Weekend ruins a whole week of hard work!
Annie0411
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I'm having a hard time turning off the switch that weekends = eating whatever I want time and therefore it's really stopping me from losing real weight. I know it's more of a habit that I need to break but I'm struggling! This weekend we went away and I threw fitness pal out the window. Literally after breakfast I had eaten 700 calories
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It's tough. I started with pre-logging for the weekend awhile ago so I had a food "roadmap" to keep me more or less on the straight and narrow. I also increased my activity on the weekends to build a bit of a calorie buffer. Took me about a month and a half, but I mostly have my weekends in a good spot. Make no mistake though, I have beer and wings, etc. I just pre-plan for it and it's been easier to not go crazy.3
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Maybe you would prefer a weekly calorie goal, rather than daily. I've seen some others post about it...you eat a couple hundred less calories per day Mon-Fri, then you have a lot more leeway on weekends (depending on how much you can decrease during the week and still be healthy & satisfied).3
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jnananamaste wrote: »Maybe you would prefer a weekly calorie goal, rather than daily. I've seen some others post about it...you eat a couple hundred less calories per day Mon-Fri, then you have a lot more leeway on weekends (depending on how much you can decrease during the week and still be healthy & satisfied).
^^^ This too. I added this in about 2 weeks ago and it also makes the weekend not so stressful having a little extra to work with.0 -
Yeah, it's super easy to overeat on the weekends when there's a lot more unstructured time. My deficit is small to begin with, so a high weekend can really throw the whole week. I found I just needed less time hanging around at home - I get out for walks, go to the movies or something with friends, play a sport, go to museums, find something that occupies me mentally like learning a language - if you have kids, these are all great things to do as a family also! And it's not just that the activity is good for me and motivates me to eat healthier food, but that the time I'm occupied is time I spend not eating/snacking out of sheer boredom.2
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Also when I go out I like to get what I like to get or it feels like a waste of $ and an experience, to me. I will count the calories and count it as two meals if need be...so after the 700+ cal breakfast I might do a small snack if I get hungry midday and my typical size dinner. Still get to eat out, but not blowing the whole day...2
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U should save calories for the weekend and eat at maintenance on the weekends not over eat0
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Keeping busy helps. Work on the books, do household chores, meal plan, shop, and prepare for the next week, or go out and do something fun. I find that I forget to eat on the weekends, and I end up with a calorie shortage come the end of the day.0
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same problem here
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I know I eat more on the weekends, so I eat less during the week to balance out the overall week.1
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^^^^This0
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