So you had a bad day. How are you going to correct it?

About a year and a half ago, when I first tried dieting, I would go berserk and hate myself forever if I ate unhealthy (cue horror movie music). I would lose sleep if I happened to eat - a soft pretzel WITH salt! (cue women screaming). Or... or... a scoop of ice cream! (twilight zone music). Or... even worse. BREAD.

Yeah? Now? Not so much. And I'm happy. And I want people to feel this way. You're going to have your bad days, but you can always do some damage control. It saddens me to see people posting threads like "OMG MY DAY IS RUINED I CHEATED GAH". So this is our thread to post that, but feel better about it and realize that we can fix it, no problem.

How did I mess up today?
- Bacon, Cheese, and Steak sandwhich for breakfast. On white ciabata bread.
- Cheeseburger, on a bun, for dinner.
- 2 coffees with tons of cream.

How am I going to fix it?
- Work out a little more in the gym today.
- Eat a little bit healthier tomorrow.

So go. Vent. It all happens to us.

I <3 this thread! I used to obsess and overexercise until I burned off every one of my "bad" calories. But now I can forgive myself and move on.

How did I mess up today?

-Overate by a few hundred calories after dinner, nothing terrible but I haven't done that in a while :P

How am I going to fix it?

-Commit to a single healthy after dinner snack and distract myself with other activities in the evening so I won't indulge.

We need more threads like this.  I always would have a "bad" day, and in my mind, the best solution would be to fast and go to the gym the next day.  Yeah...no wonder I used to binge all the time.

Last night I messed up by eating everything I could get my hands on long after my stomach said "please don't put anything else in me, there's no room".

Today I will eat normally...healthy food.  I'm going to listen to my body, workout if I feel like it, and NOT deprive myself.

Last night I went to the movie theater and intended to only eat one serving of the swedish fish my brother and I bought, but I ended up having two and eating part of my brother's chocolate bar.  Today I'm back on track though and I did a couple extra minutes on the elliptical.

yes bad days. i had one a couple of days ago. my daily limit is about 1500 and i had about 1250 ish and i was full and i wasnt going to eat anymore. but then i had an exam the next day and i was so stressed and i hate a couple of granola bars, crackers with hummus, coffee with 4 sugars and 2 creams and aargh i felt so guilty and i didnt even add it to my calorie counter.

it was my 2nd or third day on my new plan and i knew i was gonna screw up some days so i didnt feel so bad. i just let it go and focused on the next day.

Thanks for the great thread!

It feels great to be able to write about our mistakes, and then write a simple and realistic way for us to feel better about it (I.e, not startving ourselves!)

One of my latest excesses over the past 2 months has been a WHOLE BLOCK of goats cheese. As in, about 225 grams of it. All at once haha.

I have a few more but will not write them all! Mainly with chocolate though. A lot of it in the same day. As In most of my calories from it.

The thing that helped me through it was not being too hard on myself. Being kind to myself makes me naturally want to treat myself better.

So I didn’t even tell myself I needed to work out harder at the gym; instead I aimed to just not over eat that much again!

OMG!!! I am new and I literally had a "Bad Day" and needed to vent and decided to vistit the community for the first time... errrr so here it goes!

I'm on a very strict 1,100 calorie diet because I have a Big Day coming up... I was rushing to work and had my B/F pick up breakfast for me (as I have been trying to incorporate it in my daily routine as well) He grabbed me a breakfast sandwich with hash browns and an orange juice frome BK =O I ate it figuring I would have less calories for the day but there was no way I was going to get too close to my limit.  To make a long story short I came home hopped on my computer and needless to say... Never Again will I be hungry enough to eat a full meal from burger king with out knowing prior to consuming it in its entirety, it's calorie content. This freggin meal has 920 calories that is FREGGIN OBSURD! WTF?! like come on really?! Is the King trying to kill us?...

Getting straight to the point... after the intial shock of finding out I literally  blew my diet in less than a days work, I decided I was going to suck it up and IN  =( and move forward.. yeah I had a "Bad Day" but I had whole bunch of good ones this week so I refuse to quit and obsess I WILL get through this... and it WONT happen again!!!

Did any good come of this disaster one might ask themelves??... Yessir! I have found a couple of ways to "cheat" the low calorie way on the BK menu calorie counter and since they sayyyyy "Have It Your Way" I will be making healthy modifications next time! Hope their Customer Service can stand iiT ! ;-P

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I think saying this might actually make me feel better.  I've been super bad all weekend, and even ate mcdonalds for dinner tonight.  But you know what?  Tomorrow is another day, and i'm going to get right back on track and eat healthy again and exercise that much harder for the rest of the week.  I guess you have to let yourself have the occasional "bad day" or whatever cause if you don't, you'll just go crazy trying to be perfectly good all the time.  The most important thing to do is just get back on track and not let the slip ups ruin your efforts.

