Calories don't count on weekends

TonyB0588

kanaada wrote: »

Hi guys so this weekend I ended up eating everything that I liked and felt really really guilty ☹️ I probably ate around 2500 calories on sat and mid sun I already ate 1200 calories. So what do y'all guys think about eating mindlessly on weekends? This Saturday I just weigh in and found out that the scale finally moved after weeks so I guess it's a form of rewarding myself but still felt rather guilty about it. Would appreciate if u guys share ur experiences with me

It's all about willpower. Today (Sunday) was my best day in the past 5 weeks, even though I wasn't eating in my own home. It just takes the will to say NO to stuff that doesn't help your program.

Christine_72

kanaada wrote: »

Thank you all for the messages and I understand from all of you that indeed I should be more mindful when it comes to mindless eating on the weekends!! Thanks for all the advices

Yes indeedy, or else you may find that you're just spinning your wheels and not really getting anywhere. Maybe try a "cheat meal", not day(s), per weekend, while still keeping track of your calories. This way you'll still have something to look forward to without annihilating your weekly deficit.

lexylondon

My sisters coming over tomorrow so we will be having lots of pastry! Prob be my whole days calories so will have to make up for it by going harder at the gym and eating less over the next few days... But boy am I looking forward to a chocolate pastry or 4...

cwang125

dissentingdude wrote: »

You see, the reason why most people don't reach their objectives is because of things like this.
Most will go on a reasonable deficit of 500 calories a day.
So 3500 a week.
They adhere to this for five days and then basically undo everything by binging on the weekend.

Because in five days you're at a 2500 calorie deficit, but if you really are overdoing it on Saturday/Sunday you could easily eat 1250 over maintenance on each day making it so nothing was accomplished for the whole week.

THIS. ^

It matters. Every day. If you plan to eat more on weekends because of social life etc, better to plan it out ahead of time. Either maintain the deficit throughout the entire week or only hit maintenance on weekends for a slower weightloss progression.

Btw, alcohol consumption is inhibitive on lipolysis. Every time you take a drink, especially if it's beer which typically has high carbohydrate content which in turn spikes insulin which inhibits lipolysis.

If you're serious about maintaining the weight loss, track every day and make sure the tracking is accurate.

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10539756
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26278391

kristen6350

If calories didn't count on weekends, I'd be 120lbs and 5'11.

You really have to plan during the week if you want to indulge on the weekends.

pondee629

kanaada wrote: »

Hi guys so this weekend I ended up eating everything that I liked and felt really really guilty ☹️ I probably ate around 2500 calories on sat and mid sun I already ate 1200 calories. So what do y'all guys think about eating mindlessly on weekends? This Saturday I just weigh in and found out that the scale finally moved after weeks so I guess it's a form of rewarding myself but still felt rather guilty about it. Would appreciate if u guys share ur experiences with me

When is doing ANYTHING mindlessly a good idea? It isn't! Go over a little? Sure, once in a while won't hurt. BUT to know you that are going over by only a little implies mindfully paying attention to what you are doing.

butterfli7o

No way. Eating mindlessly on the weekends is what has kept me at the same weight for sooo long... I was undoing any hard work I'd done during the week. I am not as strict on the weekend, but I still am mindful of what I'm eating.