I ate 2,760 calories today ::(

How does someone with a stomach ache manage to eat so much. Gross. I feel gross and discusting. I woke up sick and wasn't feeling good and ate all the bad foods I should not be eating like grilled cheese sandwich, top ramen with tons of sodium, 2 brownies with cream cheese frosting, pasta loaded with butter and garlic salt. That is just so discusting when I input it all and saw everything I ate.

I know I was sick and should give myself somewhat of a break but at least I could have eaten healthy and not so many calories. I was emotional eating too as me and my roomie were at odds.

I just feel upset at myself right now and ticked that I allowed this to happen. I was too lazy to make something healthy.

EDIT; I know I will get back on track tomorrow but geez I can't keep doing this.

I did the same thing today :(

I was not even hungry and I just got done polishing off an entire frozen pizza from Califortnia Pizza Kitchen. BLERGH! I feel nasty!!! I can chalk it up to PMS. But it still pisses me off that I did that.

I feel your pain!!  We'll most def get back on track, my friend!

xo,

Amy

Well, tomorrow is another day.

Were the brownies yours? If so, maybe you need to give them away so they aren't sitting around as temptations. (Just a thought!)

Are you adequately stocked with healthy foods? Sometimes it's nice to have EASY and AVAILABLE options?

Did you post at all on here before now? You might try coming here and letting us motivate/encourage you when you're tempted/having a hard time... just a thought.

This was just one day. (Are you feeling any better?)

=^..^= MOLLY

I feel your pain, literally.  My stomach feels like its going to explode.  I don't really know what came over me. 

 Anyway, my post is more to just say hi because I'm a new member.  I've been lurking around for months now and semi-counting calories on my own.  I now want to be dedicated to living a healthy lifestyle and growing a healthy relationship with food.

You are all so wonderful. I don't know what I would do without you and CC.

amy_blue...ya know I think I am pms ing also not sure but at least all the sweets I ate would make more sense. I have even eaten 3 pieces of toast since then.

Molly...no I should have come here but was too sick at that time to type on the computer but I sure could stuff my face! The brownies are mine and they are going to a neighbor tomorrow...they are wrapped up and ready to leave my sight. I think that's part of the problem is i've been waiting for money to come in so I can go buy healthy foods as i'm low right now.

I guess I was just not feeling good and didn't even realize honestly that I was mindless eating until the brownies happened then I just didn't want to hear anything about it......I was going to have them regardless what anyone said.

Alleyferr...thanks and welcome to CC.

I'm sorry alleyferr and amy_blue that you are experiencing the same thing...we will get back on track and like Molly said it's one day.

Well, it's a little on the high side, but as you know, 2700 is not an insane amount of calories for one day.  Here's hoping your insides feel better soon.

 

There was one time about 4 months ago when I made tacos for the fam, and nobody else ate as much as I thought they would, so stupidly I went back to my old habit of being the garbage disposer when I should have just put it in the fridge.  I ate 4 tacos and 2 scoops of refried beans - it was awful - the food kept repeating on me, I was belching like an idiot and felt like my gut and chest would explode.  So disgusting.  So I went for a long, moonlit walk through the forest by my house, and felt a bit more settled when I got home.  Sometimes a walk does wonders after eating too much.

 

But I'm glad I haven't overdone it like that since, it really is the pits.  Even at thanksgiving I kept it within reason.  It'll pass, and the scales will forget this in a day or two.  Take a walk, have some tea and soothing music.  All will be fresh tomorrrow! 

udokier.......ya isn't that just strange as on Thanksgiving I did great and was so proud of myself but since then off and on I've been batteling unhealthy foods and over eating on certain days. I know what it is........i'm reaching that mark where I usually give up. My body is fighting me for control and stomping it's feet saying feed me i'm not going to lose i'm hanging on for dear life. LOL

Well I am the one in control of what goes in my mouth and not my body. Down body down (literally please shrink and go down LOL) so I'm fighting today. It's been a struggle already today but I can do this.