Well now when I have bad days I just try to go for a run or exercise more with music turned up really loud. Sometimes I will succumb to a craving, but it's so rare now, because I know I will feel worse if I eat it, literally. Last night at work (I work at Steak n' Shake.) I was just standing in the drive-thru area with nothing to do, and was really hungry. The drive-thru area is right next to the shake making area... so I made myself a green mint shake with chocolate chips, and ate all of it, and dear god did I get a horrible stomach ache.

This happened when I ate a cheeseburger from Burger King too, but when I do get cravings like that, I always try to either go to the park and walk a mile around, or get some extra fit credits on my Wiifit.

But I used to have bad days and go and binge out on McDonald's, or go smoke a half a pack of cigerettes. (5 menthol cigerettes within 15 minutes... ugh...) So I still am doing far, far better than I used to.

When i have a bad day, i stay away from food so i dont overeat. what i usually do is just read the bible or something to keep my mind occupied

Oh mi gosh, I had plenty of bad days - especially when I'm depressed.

Yesterday I ate a Haagen Daz vanilla ice cream coated with chocolate almond, the good thing is that I worked out in the afternoon so hope that would take away those nasty calories !

Anyhow, what I use to do is either workout or prepare a healthy plan for tomorrow and tell myself that it's ok - the food won't hurt that bad ;)

I haven't been working out since I just got surgery, and have been eating some junk. Today, I drank a pretty delicious (but unhealthy) coffee. Weighing in this morning, I was pretty disappointed.

To correct it, I'm going to drink some extra water and see if I can get to the gym today.

how did i mess up?

- made a waffle for breakfast (but i hardly regret it, it was wonderful)

- had Kraft Macncheese for lunch instead of my all natural diet mac n cheese

- had kool-aid instead of water

but i will make up for it tomorrow and get on the wiifit tonight :)

Well, last week I went to a music festival... so not only was I unable to keep an eye on my calorie consumption, I was mostly eating fatty junky food, plus I was drinking a fair amount of alcohol. Yes, I also had some pieces of fruit and things, but it was still a REALLY unhealthy week. The only real consolation is the fact that I was also doing a lot of walking and jumping around. To make up for it, this week I'm eating plenty more fruit and veg than I normally would, cutting out fattier things like cheese and pastry, giving myself smaller portions and doing an extra 30 mins at the gym each day. That ought to cover it :)

well.. I am a bit naughty all the time! I travel a lot for work and was in Singapore the other day.. Singapore has amazing cheap but not diet friendly food.  In 24 hours I managed to eat paratha with curry gravy, Mee Goreng and Kwea Teaow or however u spell it.  Do not regret it as I am always into trying new things.  The thing I do regret is pigging out on the flight back and using it as an excuse to fall hard off the diet wagon.  I then went on to eat Crossionts and jam on the flight home and had two choc biscuits before bed when I got back to my house.  naughty I know.  I am refusing to beat myself up though.  Lesson learnt.  When in a destination I am going to try and make healthier options and when I choose to have something a little fattier in the name of trying new things then I have to make sure I treat it how it should be treated and not use it as an excuse to binge.

Today I PIGGED OUT on Chinese food.

At first I felt super guilty, but then I decided,

"Hey, it's only one day. I'm not going to gain 50 pounds from a few extra calories."

Tomorrow is a new day! Full of fruits, veggies, and an invigorating run. (:

My wonderful boyfriend is making dinner tonight...pasta with cream! Looks like just one bowl will set me back 1000 calories. So I'm anticipating a 'bad day'. And I am allowing myself to have it because I am going to work my @$$ off at gym.

I just pick myself up and continue on as normal, act like it never happened.

As for the emotional eating, i only overeat on bad food when i feel like i've had enough of this dieting, and are overrestrictive and just say "to hell with it", thats my downfall.

I dont emotional eat when im depressed, i always think "How's eating ice cream gonna make you feel any better? You fat slob." :<

So its easy to not eat when i get depressed, but also, my past 2 binges have been because i havnt lost weight that week, or its beein going too slow. And i've just gotten this "**** you, to hell with it" attitude.

Not good, but im recuperating from that mindset :)

LOL! i like y'all.

In a moment of weakness a begged my mom to buy a gallon of "Grooms Cake" ice cream. Maybe it was the promise of a strawberry sauce swirl through the velvety chocolaty goodness but last night after dinner i ate 2 servings of it totaling 400 calories.

The ice cream was inevitable. so when planning my dinner last night, while the rest of my family had hamburgers i opted for a portabella burger with no cheese. And i had it open faced so i only used one half of the bun. 

also... if i don't do any physical exercise that day i don't get my after dinner treat!

Last night ruined my otherwise good day with beer, cookies, birthday cake, and junk in general. I rationalized that it was for a celebration, but I feel grosssss about it/ the following morning tummy ache.

Anyhow, am going to go for a run today, am drinking heaps of water, and have a big veggie filled dinner planned for tonight :)

Wow you know this actually made me feel 10x better. It's the truth, messing up one day is just, ONE DAY. It's not everyday, and theres always tomorrow :)

Thanks for this, people just need a little reminding every now and again. :P