Messing up on weekends- every weekend

cnave99
cnave99 Posts: 63 Member
in Health and Weight Loss
I can not get myself together. I do great all week. Then Saturday morning while I'm food shopping I'll buy stuff that I know I can't eat in moderation. Then I eat it all before Monday. I keep losing and gaining the same three pounds.

I'm getting no where. But it's a cycle that I repeat every freaking week. Any advice welcome.
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  • inertiastrength
    inertiastrength Posts: 2,343 Member
    I know Sundays are my controlled binge day so I eat lower during the week when it's easier so that I can accommodate for that day. Maybe try partitioning your calories that way and look at your deficit week over week vs day over day
  • Fitwarrior7_Round_2
    Fitwarrior7_Round_2 Posts: 453 Member
    At least your at a net zero.
  • Machka9
    Machka9 Posts: 25,594 Member
    edited April 2017
    We do our shopping Sunday evening.

    Saturday is spent exercising pretty much all day long.

    Sunday afternoon is spent exercising, then we grab a decent snack, and go grocery shopping. And we buy basically the same things each week.

    But exercising as much as we do on the weekends means that we're tired by the time grocery shopping rolls around, so we want to get in and out as quickly as possible.
  • yondaime8
    yondaime8 Posts: 103 Member
    You need to change your scope from daily goals to weekly goals. Eat less when you can manage yourself during the week, to spare the calories for the weekend binges. CICO logic isn't valid only on days ! :smile:
  • gamerbabe14
    gamerbabe14 Posts: 876 Member
    Also, work out more so you can afford a mishap also. I walk a ton on the weekends (live in Chicago) so I can afford to eat a little more.
  • TimothyFish
    TimothyFish Posts: 4,925 Member
    I'm kind of in the same boat, but I'm actually in maintenance right now. Saturday morning I bought a couple of things that should've lasted me all week. They were both gone by Sunday evening. It wouldn't be that big of a deal but I kinda did the same thing last week and the week before. My one saving grace is that my TDEE on Saturday was about 4,500 calories and on Sunday it was about 3,000. Oh, and I'm actually on the lower side of my maintenance range right now. So, when you add up about 2,000 calories per day plus a half gallon of Blue Bell, that's about 7,000 calories for two days.

    Okay, on second thought, I might have actually eaten at close to maintenance this weekend, even though I ate a half gallon of ice cream in the process. So, maybe what I should be saying is, get a bicycle and ride it. Ride it a lot. It will make up for all kinds of overeating.
  • ritzvin
    ritzvin Posts: 2,860 Member
    If there is a particularly tempting area of the store, avoid it. And make sure you don't shop hungry. Maybe even shop at a no - thrills type store (discount grocery stores tend not to have a lot of the tempting gourmet cheese /sausage /tapas plates/etc). It's a lot easier to have self control for half an hour the grocery than the whole of the week.
  • lthames0810
    lthames0810 Posts: 722 Member
    tinkerbellang83 wrote: »

    Ultimately you're responsible for your own actions, you need to try and break the cycle if you truly want to lose the weight.

    Agree with this.

    Do you actually say this to yourself in your head while you shop? "I really want to lose weight and I'm going to do it this time so I'm going to buy this giant package of cookies!" Probably not because that would be silly, right? But that's what you're doing!

    Don't you want to succeed badly enough to say no to yourself?

    Yes you do, so just do it.

  • lenn_elle
    lenn_elle Posts: 8 Member
    Honestly the same thing happens to me too :( I just try and remember how crappy I feel after binge eating. It affects my workout so much and makes me feel moody and irritable. If I have a food craving I try and drink water or have something healthy that will curb the craving, because if you keep avoiding the cravings you will most likely binge. For me, I always have a serious sweets craving after eating a meal, so Ill have a couple of dates and it satisfies the need for sugar. Also do not buy any of your trigger foods - keep them out of the house.

