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.

Oh, this is a good thread!

Last week (Thursday), I pledged not to drink too much but I met this really hot guy and we started to drink quite a lot together. The next day, I went to log all my liquid calories and I took in about 1,000 calories' worth! Though the day's calorie was only about 1,800 it made me feel so bad!

How did I correct it?

I told myself that it was just a one day of fun. I really did enjoyed myself then. I ate healthier the next day, went out for a 2-hour walk, and motivated myself even more. I refuse to go back to my old cycle of putting myself down just because of ONE mistake and ended up hating myself. I want to change for the better and ONE DAY is not gonna bring me down. :)

The other day I was doing really well...my calorie intake was about 1200, and was saving the last of it (1500 daily goal) for when my best friend came to visit me at school (our friendship seems to revolve around eating...)

I got so happy (and hungry) that I forgot to control myself. I had a kids pack at the movie theatre (blue slurpee, buttery popcorn, AND fruit snacks)  and AFTERWARDS went to a diner and had a huge waffle filled with butter and syrup, with a side of bacon.

this was a HUGE oops. But I'm tried of hating myself and my body.

How I'm gonna fix it:

I'm going to make sure I get to the gym everyday this week, just like I used to. I love working out, and I'm going to MAKE time for it, instead of excuses.

So yesterday was mexican day at my dining hall. It was bad... Though I burned 600 calories at the gym, I had a burrito for lunch with a Dr. Pepper. For dinner I had 2 soft tacos...with a bunch of junk on it... then I had to churros for dessert...though I had water that time. Today, still feeling bad about my fat bomb of a lunch and dinner I burned 350 calories on the cross-ramp, did 250 crunches on this ab weight thing on level 6 (90 lbs) compared to level 5 (75 lbs). I also walked up the 11 flights of steps to my dorm room 3 times today..so far...

I absolutely love this thread. Thank you for creating it.

I ate everything in the world on Halloween night because I had barely eaten during the day - I never do that because I make sure to eat every 4 hours during the day, but I was really busy and forgot to this time. And when I say I ate everything, I ate everything. It was awful. But I am forgiving myself. I've worked out the past two days since that "episode." I went to a hardcore Spin class last night and it made me feel so good! Today I am going to work out for at least an hour too. Instead of punishing myself by fasting, which I've kind of been wanting to do, I've decided to just resume my healthy eating plan of 1300-1500 calories per day. Any time I make a mistake like this in the future, all I have to do is go back to eating healthfully! All I have to do is go back to eating between 1300 and 1500 calories per day! It's really that simple!

I hate when my mom orders papa johns.... i eat like 5000 calories those days... no joke

I had it yesterday, feeling so bad as I've started only just last monday with losing weight, and I had done so well

I went to the gym and when I got to the door, I WALKED HOME AGAIN! I was just sooo tired, only had 6 hours of sleep, my legs hurt and I hadn't done anything yet!

During the day I ate a chocolate croissant and 4 double sandwhiches with peanutbutter and cucumber... bad bad bad!!!

Felt like this attempt of losing weight was yet again failed...

BUT

This morning I woke up, ate cereal with a banana, went to the gym, pushed myself to the limit (I stayed 1 1/2 hours) and came home and had a low-calorie chicken/salad sandwhich (still bread but wholegrain) lunch... also drank 2 liters of water already and planning to just eat 1 piece of fruit untill dinner time...

I AM STARVING THOUGH!!!

Soooo tempted to go to Starbucks for cheesecake with a caramel macchiato....

But I need to keep strong hahah

How did I mess up last night?

ate an entire large pizza, 3 monster cookies, and 4 snicker bars.

What am I gonna do?

Im not gonna freak out. It happened for some sort of reason. But I know I run 6-10 miles a day, im not overweight, and I eat healthy every single day. I'm not gonna cancel my dinner plans that I made with my grandma weeks ago for tonite (like I would have done a few months ago). Im gonna eat a healthy salad for breakfast. Go for a light swim (not a 4 hour workout), and order something at the restaurant that I can enjoy like rice and chicken and skip the dessert. Its not the end of the world.