Having a bad weekend

lr8812

Hello everyone, it's been a rough weekend. I've been home bound due to the snow and have been bored! I'm used to being out and about so I've been all screwed up. Let me also introduce myself, I've been on MFP for over 2 months. I log all my food, exercise, etc. Just started posting on the forums here. Anyways, this weekend my mind is all screwed up. I was lacking energy in the gym and felt temptation to eat all day today. Yesterday, I did good. I was in my calorie goal... but at the end of the night, got offered a slice of pizza... and cookies... and I budged. I hadn't "cheated" in a while. Then today... the big football game day... I went to the gym, burnt 810... came home... had dinner, and stayed within my calorie goal. I then got offered pizza... bread... and candy. I also budged. I did hit the gym, but I feel let down. I let myself cheat TWO days in a row. I need to get back on track for sure this week. I also need some help. I am thinking of starting to space out my meals a bit better. Right now I'm like this:

- Go to work at 7- Have no food.

- Take lunch at 1

- Have a snack at 4

- Hit the gym

- Have dinner

Watch tv, computer, etc. Sleep.

I find this to be flawed. I tend to be over-eating at snack time, because I go into lunch so hungry, and I end up craving more food. Is this because I am not eating from 7-1? I think if I incorporate some food for breakfast I will be more balanced. So I'm thinking of:

- Have breakfast - 200 calories

- Have a cookie mid-morning- 90

- Have lunch- could be from 200-300

- Mid-Day snack- could be from 200-300

- Gym

- Dinner- no more than 550

EuroReady

Thats okay. Start fresh tomorrow, its a new week! I got into a car accident at 3am yesterday, and ended up eating my pain. I totally pigged out and laid on the sofa afraid to move. Your weekend sounds like you can make up for it easily this week so.. No worries!

MB_Positif

if you are starving for lunch, definitely start eating breakfast. There are no rules that say you need to eat breakfast, but I find that it works best for me. If I have a good healthy portion of protein for breakfast (generally meat, eggs or peanut butter) I find that I don't snack at all until lunch time! In the afternoon my friend who is a nutritionist recommended eating a snack like a piece of fruit or baby carrots with some peanut butter or cheese. This would be especially good for you since you go to the gym before dinner. The goal here is to fuel your body and if you are exercising, you don't want to spend most of the day depriving yourself of food, that's probably why you are feeling so fatigued.

MariaAlbinaxoxo

Instead of a cookie for a snack you should have some raw vegetables with a light dressing of your choice. Broccoli definitely fills me up. but I saw you were under you calorie goal today so don't fret. you're doing great!