Last night went off the rails, but I’m getting back on track immediately after

I do not know how to keep a long story short, so if you actually read this I apologize 😂

I’ve been losing weight here and there for about 16 months now but I started trying to eat better again like two weeks ago and started doing CICO for the first time ever since last Sunday. The first couple of days of CICO were awesome, I was maintaining a substantial caloric deficit and walking everyday and feeling great while doing it. The next couple of days after that were less incredible with me getting a lot closer to my calorie limit and not finding time for walks, but no biggie, still on track, right? Well... I kinda shit the bed with the whole thing six hours ago at about midnight.

I was about to go to bed but my off-diet urges kicked in hard and I figured it wouldn’t hurt me too much if I cheated for one night, so I went to this subway+gas station thing by me and got what I used to get almost every night before bed about two weeks ago. The thing is, the minute I finished the food I felt super guilty, like how could I not even make it a full seven days without falling back into bad habits? But then I realized some things...

1. Like I said, last night I got what I’d always get from that place, but where I would usually eat it all, feel moderately full, and fall asleep; I felt like I was gonna throw up before I was even done, I’ve actually felt kinda sick for hours now and not been able to sleep due to moderate nausea. While obviously that means last night sucked, that ALSO means that in the past two weeks my body has already gotten more accustomed to the diet I want vs. the diet I’ve had for months up here on campus, which is good! I guarantee I have no interest in eating a foot long + two hot pockets + a medium bag of chips in the near future after how fucked up it STILL has me right now, which means my habits are already changing for the better! (Actually typing out my ‘order’ is making me realize how obviously terrible that all is too)

2. I went to put in what I ate into MyFitnessPal and it actually put me in the negative thousands. Again, this sucks short term, but that just means I haven’t been doing that for like a week now, AND seeing the numbers add up vs. how meals that are ‘healthy’ add up to so much less is rrreeaaallllyyyy putting into perspective just how terrible my eating habits are when I’m not making an effort to monitor them. Hell, i must’ve been eating ~4,000 calories in one day several times a week without realizing it. Again, just makes it more clear how much better for me the habits I’m trying to create for myself are than what I’ve been mindlessly doing to myself for months now

3. I can fuck up. I will fuck up, it’s inevitable, it’s not even that crazy that it happened so soon into CICO. If anything, I’m lucky I’m having such an easy time convincing myself that I do not wanna cheat like that again for awhile lmao. I have already lost 7 pounds in the past week, which is probably a lot of water weight tbh, but I still haven’t made progress like that since like September. I’m really doing it again! And if I stick with it, even when some weeks might not give me the substantial weight loss results I want, I WILL come out of this with way better habits, I’m already on my way.

I’m gonna use this post to hold myself accountable: today I’m gonna drink NOTHING but water, I WILL go for a walk, I AM gonna eat more like I did a couple days ago again, and I WILL get back on track. And next time I fuck up, instead of feeling bad for myself and giving up like I have in the past, I’ll do what I did today and write a long winded ass reddit post about how it’s actually something that really puts how important this all is and how well I’ve done recently into perspective!

Also quick side not this community has been incredibly helpful and I wish you all the best in your weight loss journeys!

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