if you put unrealistic limits, you will fail.

Almost all reasonable healthy eating plans say you should allow a cheat meal or even a cheat day every week. If you work out a plan for the week, and save a few calories from each meal then use them on that cheat day, I think you will find it easier to stick to your healthy eating all week if you know that you get to have something naughty on Saturday, right?

You are not making temporary changes to your diet and lifestyle, you are making permanent ones. that means you need to be satisfied with your plan, so don't make it hard to maintain.

So you should be mad because you have made yourself a crappy plan. you are mad at yourself, so fix it. Make a new one that allows you to have something with a little extra calories every once in awhile.

Oh I so agree with justblue. You should have a plan you can live with! Otherwise you are setting yoursself up to fail.

Change your lifestyle once and for all. Eating more healthfully and getting active for a few weeks is great, but it's not the answer. Adapt your lifestyle by incorporating healthier behaviors and keeping at them until they become automatic. Take a hard look at the way you're eating and exercising, and commit to making small changes that you can live with over time. Small changes add up to big results if you keep them up.

Setbacks Are Normal
No matter how-well prepared you are, there will be times when you overindulge in decadent food and/or skip your fitness routine. Don't let a setback derail your efforts. Simply acknowledge it and move on. Nobody's perfect, so just try to keep the diversions to a minimum and don't let falling off the wagon lead to giving up.
Achieving and maintaining a healthy weight is a lifelong commitment. It is hard work but over time, when old habits are replaced with new, healthier habits, it no longer feels like hard work.

There is light at the end of the tunnel; just ask some of our members who have been so successful on their weight loss journeys.

I agree with the others. What i sujest is if what you want to cheat with maybe try and fix it as healthy as you can but enjoy and don't be to hard on yourself you have tomorrow to start over God is a God of second chances. Hang in there. Will be praying for you on this.
Dee

Don't worry, brush it off, and start eating well again.

Just to add my two cents in, I agree with everybody else. You have to allow yourself a day of indulgence. We all need to have a day off from healthy eating every now and again. Tomorrow is another day and how fortunate are we that we get to have a second chance.

I ate something out of bounds yesterday, too. No worries! It'll be ok! *hugs*