Went over calories yesterday....

2100 calories yesterday. I knew I was going over, but I just could not put down the low fat grahm crackers. (At least they were low fat, right?) *sigh* A little dissapointing, but I had to tell on myself. If I feel like I have to tell you guys when I go a little overboard then maybe it will discourage me next time.

Even though I know you guys will tell me its okay. :-)

The scale was kind this morning despite my late night indiscretions, the number did not move. At least I do not feel like I gained for eating. I guess I had a maintenence day....

Thanks for listening!

I did that yesterday too, Meredith!  2000 cals.  I'm going to call it a maintenance day and work extra hard at the gym today.  You're braver than I am -- I absolutely did not get on the scale this morning!

one thing that helps me put down that extra cookie or other treat  is to look at it and figure out how many hours of walking or circuits at curves it would take to burn it off. 

it's so much easier to just lay that cookie down!!!lol  that's really the lazy way out, i figure.

someone else said the other day "that cookie looks so much better on the plate than it will look on me!!"

there's another old saying: "a moment on the lips, a lifetime on the hips!"

yes, of course you are ok, both of you.  you are building an awareness of what you need to do, and you will have set backs, but just keep on starting over each new day, with that eat-meter set on zero!

One way I look at it, when I see something that I'm really craving but have no good reason to eat - like a hershey's mini-bar or somtehing like that? I remind myself that in a week, I won't have remembered even eating it.  Things like that don't taste so good that a month later, I think "Man, I'm glad I had that fun-bar". 

If I put the snack away, out of sight, I forget about it pretty quickly.  Mind over matter, but its tough.

Meredith - I'll tell you it's ok - unless you don't want me to, in which case - Bad Girl, Meredith! Drop and give me 20!!!

If we truly believe that we are now eating to live and not living to eat, doesn't that hold true for when we want something extra?  Always forcing ourselves to be denied - isn't that the same thing? 

There's a happy medium - like you said - they were low-fat, and it's an OCCASSIONAL treat.

cheatingirl, you are so funny!! love your posts.

I agree with Cheatingirl,  at least they were lowfat.  Thats the hard thing....you cant sit down with a box of something because they are jsut there and noone is stopping you!  Im like that with Chips and salsa!  next time try to just pull out one serving from the box and put the box away.  Then after you ate that serving, wait at least 5 mins and if you want more then get a smaller amount, like 1/2 a serving.  You may find you are ok with just one serving.

good luck girl!  dont beat yourself up too much, you can do a little extra exercise today!

I have a real weakness for tostitos. so now I keep corn tortillas in the house instead, so I have to go to the effort of cutting up the tortillas and toasting them in the oven to get my chips. makes me really think about how badly I want them. lol

I've done that with alot of snacks. I buy the ingredients for it, but it's up to me to actually make it. it's really cut down on my binge urges-along with the fact that I refuse to deny myself anything I really really want. I just eat a little bit when the craving hits, then go on my merry way. :)

If we look at our new healthy eating habits as a life style and not
just a quick fix diet, then occaisoinal lapses are normal and you
shouldn't allow yourself to feel guilty.  The important things is
to get right back at it the very next day and not to worry too
much.  If you give up then you could end up right back where you
started.  And it could have been a much worse indulgence - tub of
ice cream or something :-)

Lol, I'm in your boat. 2100 calories for me yesterday as well. Nothing quite so nice as low-fat graham crackers though. I ate out 3 times yesterday. :-\ McDonalds once and Taco Bell twice. Ouch. one pound weight-gain. After the nearly 5,000 mg sodium, it's not surprising though.

Don't feel bad. Just let go of yesterday and get back on the wagon today.

I signed up for the site 4 days ago, and I have been over my calorie limit every day.  I've still dropped six pounds according to my scale, though (mostly water - that TOTM, but still, 6 pounds!!!).  I have never been able to bring myself to try to lose weight before (I'm afraid of success - that's pretty interesting...).  I have been keeping track regardless, looking at my food log and realizing that even if I am 200 calories above what I was supposed to be, it's still probably 1000 - 1500 less than before I started.  It may not help someone who's been at this for a while, but it works for me.  Any little bit I do is better than I did a week ago.

Hi, all, just signed on, too.  I did pretty well today until the 3 PM nightmare hour arrived and I went over my limit.....aaaack!  Like an eating frenzy all of a sudden.  I have to find something else to do in the afternoons other than stuffing my face.  It wasn't pretty!

On the wagon again tomorrow. 

Margaret

Welcome Margaret and Kahlua -

You're both absolutely right - baby steps!  Step by step - inch by inch - you didn't gain this weight overnight - you're not going to lose it overnight!

Wow, cheatingirl - are you a flybaby?  lol

At least you know to go back to the diet the next day...when I go over the calories, I usually end up doing the same 2 or 3 days in a row ] =

okay you have to think of it this way.. yeah you ate 2,100 cals ..but
you're body doesnt start over every day counting calories... it's in
your mind. You dont have a time clock inside your body that counts cals
for the day and then @ midnight resets itself... everything goes
together.. sometimes you have a good days, sometimes you have bad
days... you're burning calories every second you are alive... so look @
it that way... if you eat 2,100 calories yesterdya, and then today eat
1,200.. then that's 3,300 calories all together.. 1,650 cals... see
what im saying? ...the next day you eat 1,100 calories.. and that's
1,466... Just even yourself out! Work out @ the gym.. do the elliptical
for 45 mnutes and you've knocked off 450 cals... its THAT easy.. so
dont beat yourself up! Remmeber... for a 19 year old 5'2" 100 lb girl
(which is WAY too skinny anyways) it takes 1,200 calories for her body
to stay alive.. just her organs ( i have a persona dietitian who gave
me this information)... if you weigh more then its going to take more
cals for your body to stay alive... say you're 5'2", 140 lbs.. it would
take around 1,550 cals for your body just to stay ALIVE..thats not
includeing if you were to get up and actually do something such
as...walk into the other room hahaha.. so DONT WORRY ABOUT IT!=)

I've been going over on my calories about half the time since I started counting them :-P .  Sometimes it's only like 100 cals over, and sometimes more like 600 -_- .  I do beat myself up over it on the days I go over on calories, but I also try to remember it's a learning process.

Sometimes the things I learn are unexpected!  Yesterday I was trying sooo hard not to eat that chocolate-iced doughnut, and was looking for "replacement" foods so I wouldn't.  First I tried a little chocolate Nesquik, and that worked for a while.  Then I tried a little Hawaiian Sweet Bread, which also worked for a while. . . but by the end of the day, the doughnut won, anyway -_- .  With all those extra calories I took in trying not to eat the doughnut, I wonder if I would've been better off just eating the doughnut to start with, and just getting it over with :-P .