It's so hard at the weekend !!

13joanne
13joanne Posts: 59
in Motivation and Support
I find I'm doing really well all week untill I get to the weekend and as soon as I relax I want to eat , I then spend mon /tues trying so hard to be as good as poss , I just want to get out of this habit and be able to enjoy the weekend without feeling so guilty !!

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  • BerryH
    BerryH Posts: 4,698 Member
    It's the average over the week that counts. Either eat a few calories fewer every week day so you have extra at the weekend, or use the weekend to chalk up some nice long exercise sessions and treat yourself with your exercise calories. A bit of planning helps too, try pre-logging your weekend meals and trying to stick to it. If you go over, don't deprive yourself on Monday or Tuesday, just go back to normal, it's much easier to stick to if it doesn't feel like a punishment!
  • 13joanne
    13joanne Posts: 59
    Thanks I have just looked and went over on thurs by about 400 and saturday by 319 but I'm under my weekly goal by 485 cause of exercise I started on Monday but I always weigh myself on a wed do you think it will be ok x ps sorry to go on x
  • BerryH
    BerryH Posts: 4,698 Member
    Yes, that's perfectly OK, it's all about the big picture! If your weigh-in day is Wednesday, any extra weekend food won't reflect so you'll be able to see the overall trend.
  • EmmaR31
    EmmaR31 Posts: 184
    I struggle over the weekends too, except I go way over the calories i had "banked up" during the week, it's quite depressing:(
  • em9371
    em9371 Posts: 1,047 Member
    i just replied on another post about this!

    I am the same with bad weekends, what i have done is set my allowance slightly lower - i should be on 1900, so changed to 1800 so its ok for me to go over by 700 on a saturday. If i go over by more than this, i usually take the dogs for a long walk on sunday to 'earn' the extra cals.
    this hasnt affected my loss in anyway, ive lost 36lbs since october and weigh in on a tuesday :-)

    if you reduce cals during the week (without going below 1200 net), that will give you extra to play with over the weekend without going over your weekly goals.

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