I know what you mean when you overeat it just makes you feel like crap. I'm trying to get out of the don't waste food thinking too as I will make things like brownies because they are there and it's food I got for free from somewhere. That crap isn't healthy for me and as a dear friend on here pointed out why not buy healthier brownie mix so if this happens again at least I have something healthier like for diabetics sugar free and lower in cals. That's a great idea and i'm giving up that thinking that it's there so I should use it. It's not going to look or feel good on my body so heck with it next time i'm giving it away. OH crap...you know i'm going to go through my cupboards right now and get rid of ALL THE CULPRITS and give them to a friend who I know is struggling for food in her house. Not like I want to pass off unhealthy food on someone else but she is much thinner and has a husband who is not fat and i'm sure they will enjoy having a little something else around the house.

I'm panicking a bit right now because a friend and I just had a talk about sodium and how bad it is for the heart ( and I have hypertension) and I just ate a lunch loaded with sodium (packaged of course) but i'm still way below my sodium for the day so I guess it's veggies for me tonight or kashi go lean.

I guess 2700 is not too insane since I'm sure I use to eat well around 4,000 calories a day and probably like 5,000 grams of sodium. I shiver thinking about those days and how I had no idea really about sodium and the problems I was causing my heart.

Thank God for CC and all the supportive people on here.

Thanks udokier............we can do this! :) Your  an example of someone who has lost alot and doing well.

I am going grocery shopping later and usually ride the wheely cart because my legs hurt too bad and my feet but maybe I will try leaning on the cart and walking some of this off. I may hobble but hobbling is okay for a bit :)

 

Original Post by shiagirl:

I am going grocery shopping later and usually ride the wheely cart because my legs hurt too bad and my feet but maybe I will try leaning on the cart and walking some of this off. I may hobble but hobbling is okay for a bit :)

I'm sorry to hear how walking can be a discomfort to you. You know how insensitive I can be about such things. I hope that as you weight gradually comes down you'll have less discomfort and find walking easier to do for longer periods and maybe regain some strength. My wife's dad is having trouble with this and has had to start using a cane, and even though he's thin and does physical therapy, nothing has helped the degeneration in his legs. I hope that for you, your legs will show improvement. Being able to walk without pain is something a lot of us take for granted. Cheers to you for making the effort to take some extra steps despite the difficulty.

I gotta take the kids to a Xmas thing now, but I'll see you around - take care.

udokier......I also have fibromyalgia which effects my nervous system and walking and sking and arms sometimes too. Sometimes it hurts to just have my arm touched. Exercise is very important but I also believe people with certain medical conditions shouldn't aggravate a situation and only do what they feel and know is okay for them.

Thanks

I know it is sooo difficult to keep my diet especially now that its the christmas season and I have a whole load of gorgeous + sinful cupackes in the fridge given by my mum's colleagues UGH :(

plus it was my sister's birthday recently and there's leftover cake in the fridge but i have resisted the temptation by far. VERY DIFFICULT THOUGH darn.

I think this is like the FIRST diet i've actually stayed on for more than one day because my willpower usually sucks so bad heh.

Original Post by shiagirl:

udokier......I also have fibromyalgia which effects my nervous system and walking and sking and arms sometimes too. Sometimes it hurts to just have my arm touched. Exercise is very important but I also believe people with certain medical conditions shouldn't aggravate a situation and only do what they feel and know is okay for them.

Thanks

 Ooops - I meant to say that I tend to be INsensitive.  Edited my post...

shiagirl- I am at the same place right now.  I've lost about half the weight I want, but all of the sudden I find I'm rebelling.  I'll have a decent day and then follow it up with a  2800 day.  I even decide to eat before I do it. I haven't made an attempt to try and redirect myself at all and it's so frustrating.  I'm really enjoying the weight loss too and don't want to go back there.  I guess the underlying reasons for my using food- are still there. If I don't force myself to look at what's causing this- I will continue to battle food.  I guess for me the battle also allows me to not look at other issues.  Whether I'm eating or focusing on not eating- The preoccupation with food allows me to ignore other things.  Some of those things are simple too- I'm bored, I need to sleep, I'm unhappy... I habitually use food to deal with feelings.  I feel like I know what I should be doing but when I'm in that frame of mind I don't care.  I've battled weight nearly my entire life and finally feel like I'm heading in the right direction, but moments like these really make me wonder.  I believe that awareness is half the battle and we need to brush ourselves off and get back to the life long journey.  All the best to you

luzd....that is so true and your right just dust ourselves off and keep going. It didn't take us overnight to put it on and it's not going to take us overnight to get it off. The main thing is that we don't give up.

