Weekend sabotoge

I am looking for advice on ways to NOT sabotage my eating on the weekends. During the week, I count/log religiously. I drink plenty of water and overall do what I should. Then, on the weekends, I don't count and I don't get my water. I don't get too crazy w/ what I'm eating, just not counting.

Any tips would be appreciated!

Is there a reason you don't log on weekends? My tip would be to continue to log

Tell yourself and your friends: I don't want that.

The problem with friends is they can (specially guys I find) work to sabotage you and they think it's funny. STICK to your guns! and log your cals anyway -- be insistent.

And if it matters a lot then don't go out so much It's a life change that makes the weight come off and stay off.

Workout so you have room for more food.

Well, you could start with logging on weekends. This weekend, I went over my calorie goal by at least 1,200 calories on Saturday and over 600 on Sunday. I have my goal set at a 5,250 deficit though, so if I stay under goal the rest of the week, I should have a 3,500 calorie deficit for the week - still enough to lose a pound.

Mind over matter. If you want it badly enough, you'll do it. If nothing else, portion control. Log everything - even on the weekends. It keeps you honest with yourself.

This! I don't always have the greatest of weekends but I always log it, it helps me make better choices the next weekend

Workout so you have room for more food.

Sometimes I feel like in order for me to eat I need to workout. I don't feel guilty and even though it's not a big of a serving I would have given myself, I still moderate the amount so I'll still be ok. Today I cut a slice of carrot cake into a 1/3 and ate that portion. I don't feel bad and I'm going to the gym so I ate what I wanted and I'll be ok with my macros(except carbs probably). i'm a happy person right now.

Like everyone else on this thread, I always log even if it means having to see that I went over by 500-1,000 calories. What I try and do is save some workout calories from the week so I can have them to use over the weekend. I also log on my phone, makes it really easy and quick!

Log. It doesn't have to be obvious in front of friends and family, but it does help you know where you are at and you may even find that you are enjoying that treat more because your intake wasn't as bad as you thought, or you may opt for a slightly healthier version and still have your treat with friends. Make your goals a weekly goal, so when you eat more on the weekends, you will still be able to tell how you did for the week. You weight goal doesn't have to be 1 or 2 pounds a week, maybe your goal is more realistic for you at a 1/2 pound per week. This is a lifestyle change, you need to do what works for you.

I'm still very new at this but logging has helped me out. I have the smartphone app, it's takes about the same time as texting someone.

I also try to plan in a big work out and at least one big salad as a meal. For example, we are new to this city, DH's only day off is Sundays and he is a chef. Every Sunday we go run errands and check-out the "competition". Mostly it's for lunch, but sometimes it's both meals. It's never a chain restaurant, so getting calorie counts is hard. So I plan my Saturday mornings to do a big workout (this sat was pilates and a 2 hour bike ride), then I had a huge salad with almost a day's worth of veggies. I'm really into veggies right now and can't seem to get enough.

The rest of the weekend's meals included meatballs from the Italian festival, about 6 beers until 1am with some friends, some free range roasted chicken (amazing) from some small restaurant (amazing), seared tuna among other things. Still no sweets yet. Honestly I don't miss them yet and this is someone who was eating 2-3 DQ blizzards a week.

I find that I can't really control what happens when I leave the house on weekends. Yesterday a simple lunch turned into us driving round for 4 hours. The weekend before I was invited to a parade with some friends last minute. By planning things like a big bike ride early Saturday morning and eating well before I leave the house keeps me on a better track to be spontaneous.

I was having the same problem (still am to some extent). I just started logging even on the weekends, it is ugly sometimes, but it is helping me to see where I am sabotaging myself.

And this past weekend I made HUGE strides in drinking all my water... so when it came to weigh in this morning, I had actually kept off all the weight I'd lost last week!

"Log everything - I've logged days where I've been 2000 cals over. There is no shame in it. That is hard to make yourself think, but it's true. No-one really should be judging you for your log. The log is there to give you information and to help you get to where you want to go. It's also there to make you think twice before eating something. Both of those are equally important, but they both rely on you getting into the habit of doing it."
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I AGREE! It is so easy to want to "hide" our calories from ourselves and others.... But this is a learning tool to see what works, what doesn't and any patterns to our poor eating times. Log in on the weekends!