what we want and not think about food.
Feeling discouraged but I’m going to have a cup of barley tea and calling it a night… and I’ll start again tomorrow.
by laker-jeju
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One day off the wagon is ok! It does not discredit your regular efforts.
Honestly logging those is the hardest, so great job! One day won’t ruin your progress, just start again tomorrow. You got this 🙂
I’ve heard a couple people mention barley tea! Is it an appetite suppressant, metabolism booster, or laxative?
What app are you using?
Logging cookies for breakfast made me audibly giggle. Thank you for that.
Don’t feel bad, I just had pie for dinner. We all have cheat days or meals on occasion.
Sometimes I find shouting “Yoo hoo wake the fuck up” to my metabolism with a couple of higher cal days in a row is exactly what I need to get through a plateau. I usually find as long as I then drop down to goal cals consistently for the week after, after 2-3 days I’ll have lost on top of the water weight/BM that disappears.
Proud of you for logging this!! Sometimes we just cheat and it’s okay. Don’t let a bad day turn into a bad week/month!
Don’t worry, the 96 calories burned makes up for it 😉
Congratulations on actually logging it; I have started to make myself be honest instead of trying to divide up my extra calories and distribute them throughout the week where I limit my calories for the remainder of the week to account for the day I went overboard and then I realized this was really stupid because I’m just putting more work on myself.
My other bad habit is that on special occasions I will just log 1200 for the day and tell myself whatever the amount I’m over doesn’t count because it’s a special occasion. Yes I know that that’s not how food works but I do hope that you feel proud for Even just being able to hold yourself accountable. So yes, good for you for at least logging it!!
My “rule” for myself is that I can eat whatever, as long as I log it! It helps me to take accountability for the days when I go over my calories.
Good job on keeping yourself accountable and logging it. I find it nearly impossible to log those kind of days, as I never want to visualize the “damage” done.
And you posting this really makes me feel less alone. We’ve all been there!
Unironically yes, at least you logged it. I see you’ve already lost a good bit of weight so I’ll spare you the pep talk, you know what the deal is. Good on you for being honest with yourself.
I resonate with this photo so badly. I have been known to go completely off the rails and eat 16 Oreos and 3 cups of milk while standing alone in the dark of the kitchen
Some days it be like that! The important thing is that you enjoyed yourself and you still logged it. We may be on a journey, but that doesn’t mean you can’t live a little as well 🙂
For what it’s worth, I had a similar day on Saturday!
Think about it like this. Most people who don’t track eat more than 3k calories daily. Huge respect to logging it. Logging the big ones is half the battle. Hell take a whole week if you want. At the end of the day it’ll make a very small difference if any.
I feel this so hard. But also, it’s ok to have these days. If anything, it resets your metabolism. Importantly, don’t “punish” yourself the next day, just try to carry on with your usual budget
Amen!
Even when I feel kinda bad about it and it’s an eyesore I log every bit of junk food I devour lol.
Acceptance is part of the journey to recovery HAHAHAH so good job!
We’ve all been there! Get back to it tomorrow and remember that you don’t actually see what you do today until next month. That mindset (what I do today will show next month) also gave me the freedom to stop stressing about those 8 oz gains here and there. I’ll check next month.
What app are you logging with?
I don’t log my cheat days, I pretend they never happened.
OP i appreciate you! Your honesty in not just logging it, but sharing it with us is amazing and oddly encouraging. Thank you for sharing this and I hope you enjoyed all the tasty food. Back at it tomorrow!