3 weeks of holiday glut sessions, with a lot of walking afterwards....only this time of year, when it's cold outside....

Yesterday it was that Panera orange scone....whoops there's a chocolate chip cookie under the salad that I didn't see....in the end I counted lunch up at 1200 calories on its own....another day with 400 calories on the wrong side of the ledger.  Today is another day, though, and I expect to be even come Monday AM weigh-in.

Original Post by shiagirl:

It didn't take us overnight to put it on and it's not going to take us overnight to get it off. The main thing is that we don't give up.

Amen to that. And the way I am it's hard for me to acknowledge that I don't have to be "perfect" every day. What the hell is perfection anyway? No one I know is perfect, I don't expect them to be -- so why do I expect it in myself? Surefire setup to fail.

My point is that weeks of being healthy will not be undone by one day of overindulging.

When I PMS my cravings are nearly uncontrollable. The good thing is that it seems to even out when I start and I eat a lot less. I guess my body is crying for some padding for the cramps or something? I don't know, it's soooooooooo strange.

amy_blue,

my body does the same thing during TTOTM and I know i'm not going to be hungry after I start.

The problem is overeating for several days and that's not going to get us to lose weight. I have been doing that for more days then not i'm thinking now. When I did not lose weight at my last weigh in I think it really effected me more then I thought. I tried to say it's going to be okay and will come off eventually but part of me gave up.

I'm admitting this weakness and whimpiness as to get myself back on track. I haven't given up but I was not able to stick to 1700 calories and I feel defeated and thinking why can other people do it and I can't seem to stick to 1700 cals. I am beating myself up. I can do 1900-2000 and have been pretty much doing that except for too many days at 2300 and 2700.

I am going to weigh in and next week if it doesn't snow and Im scared I have gained.

But I refuse to give up. Giving up before got me no where and won't get me anywhere now.

Today so far i've had 1,000 cals and it's only past noon. I added on what I over ate last night. I was fine until right before I went to bed then had a pbj. At least it wasn't too bad.

 

I'm nto going to tell you not to feel bad; because I know how you feel, and even though people tel you not to, you're still going to feel guilty. Right now, im going to point out to you the bright side(s) to this situation:

2800, although (i assume) a lot higher than your normal calorie consumption, is not THAT much. I mean, i'm almost certain it takes 3500 to gain an actual pound of fat. So you didn't even do that much damage.

2and, I'd just like to point out that you're feeling guilty. Although I know feeling guilty about every little thing you eat isn't good (Im not certain, but I think thats supposedly one of the signs of an eating disorder) You should be happy that you are feeling guilty about consuming above your daily needed calories. now DONT GET ME WRONG; im not BY ANY MEANS teling you to obsess and feel guilty over everything you put in your mouth; but by you saying you feel guilty by eating a whole bunch of unhealthy things, is showing that you've made a lifestyle change. What do I mean by this? I bet you before your started your diet/eating healthy, you would never have even thought TWICE about eating those brownies.

3rd; I'm glad to hear that your going to be good tmrw. I have somewhat of a bad day today, i think i ate around 2000cals, whereas i normal do 1200-1500. So ill eat haelthy and make sure I stay within my limits too :)

jackeetbs...

you are so right. I didn't look at it like that before. No I would not have thought twice about eating those brownies before. I may have thought to myself you shouldn't be having two of those but it would have been fleeting and not the guilt ridden feelings I have now so yes that is a positive change. Thanks for pointing that out. Again no I didn't eat so much that I would gain a lb. I just won't lose for that day and that's how I need to look at it and try and keep trying and make game plans.

Eating disorder. Well at almost 300 lbs I can't say i'm anorexic but yes my mind and emotions are not right with food. It has always been that way with me  and remember when I was 13 or so and I would only eat a bit and feel guilty and exercise for 2-4 hours. Now that was a definate eating disorder especially since I was 5'2 and weighed 98-102 lbs. So now I just struggle with not eating too much and it's a battle yes but i'm doing much better today. Today i've only had 1750 cals so woo hoo back on track for today anyways.

Thanks for your post