overate and hating myself

i just got very stressed about something that happened at work, fell into an old habit, and ate half a jar of peanut butter! gross! and now i'm pretty upset with myself. i've been struggeling to maintain my consumption and not binge, but this puts me well over my reccomended caloric intake... by like over a thousand calories! and now i don't know what to do. i wish i could make it go away. help.

No big deal, 1,000 cals is really not going to set you back!  Drink some water, if you are hungry later eat a light dinner.. don't deprive yourself.  Tomorrow just eat as you normally would.  You can get past this easy, it happenens to everyone!  The key is to have long term consistency and not worry about little mess ups here and there :)  

Also it really helps if you can train yourself to channel stress through exercise instead of food.  Its a lifelong skill that if you work to develop you will be so much better off! :)

Stop beating yourself up.  Two steps forward, 1 step back - you still get to where you're going.  If you really want to be tough on yourself - you owe two steps forward.  You can do it!

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Thank you both, so much. 

Hey don't feel so bad. I'm the same way and I agree with the other posters.  Don't let it hold you back or make you completely give up. 

This is something I started doing and I know it sounds silly but it works for me.  There are certain foods I absolutely can not resist.  Mine are weird foods like Chocolate PopTarts, and Nonni's Biscotti.  SO anyway, I still buy it.  But I know if I leave it in the house I'll eat the entire package in less than a day.  SO I give it to my boyfriend, who is very supportive of my efforts and have him give me no more than 1 a day.  It really helps and I don't feel like I'm being completely deprived because I can still have it.  So maybe portion out the peanut butter and have somebody you are close with, and wouldn't make you feel silly for asking them, give you a serving a day.  That way you can still have peanut butter but you wouldn't eat half the jar and beat yourself up over it. 

thanks, i really appreciate it. it's funny, but i also buy the things i know i'm going to binge on even though i know i'm running the risk of binging. i think it's because i want to get myself to a place where i'm dealing with things in other ways, and can have those foods around with out feeling like i need to put all of them in my body at once. the idea of portioning it out, rather than restricting is very healthy, and realistic.

again, thanks. i appreciate the reply so much.

Hey, it’s okay, I have over eaten 1000 or more calories A LOT of times and have not gained permanent weight, because I eat normally MOST of the time, so as long as you eat normally more often then you eat 1000 or more calories extra, then you will be JUST FINE!

It happens, tonight I knew I was short of calories although I was not that physically hungry but I had some chocolate spread after dinner (albeit taw, un cooked, pure healthy spread made from coconut oil, agave nectar and cocoa butter)

BUT, it was DELICIOUS chocolate spread, SO GOOD, and I had more then I would usually have; I also don’t usually eat a lot of fat or carbohydrate at night, but I broke that rule and I feel fine, as I know that I have made bad decisions before and not gained weight, so as long as we are both eating normally most of the time, we will be OKAY.

I hope you enjoyed the taste of the peanut butter at least! I enjoyed every mouthful of my chocolate spread, lol! YUM.

I know exactly how you feel.  I do the same thing.  My downfall is chocolate and with all the candy from Easter it's been hard.

thank you, hopeful31. did you get a chance to see the other replies to this post? they're helpful. the funny thing about being human is that the hardest thing is sometimes to just pick up and keep on going. thanks for sharing, and supporting me.