I blew it ...

[montanasun]

I had food poisoning very early Tuesday morning and finally felt better yesterday. I needed to have clear liquids, then rice or bland food. So I blew my lc woe with brown rice yesterday. I'm back OP today but expect a gain this week.

What do you eat when you have the stomach flu and/or food poisoning?

[Judynyc]

I had food poisoning very early Tuesday morning and finally felt better yesterday. I needed to have clear liquids, then rice or bland food. So I blew my lc woe with brown rice yesterday. I'm back OP today but expect a gain this week.

What do you eat when you have the stomach flu and/or food poisoning?


I don't think you blew it at all....you ate what you needed to eat for your body to heal.

I had food poisoning a couple of years ago.....right after I started this, as a matter of fact. I ate what I could keep down and did not make me nauseous. I ate oatmeal, banana, applesauce.....and some broth.

Hope you are feeling beter!! :thup:

[ToyDiva]

I hope you feel better.

[Kary]

Hope you feel better. Had food poisoning last year. Despite eating rice I lost about a pound (and I wasn't even dieting/on LC back then). Just get back on LC as soon as comfortable.

[montanasun]

Thank you Judynyc, ToyDiva and Kary, I am feeling better today. I lost 5 pounds in two days but I'm sure I will be back up tomorrow which is ok.

[perfectfit]

The time I had food poisoning I could not even eat. I couldn't even keep water down. I spent a LOT of time in the bathroom and in bed.

[eriksgirl]

Oh, man, food poisoning is awful. I'm glad that you are feeling better.

[OtherCher2]

You did not blow it! I was home sick 3 days a couple of weeks ago and the only thing that tasted good to me was OATMEAL of all things. When your body is sick, you have to take care of it. Keep up the good work!

[j13]

I'll be blunt here (that's kind of my way...):

That's ridiculous. You didn't blow it. You got a stomach virus and ate some stuff that wasn't on your plan. Calm down, and do NOT think that way. Blowing it is saying "I've fallen off, and I'm staying off," or, "I don't care that I've regained weight."

This is a totally defeatist thing to say. I had mono this year, and when I had mono I ate ice cream because it was literally the only thing I could swallow, and I needed calories. Did I "blow it"?? No. I did what I had to do at the time. When I was better, I stopped.

Don't allow yourself to be mentally defeated and think things like that. What happens if you DON'T have the stomach flu and you fall off? Have you "blown it" then?? No, you ate off plan. That's all. Start eating on plan again.

I really hate that people see this in such an absolute way. It's incredibly unhealthy, imo, because it fetishizes the WOE. A WOE is just that - a WAY OF EATING. It's what you eat. It's not a holy thing that can never be violated, or that if you have the gall to not follow will punish you. It is not an entity that fights you or controls you. It's an effective methodology for losing weight. If you want to lose weight, follow it. Do not rationalize, do not eat badly. But do it because you are doing it - not because it is doing it to you. If you fall off, IT'S OKAY. All you have to do is get back in line with the WOE and everything will work itself out. If you're stalled, just stay in line with it and it will be fine. But do not feel controlled by it, because that will lead you to rebel against it. And do not feel constrained by it, or like you have to live up to its expectations or something, because that is not what it is. It is how you're choosing to eat. If you go off, your next choice can be a good one, it's okay. There is no "blowing it." It's not like it's an exclusive club, where once you screw up - or, in this case, are forced into a sub-optimal decision - you're out. It's your free will and you can do whatever you like at any time. If what you want to do is eat on plan, then do it. If you fall off and decide that you don't want to eat off plan after all, then start eating on plan again.

Just make the best choices you can and everything will be fine - don't worry about "blowing it," as though there's something to blow. Just make decisions that are in line with your plan in so far as you can. If you make a bad choice - or in this case are forced to make a choice that isn't in line with what you'd like to do - just FORGET about it and move on to the next one, and make IT good.

-j.

[BelmontLil]

I agree with J13. Dont think of it as blowing it at all. When you are better you will be back on track.

Who knows, after evacuating your insides, you may not gain as much as you think! (Is that the bright side of getting sick?)

[lynn64]

You were sick! Forgive yourself and move on! Feelbetter!

[ppuffy3859]

I'll be blunt here (that's kind of my way...):

That's ridiculous. You didn't blow it. You got a stomach virus and ate some stuff that wasn't on your plan. Calm down, and do NOT think that way. Blowing it is saying "I've fallen off, and I'm staying off," or, "I don't care that I've regained weight."

This is a totally defeatist thing to say. I had mono this year, and when I had mono I ate ice cream because it was literally the only thing I could swallow, and I needed calories. Did I "blow it"?? No. I did what I had to do at the time. When I was better, I stopped.

Don't allow yourself to be mentally defeated and think things like that. What happens if you DON'T have the stomach flu and you fall off? Have you "blown it" then?? No, you ate off plan. That's all. Start eating on plan again.

I really hate that people see this in such an absolute way. It's incredibly unhealthy, imo, because it fetishizes the WOE. A WOE is just that - a WAY OF EATING. It's what you eat. It's not a holy thing that can never be violated, or that if you have the gall to not follow will punish you. It is not an entity that fights you or controls you. It's an effective methodology for losing weight. If you want to lose weight, follow it. Do not rationalize, do not eat badly. But do it because you are doing it - not because it is doing it to you. If you fall off, IT'S OKAY. All you have to do is get back in line with the WOE and everything will work itself out. If you're stalled, just stay in line with it and it will be fine. But do not feel controlled by it, because that will lead you to rebel against it. And do not feel constrained by it, or like you have to live up to its expectations or something, because that is not what it is. It is how you're choosing to eat. If you go off, your next choice can be a good one, it's okay. There is no "blowing it." It's not like it's an exclusive club, where once you screw up - or, in this case, are forced into a sub-optimal decision - you're out. It's your free will and you can do whatever you like at any time. If what you want to do is eat on plan, then do it. If you fall off and decide that you don't want to eat off plan after all, then start eating on plan again.

Just make the best choices you can and everything will be fine - don't worry about "blowing it," as though there's something to blow. Just make decisions that are in line with your plan in so far as you can. If you make a bad choice - or in this case are forced to make a choice that isn't in line with what you'd like to do - just FORGET about it and move on to the next one, and make IT good.

-j.

Well said...one of the better posts I've ever read...