Cheating on weekends (sort of)

sweetheart03622

if u cheat ur only cheating urself so it is all up to you

I wouldn't really call it cheating. As long as you know (like you said) that the weight will come off more slowly and don't let that discourage you, I'd say do what you need to do. Just make sure you're still eating food that is good for you, and not a lot of junk.

Yea, that's more what I mean. I feel like the way I'm doing it now, I weigh in on Mondays and am about 2-3 pounds over what I was on Thursday (my other weigh-in date). Then I eat really good on Monday and Tuesday to get back down to that, and then drop on Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday, and then gain it back on Saturday/Sunday... it's a viscious cycle that is making it REALLY slow!!

I'm thinking I'm going to do a combo here. Try to stay a bit under each day (maybe 100 or so) and then allow myself up to 2,050 (100 under my maintenance cals), which will net me at about 1.25lbs/week (if you do the math... which I did lol). I'm hoping that this will keep me in check. I can still work out more if I want to go out to a big, greasy dinner (still can't get away, I love food too much) but I think this might work for me... stay tuned...

Are you sure that 2050 is your maintanance? It varies so much per individual. If you have a desk job it may be much lower. If you are over 40 it may be much lower. Over 50? blechh. Life ain't fair. I thought my maintance was around 2100 but that what got me 30lbs over weight. Play it by ear. Maybe put in some extra activiets on the weekend to work some of those tasty treats off:happy: :happy:

I'm only 22, and while I have a desk job, it requires a half hour walk to and from the train station every day. From everything that I've researched, 2050 is about right, perhaps even as high as 2200. I also weigh about 175 right now, so I'm not quite a small person just yet