    Hope this helps :) it works for me!
  • wellthenwhat
    wellthenwhat Posts: 526 Member
    If I specifically am hungry for one treat, I would consciously plan to buy one of those. Nothing else. (I don't typically do this, because I shop second hand grocery stores, so I buy based on what is there and what is on sale) I do not keep any of my yummy snacks in my view. They go on a high shelf that I don't access except for that. I may proportion them. When I get my treat, if it's ice cream or something, I measure out my portion, lick the spoon and stuff, then put the container back in the freezer before I eat my serving. I keep sugar free mint gum on hand. Sweets taste disgusting after chewing mint gum, and I actually enjoy the flavor. If I want to go back for a second serving and can't 'afford' it, I get gum instead. I avoid the sweets cupboard at all costs unless I'm getting something from it. I log my portion before I eat it. Log a second portion before you eat that. If there is a treat at the end of the day I know I want, I log it at the beginning of the day to 'save room' for it.
  • TxTiffani
    TxTiffani Posts: 799 Member
    We don't have grocery delivery here that I'm aware of, but we do have online ordering and you pick up at the store (Walmart and united has that now) so you can stick to your list. If that makes you feel restricted than you can treat yourself to one cookie or individual bag of chips (or whatever your trigger food is) but not bring it into the house or at least not family size bags or boxes that you know you'll overeat on;)
  • ninerbuff
    ninerbuff Posts: 48,973 Member
    It's a change of habit you have to do on the weekends. You just have to treat them like the weekdays. Unlike WORK, you don't really get a day off from the consistency needed to lose weight.

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  • fitmom4lifemfp
    fitmom4lifemfp Posts: 1,572 Member
    edited April 2017
    You're gonna have to get tough on yourself. Really. Stand naked in front of the mirror. Make a promise, out loud, to your body. Put up notes in your kitchen. In the grocery store, pick up those items you seem to can't resist, READ the nutritional value, and ask yourself if this is really how you want to live the rest of your life. And then put that crap back on the shelf. Give yourself *points* for every piece of crap you DON'T buy in the grocery store. And when you accumulate a certain number of points (any crap you buy decimates your balance) then treat yourself to a new lipstick, or a new top. I know it sounds silly, but you have to figure out a way to force yourself, motivate yourself, to STICK TO A PLAN. The only person that can do this, is YOU. And you CAN do it. :)
  • SadDolt
    SadDolt Posts: 173 Member
    no amount of advise anyone gives you is going to work. it comes down to you. i struggle with binge eating but it's overall up to me to fight.
  • angelahammon
    angelahammon Posts: 114 Member
    I find the weekends the hardest to keep my eating under control, i do get my food shopping delivered and this helps me from picking up random bits i dont need, i try and get out and about and give myself jobs to do to keep me busy as when i sit down i begin wanting to eat even when I'm not hungry!! good luck I'm sure you will overcome it
  • lmew91
    lmew91 Posts: 88 Member
    I make a grocery list and I stick to it. I may buy one or two things that weren't on the list, but for the most part I've figured an estimate in my head of how much I'm going to spend, and I don't want to really blow that budget.
  • toxikon
    toxikon Posts: 2,383 Member
    It takes some time to get out of that mindset that weekends = free-for-all. It just takes some sheer determination and commitment to get out of that mindset. The first step would be just accurately tracking your weekends in MFP, even if you go over calories. Don't abandon MFP on weekends!

    Another good habit to get into is grocery shopping on a full stomach AND with a list. Choose some recipes, write down the ingredients you need. Add a few easy snacks if you want. Then stick to that list. Maybe buy ONE treat for the week, and that's it.
  • Geocitiesuser
    Geocitiesuser Posts: 1,429 Member
    Weekends are a struggle for me as well. Something I've taught myself to do is to only buy enough food for the weekend. Depending on your living situation this may or may not be possible, but in general I've found the best way to not eat too much, is to not bring it in the house. Then in the worst case that I eat it all... well, I just go hungry the rest of the day because there is no more, and I still stay in my calorie goal.

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