Did you stay on plan this weekend

ladyphoto

I just wanted to hear some advice from people out there- I thought I was doing very good staying on plan- working out every day a lot, doing really good- I've lost 6 lbs and was ecstatic- the problem is the weekends- I do really good until the evening- and then my husband puts out all of my favorite things like bread to dip in olive oil, special cheeses, olives, etc- and I end up losing it.

So on Saturday I said, "okay, once in a while it's okay to have these things" and I did- I didn't feel too bad about it- worked out hard on Sunday- then he put them out again on Sunday and I couldn't stop myself- no will power! I even had cake! So of course I get up and weigh myself today and am up 4 lbs since Friday- someone please tell me that is just water retention from eating crappy foods!

Here I am working my tail off in te gym- following a plan to the "T" then to throw it all away on the weeekends because I apparently have no will power- please share with me how you all changed and learned to get through those time! Especially if you havea a spouse that seems to tempt you like that???

justahorsen

I'm very interested in the responses to this because I have the same problem.....weekends are weak ends for me....seems that I have no will power and gain all that I lost in the last week.....
I'm trying to break the cycle and just get through a week end with out gaining.....even maintaining would be a plus at this point....

dean0721

haha , erm.......... nope :glasses:

If you would have seen me wall, you would have quite clearly seen it too lol

jkestens63

bump

samantharae121205

bump.

LilBrat71

I also have problems with the weekends... food & exercise. Since the majority of my exercise includes trail biking, it's hard for me to find the time on the weekends with the kids home from school.

Dlibo1013

no

hush7hush

I know this is extremely unhealthy, and I'm not advising it to anyone as a diet means...

but on the weekends, if I know I can't eat good, I tend to not eat at all.
Because I aim to stay away from these things, and I understand there will be temptation, I don't put myself in a situation where there will be.
If I go out to dinner with someone, I will order a small side salad if there is nothing healthy on the menu.
If I'm at a sporting event, I will grab a diet coke.
I know it's awful, but it keeps me from overeating.

cesctheman

For the last 3 weekends i have been haveing a few too many beers and food and been putting on or losing a little.
Need to get it out of my head that i dont need to drink friday or saturday night every week.

cesctheman

For the last 3 weekends i have been haveing a few too many beers and food and been putting on or losing a little.
Need to get it out of my head that i dont need to drink friday or saturday night every week.

hush7hush

And also, I have been losing an impressive amount of weight weekly.

And keeping it off.

The pounds are evaporating.

End6ame

Stick to your diet 90% of the time, and for the remaining 10% allow yourself to “cheat”. So to put that into practice, if you allow yourself to go over your calorie restrictions once every 10 days (still stay at or below your maintenance calories) it will help your will power between those periods and it won’t negatively effect your progress.

Trying to be perfect will cause you to over-indulge.

clem7444

I ate a whole box of Peanut Butter Captain Crunch this weekend--a big box. Obviously not on plan.
But, fresh start today! And, I think I'll wait to weigh myself until tomorrow

JeanK56

Good question, sorry I don't have an answer because I seem to have no will power either. I hope to hear some good suggestions here as well.

katy5692

not at all. had a takeaway

irishblonde2011

I find if i weigh in on fridays i am still excited from losing and it helps me stay on track the weekend.x

sam23030

I have the same problem, going for drinks with friends, dinner at other peoples houses, this is the worst as I don't want to be rude and not eat what they have cooked but also if I'm at their house all day I can't exercise!

At the moment I have the mentality that I don't have that much to lose and if its going to be a long process then I've got to still enjoy life.

Also I'm going on holiday this week and kind of feel that I'm not going to have a great deal of control over my food intake during this time so perhaps it would be good idea to slightly increase my intake over the next couple of days so the holiday isn't a great shock to my body and then get strict upon my return.

Will be interested to see how other people deal with this!

Smilks

I know this won't be considered good advice or healthy either but I cut back a little bit further on my calories during the week to allow me to have that extra little bit of indulgence on the weekends. I have learned that I can't be good on weekends and I manage easily during the week so if i cut back a bit more during the week, any overeating at the weekend is balanced out.

It's the only way losing weight works for me - any other way and I steadily gain weight.

Kirsty_UK

Sounds like you need to have words with your spouse to be a little more supportive. You could try forcing yourself to enter those foods into your food diary as or before you eat them, that'll put you off!

But really, don't feel like you can't have nice things, you can, just in reasonable amounts. Portion some out into a bowl for yourself and then pace yourself eating that through the evening.

