Planning a 'bad' weekend

Personally, no. If I'm "bad" and eat poorly for a meal or even a day I log it all so I can see my weak moments. Not logging doesn't make the extra calories disappear from your midsection.

I didnt "plan" a bad weekend but over my birthday week celebration I had some days in there where I just ate what I wanted. The "splurge" meals were tracked as best I could and it was eye-opening for sure in the number of calories I consumed. I enjoyed the time with friends and got back on track. It felt like a small NSV for me to get back on track immediately. Sounds like fun family time. Enjoy it!! But we expect you back on track immediately!! LOL!

For me, yes every once in a while I am not going to track what I eat. I really don't see myself inquiring of each family member what ingredients they added to their Christmas dish so that I can properly log it. Whatever the occasion is, I just make an entry with 1 quick add of what I think my calories were for that day (usually a lot!). That way you can go back later if needed and see how it impacted things. I agree with the person a couple above me that getting back on track immediately is a NSV, because that can be a struggle sometimes.

i don't have whole weekends, but whilst i lived at home (i'm a uni student) my parents would often have days where no-one could be bothered, at all, so we'd have takeaway. or there'd be days where i visited my grandmother and got fed to the brim! i would still log it, but by no means would i treat it as a "bad" day (that reminds me way too much of disordered eating). it'd be a metabolism boost day because i'd always have lost weight the day after!

Yes! Just had a late birthday weekend. Indian feast, beer, crumpets, hot chocolate, apple and blackberry crumble with real custard all featured, not logged.

They don't happen often and my diet works better, is more sustainable if it doesn't wreck my quality of life. My loss may be slow but it is consistent and, as a recent month off clearly showed, stands a good chance of being permanent because of that!

So have fun, just don't look for opportunities to pig out. Give your tastebuds at least one treat

I find that if I have a bad eating weekend I start getting more cravings again. However, life is all about balance. It is important to be a healthy weight, but it is also important to enjoy life. I am reading a book where she says allow yourself to have 25% more calories than you normally would on special occasions and when you go out for dinner (as long as this doesn't happen too much). This has helped me a lot.

I always log in. However...given a weekend away from the kids and a weekend with my spouse I would exercise like crazy before and after. When I have a heavy calorie day I go light the days before and the days after.

Most motels have exercise rooms...?

I recently moved to Savannah. The good news is it is a city where you walk. Walk everywhere and enjoy the sites. This way you get exercise and can enjoy all the amazing foods here. How often do you get a vacation without the kids. I saw enjoy and start over when you get back.

I log in everything every day, no exceptions. Yesterday, I had a higher calorie day but I was more active than usual with an event I attended. I had saved some calories because I knew I would be eating more that day. By the end of today I will not be over my weekly goal.

I just log it as best I can. It helps me not go crazy and eat stupidly the whole time. Yup, sometimes you just have to eat what your 84 year old mom puts in front of you when you visit... you log and go one. It may be the last time I see her, so I just eat it and enjoy her company and gifts.

Otherwise, it is good to estimate a "bad" weekend so you know how to compensate with extra activty and care with your food calories for the next week or so.

No I don't. I work too hard to lose weight to chuck it all over and eat junk. I respect my body and what I put into it. Poor choices are just that, poor choices that do nothing to get us healthier.

I haven't had a vacation since I joined MFP, but if I did I would log as well as possible with the understanding that life's not perfect. I'm trying to move away from thinking of food as a treat, but let's be honest. Some food IS a treat. And living on a tight budget in a small town, I get to go to really nice restaurants so rarely that I don't see myself worrying about calories when I do.

The trick, of course, is to make sure special occasions really are rare and special. That's a lot of what got me here--letting "sometimes" foods become almost daily foods and "as much as possible foods" become sometimes foods.

I did take advantage of a recent power outage to fave a "cheat" couple days. One day I did my best to track, and the other I ate things that were hard to quantify so I just put in about what I thought the calories might have been. You don't have to eat less just because you're logging, but if you don't log it at all, who are you hiding it from? There's a level of implied shame there that doesn't seem healthy to me.

I've had days where I've guesstimated a grand total. I prefer to log everything, but I'm sure I'll have more of those days in the future.

You don't have to eat less just because you're logging, but if you don't log it at all, who are you hiding it from? There's a level of implied shame there that doesn't seem healthy to me.

No, no shame at all. My thing is how does one accurately log "Crayfish Beignet with Tabasco Cabernet reduction" from Vics on the River? Guess?

When I say not log I say so because I have no idea HOW to log it.

Not sure about Savannah (USA?), but in Canada restaurants will give calorie counts of each item when asked.

About once a year we go for a couple of days to the fantastic bed & breakfast place where we spent our honeymoon. I still log to the best of my ability, but I don't worry about calories or macros at all during that time. Often, the breakfast there is most of a normal day's calories. We enjoy it ALL and have dessert when we go out to dinner, too. Hasn't caused any noticeable setback in losing weight.