How good are you on the weekends?

dbkyser

I do not go crazy but do not worry quite as much as I do during the week.

guinevere96

I tend to overeat a little on the weekends, so lately ill pick one or two days during the week and eat at a higher deficit, that way I can have more calories on the weekend. Pizza, here I come!

witters87

I normal order a takeaway on a weekend as a treat but I didn't this weekend I've tried to be good

Vanessalookingood

Saturday is my treat day. I eat as I normally do until supper and then I have whatever meal I want (ususlly 1/4 of a large homemade super cheesy pizza loaded up.) That evening I usually have a bowl of chips and maybe half a bar. Yep Saturdays are usually 2000 calorie days. The rest of the week I try to aim for 1200-1600 calories

scolaris

As long as I'm at work or home, I'm fine. Drink a beer or a glass of wine. Eat a little bit larger portion of protein than usual. Hot breakfast only on Sunday's. But parties... Gah! I start noshing the foods and sloshing the drinks and it's hard to get my cows back in the barn, ya know? Went to an Oscar viewing party last weekend; 50th birthday party to attend tonight. Parties just frikken kill me. Need to come up with some better strategies.

dbkyser

guinevere96 wrote: »

I tend to overeat a little on the weekends, so lately ill pick one or two days during the week and eat at a higher deficit, that way I can have more calories on the weekend. Pizza, here I come!

This is exactly what I do, I know the CICO is what matters so make sure I do well enough during the week to allow me to enjoy the weekend with out derailing my progress. Kind of like the Weight Watchers extra points. I also do not eat my exercise calories.

endlessfall16

Weekend is messy for me. Too much time on hand plus we get take outs from places that are hard to estimate calories. My diet benefits from weekdays -- I get busy, forget about food and do my own cooking which I know.

arditarose

I will never eat less than 2200-2500 calories on a Saturday whether I'm trying to lose or maintain. My maintenance calories are 1800. I adjust throughout the week so I can do this.

Alatariel75

I eat lower during the week so I can eat higher on weekends. Around 1300-1400 weekdays, then 2000 ish on weekends.

RodaRose

The week ends are easier for me because the work week is chaotic.

kensreboot

I hit Starbucks this morning for the first time in 4 weeks, only 2nd since I started all this on 1/15/16. I don't feel like that was bad, but the carmel frap, which I did log, dang near made me sick, yet the sugar put me on an energy high this morning that was quite strange for me! At work I was up walking all over the place, all morning long. The good thing is that I have already hit my daily goal for steps, and I still have 90 minutes of work left today... and according to my Fitbit, I am on track to beat my daily goal of calories burned by 200+! So, while I shouldnt have done it this morning, maybe a little good came of it

Orphia

Same as during the week. I might get to eat more because I exercise more, but I stick to my calorie limit.

guinevere96

kensreboot wrote: »

So, while I shouldnt have done it this morning, maybe a little good came of it

What is life if we cant fit a little starbucks into our goals from time to time?

fastfoodietofitcutie

It's a HUGE struggle for me. If I don't have anything going on it's not too bad but if I am eating out at restaurants or have a party, forget it. I can try to make good choices but it's so difficult to log accurate nutritional information a lot of the times I say heck with it and eat whatever I want. I really need to get out of that habit.

Francl27

Depends a lot. Usually I hate staying home on week ends (I'm a SAHM) so I like going out, doing things... and eating out. Which means that it will really depend on what place we go to, and how hungry I am that day.

Today we went out and I had a treat but I haven't been hungry at all so I'm still way under my calories for the day (even with like 800 calories of donut, brioche, and croissant). But on days when I'm hungry in the morning and have a big breakfast and we eat out at lunch at a place that doesn't have low calorie options... it can get ugly.

I just REALLY avoid going out for dinner, because I typically just don't have the calories for pretty much any meal at any restaurant.

Ashtoretet

My days off aren't always on the weekend, so I will just say that my days off are much harder to stay at loss calories, I almost always go into maintenance. It's so much easier to stay in calories at work when I'm busy for 9 hours and don't have access to my kitchen.

ashleyminnich1

Saturdays are my long run day. I ran eight miles this morning, so yeah...dinner involved cheesecake for desert.
Fridays seem to be my so so days. I have no idea how much I ate last night at the local restaurant. I went for semi healthy...I won't worry about it. One night is not the end of the road for me.

kgirlhart

I usually do pretty good on the weekends. I have a desk job so I'm more active on the weekends.

positivepowers

I keep to my macros pretty well but I tend to get a little lazy with the exercise. On the other hand, I only have one day off a week usually, so one day of laziness won't kill me, I suspect.

positivepowers

fastfoodietofitcutie wrote: »

It's a HUGE struggle for me. If I don't have anything going on it's not too bad but if I am eating out at restaurants or have a party, forget it. I can try to make good choices but it's so difficult to log accurate nutritional information a lot of the times I say heck with it and eat whatever I want. I really need to get out of that habit.

Me too. My son's birthday is tomorrow and he wants to go to his favorite restaurant, Olive Garden. Fortunately they have a menu with nutritional info online, so I have my order planned out, I just hope I can stick with it, because breadsticks! (I've allowed myself two. I may have to wire my jaw shut after I've scarfed them down.)

Lounmoun

I do the same things I do on weekdays.

farmerpam1

Normally the weekends are the same as weekdays, however, for some reason today has been an anything goes kind of day. I'm eating pizza and drinking a beer as I write this.

Kamikazeflutterby

There's usually at least one restaurant meal or a special ice cream run every weekend. At restaurants I have the basic MFP strategies for controlling calories (cut the entree in half, order something simple, look up calories ahead of time). Some meals I just say "screw it," order what I want, then log the best I can at home. Most of the "screw it" meals are still in line with my goals. Last night's... not so much. But it won't blow my overall weekly deficit.

ASH_DVM

Weekends are my long running days, which allows me more calories. It's perfect now that works sometimes

TheNightWalker

Yesterday (Saturday, AM now) I only ate food with many calories. Honestly I felt really hungry the whole day since I didn't eat a lot to stay within 1500 calories, but now I'm happy I avoided eating more.

jyvonne27

I allow myself about 200 extra calories a day on the weekends. This usually ends up being drinks. I tend to sleep in and do a big breakfast/brunch and then just have dinner, so the food calories balance out. But the alcohol....

TheNightWalker

You should really try to completely quit alcohol. Kills them gainzzzzzzzzz

scorpcookie

It really depends.

If I'm going somewhere during the weekend, I will most likely consume more calories compared to the week. And during these cold months I found myself in the kitchen baking or making something every weekend.

But come summer time, I'll probably be outside away from the kitchen burning calories and consuming less of them.

Veryana

If I stay at home I tend to forget to eat in morning and early afternoon because I sleep longer during weekends and then just sit at computer reading stuff... And suddenly it's 3 pm and I haven't still eat anything. If I'm going somewhere I need my lunch earlier, otherwise I don't really feel hunger.

Gisel2015

For the most part I don't eat my exercises calories during the week, so I have extra calories during the weekend to use if I need them. Some times I use them sometimes I don't. It all depends in my social schedule.

85Cardinals

I really bring my A game on the weekends, on dieting and everything else, baby!