Last night my spouse asked me if I wanted to share a bag of chocolate buttons, and I said I wanted to enter it into my diary, so he weighed me a few out - in the end I had 6g of buttons! just 6g! but it was nice

MissingMinnesota

Are you entertaining on Saturday and Sunday? What is the prupose of putting the food out if it is just going to be you and your husband? Maybe ask your husband to only put out the food one of the two nights if it a ritual that you have or even just half the food that you would usually put out. When you eat from this self made buffett use the smallest plate you have or even better yet a cocktail napkin and once you have taken what you want step away from the table/counter and go sit down somewhere else. That way you would have to actually get up and move to the food to be able to get it, and when you are walking across the floor to the table you can think. Do I really need to have one more piece of bread with olive oil?

prov31ms

Funny - I came to the boards this morning to search on this very topic!!! I need some weekend tips as well - during the week my breakfast, lunch & snacks are eaten solo and I do just fine - but on the weekend - I am having these meals with my DH & two teenage boys & we end up not eating the healthiest foods - I don't want to put the blame on them as I know it is me & my lack of will-power - but it is SO hard!!! I have been over my calorie budget for about 5 weekends in a row now - I need help!!! =0)

bmontgomery87

I was a little off this weekend.
Had a couple drinks and was under on protein.
Not too happy about it, but it happens.

dad106

I went out of town this weekend, so I was way off.. Eating every meal out and eating things that I shouldn't have. Even when I'm home I tend to eat out on weekends .

What I did though this past weekend(and normally) is only eat a little bit of my meal or snack. If I decide that I want a burger, I'll only eat half of it or eat two slices of pizza. If I go to a buffet, I'll eat one plate of salad/food/desert.

I've also found that pre-planning on MFP helps... if you see what he's putting out go log on MFP what you think your going to eat and how much of those foods your going to eat. That way you know what your allowed and by seeing that, it helps reinforce that.

liz11599

I don't get to the gym on the weekends either because my son and husband are home from school and work, so those are the days I eat a bit less because I'm not earning my workout calories. However, I will try to get more housework done, get the family out for a walk, etc. to get some exercise in. But the one thing I do try to do is stay away from my trigger foods. If I start with the sweets, then I'm in trouble!! I'd suggest staying away from the bread, cheese and olive oil if you know you can't stop once you've started. Hang in there and remain strong. You can do this!!

Fattack

I'd save calories for the cheese and have less of it. Weigh it out. Make sure you've eaten a fair amount during the day to avoid over-eating it! Have something healthy (like grapes) inbetween each bit of cheese. If you can't limit it at all, then STAY AWAY! I don't buy ice cream anymore for this reason - my *full* switch just fails to turn itself on!

LisaE96

I have been horrible this weekend. I ate way too much. I sure wish I knew how people controlled themselves on weekends.

melaniecheeks

I knew this weekend would be tough becuase I was out both Friday and Saturday nights for dinner!

Friday night I managed to chose healthy options off the menu (rare beef salad to start, grilled fish for main), and Saturday night was in a tapas place where the individual portions are quite small, so it was simple enough to choose a little of something tasty without going overboard.

I knew this would be sore on the calories, so I made sure I got to the gym - did a strength class on Friday morning, a cardio on Saturday morning, and a good walk with the dog on Sunday. I did find myself on Saturday afternoon not having had any lunch, and had no emergency snack with me, but I found a health food shop that sold small individual packs of nuts, and had some brazil nuts to tide me till later.

Haven't weighed myself yet, but I was easily fitting into UK size 10 when I was clothes shopping yesterday.

RajwaJ

Weekends are always bad for me but I am getting better. Had pizza round a friend's house Saturday night so planned ahead on here and only had two slices and a salad. My bf is loving that I always offer to drive to let him have a drink so I am good there.

We went on a long hike Sunday but he made me a massive full english before we left and I only managed to burn half of it back. Then had a roast with my family in the evening. I logged everything in and thought I've gone over two days in a row I might as well blow it and ate my Easter egg.

Today however is a new day and a start to a new week. Going to start doing some extra workouts to compensate for the weekend s I have plans (like this weekend, bbq Friday and a Bday party Saturday).

If I have been super good all week I don't try and beat myself up any more and I don't go over by more than 500 Kcals at the weekend so at least I won't gain weight.

ladyphoto

Thanks everyone- feel free to add me as a friend if you want to help support each other during these times. It sounds like my problem is common and some have figured it out and some are struggling like me... I took bits and peices from eac of you and I think I have a plan. Every other weekend, hubby and I have decided we will have a splurge night out to dinner- only that one single night- the other 13 nights, it needs to be completely on plan and by the book-

Hubby realized this morning that it is him that is pulling me off my progress- of course it's actually me letting him do it and not having any will power, but seriously- it's hard- he promised to stop tempting me in these ways...

I sure hope this works...:noway:

In the mean time, it's a double work out for me for making such bad choices...

nlsalvatore

I often felt like I was spending the week making up for the weekend & I finally got tired of that & now try to make better choices on the weekend. Many of my friends and I notice the same thing - up a few pounds, which we think is due to the sodium, so we drink lots of water and it comes off. Also, if you are eating out, try looking up the restaurant menu and plan ahead what to order - that has been helping me. Good luck!

Therapist_mama

Stick to your diet 90% of the time, and for the remaining 10% allow yourself to “cheat”. So to put that into practice, if you allow yourself to go over your calorie restrictions once every 10 days (still stay at or below your maintenance calories) it will help your will power between those periods and it won’t negatively effect your progress.

Trying to be perfect will cause you to over-indulge.

The best advice on this thread!