Feel so disappointed in myself

[Mustangdally]

Been on a healthy eating regime for about 6 weeks, also incorporated exercise and now doing 5 x workouts a week, I've lost a stone nearly.
Had my daughters best friends birthday celebrations today. They are both pre school age. They wanted Mcdonalds for lunch, ended up having a large big mac meal and mcflurry :( then this evening I've had pizza for dinner. I will get straight back on it tomorrow as I love exercising.. But just feel disappointed that I couldn't even manage a couple of months of being good and should've just tried to eat as best as I could've at Mcdonalds and not gone all out. Feel sluggish and horrible and wish I had some restraint.

It's like a clean house. You can't get stressed if dust falls back onto surfaces. You just have to keep going round and wiping it off.

Today is another day.

I lost 2 stone over the last year or so by adjusting to a healthier diet and more exercise. There were weeks when my weight went up a bit, a mini upward spike in an overall downward graph.

Sometimes I ate a whole tub of ice cream. Then carried on with healthier diet.

You are doing really well. Celebrate your successes and carry on with your healthier lifestyle.

PP is right: beating yourself up like this just tells you you can’t do it / don’t deserve a healthy body etc.

When the evidenced reality is that you have lost loads of weight and are very fit. So let that fuel your motivation.

I am also trying to lose weight and feel exactly like you do every time I "fail" and have so called "bad" food. I think all the other posters are right, attitude shift needed! My DH never manages to lose weight longer term than a couple of weeks because he has one burger and thinks he's a failure anyway so goes back to overeating constantly. I wonder if there's some online CBT or similar for this kind of thing?

It’s a healthy lifestyle. 2 meals out of hundreds won’t mess you up. What does is thinking I’m on a diet, I’ve messed up/can’t diet and giving up. Back eating healthy food lots of water and you’ll be fine. Don’t weigh yet I spike up massive amount if I eat junk - sodium?.Soon off when back to normal. Remember how crappy you feel eating it that did help me avoid stuff. You are doing great.

It is definitely down to mindset, I do agree.. and I have literally got STRAIGHT back on it today, I suppose one day every so often isn't going to be the worst thing in the world. I guess it's more so how the food made me feel after I ate it!

@Mustangdally

It is definitely down to mindset, I do agree.. and I have literally got STRAIGHT back on it today, I suppose one day every so often isn't going to be the worst thing in the world. I guess it's more so how the food made me feel after I ate it!

Congrats on the weight you have lost so far! Please don't beat yourself up about the McDs. It's done, you're back on it today, let it go.

If anything, maybe it's a good thing if you didn't feel good after eating it. Maybe that will help you less likely to have it next time.

BUT even if it doesn't, it's ok! If you are generally healthy, a takeaway or fast food every so often isn't something to beat yourself up over.

Keep going x

just feel disappointed that I couldn't even manage a couple of months of being good

This is black & white thinking OP & it's a byproduct of the diet industry, media selling false, undermining ideals & a load of other gendered politicial claptrap than I needn't derail the thread with ...

How about:
"I've looked after myself really well for 6 weeks & lost a sense of sluggishness & feeling horrible. Oh! - I also lost about a stone, which is a bonus.
I slacked off for a day & had a blow-out. It was a great reminder of how horrible & sluggish fast food can make me feel.
I love exercise & am raring to get back into my routine.
I am rocking this!!"

& when you next feel like a treat, damn well schedule one - consciously - in as an occasional treat

I think unless you low yourself days where you make other choices you won't stick to healthy choices most of the time.

I have several friends who have always maintained great figures and for them they were always on during the week but off at the weekend.

They had wine at the weekend and ate what they liked but on monday they were very good.

Don't let an off day spoil your achievement.

I'm finally getting fit again after gaining 20lbs over the past 18 months.

Two sudden, close bereavements, have contributed to me eating my grief but I am finally now addressing it, thank goodness.

I am being very good during the week and less so at the weekend and hope to have it shifted by Christmas.

I am back exercising which is great and makes me feel better finally.

Keep going.