I do fine until the weekend comes along

Well, eating something before you go to events helps and planning ahead when you know the place you are going to, especially if you are going to a resturant. Eating a fruit, salad, or soup helps you be fuller so you can make better choices at event. Now if this does not work don't do it. Sometimes you eat before and then hog out anyway then this does not work for you. I works for me 85% of the time if I had to put a number on it. and I usually eat cheese sticks or 2 fruits. Then I just say I am not hungry if people ask.

I have a busy social life at the weekend so I eat no white carbs, I usually opt for the salad or go for the fish and veg. I exercise in the morning so I have a few extra calories to spare. I do drink wine at the weekend and I just shrug yes it is empty calories but I work it into my allowance.

I have no banned foods, I am finding I can't stomach rich foods anymore, one weekend I did slip and split some tiramisu with my bf and afterwards my tummy felt rotten so it's really put me off trying to do that again.

My bf also carries my fat photo on his iPhone, whenever I say something like let's just get chinese take out, he says oh really and shows me the pic to get me motivated - I guess that's him being kind in his own cruel way. We laugh about it and it works for me.

I know exactly how you feel - I was thinking the same thing this morning. I don't have any advice, just wanted to chime in and let you know you're not alone in this. Onward and upward to a better week, I say.

I allow myself 1 "splurge day" I guess you'd call it. I do this after my scheduled weigh day. I usually do this one day out of my weekend. It helps me to stay on track all week and the rest of the weekend when I have something to look forward to. I find it easier to resist eating like crap all weekend if I have one planned day to throw it out the window. Then just salad, fish, vegis and fruit the rest of the weekend. I try.... Hope this suggestion helps.

I can totally relate. I read some of the replys that was rec and the one with a cobs logo got to me - your right i have to reevaluate my goal. Its not like i even do anything but hang out around the house but i need to stick to one day if i need to do this cause i think if i tell myself i cant do it at all i will just blow it. so we are going to have to stick together - i think this week my goal is to log everything including my bad stuff. i dont think i have logged an honest week in over a month.

also besure to add the bad stuff in, it was an eyeopener to see that four beer was 700 calories! of course i logged them in after i drank them. more fun that way.:drinker: :drinker: :drinker: :laugh: :laugh:

This is just my opinion (cause I don't know nothin' and I can prove it!!):

First - Just move on from this event - see it as a reminder of what you need to do to reach your goals.

Now the opinion:

I don't treat the weekend any differently than any other day of the week. I am in a "life changing event" it is not a weekday job that I do and then fall apart on the weekend. This mindset of weekday = good and weekend = bad is a recurring theme in many threads on this (and probably other) sites. That is what you need to focus your change on. You know it's true, but you hold on to the 'oh well it's the weekend' excuse and then you beat yourself up for the next week and then guess what, here comes another weekend. Break this habit. You want to break it I know you do or you would not be here. There is the occasional slip up but this is like it is built into the diet plan.

Only you can be there for you when the food hits the plate. You can do it so go and do it... And even if you overdo it you must make yourself track everything you put in your mouth no matter how bad it looks.

Weekends are hard for me too. I have a pretty good routine during the week, but the weekends are always different, and I'm running around more. I need to get better at making sure I bring healthy snacks with me.