Need better weekend habits

Weekends are my weakness. Finishing work on Friday and resisting a huge glass of wine is just too much! I can be a saint all week and then lose it at weekends! Nightmare xx (ps sorry no help at all haha)

I love to eat and watch TV on the weekends too.

The last week or so I've been doing a modified fasting a tad. Not big time because I'm pregnant, but for a meal I'll do a green smoothie and a ton of water for a meal. I did this two nights for dinner before the weekend.

What about having grazing safe snacks?

Lime with cucumbers, salt and chili powder are a great bet. Fruit smoothies are another. A big pitcher of water with sliced lemons and chopped mint gives me something flavored. Hummus or some other sort of bean dip and chopped veggies. Air popped popcorn.

I try to stick with my regular eating schedule on weekends as best I can. Sometimes it doesn't happen but I've gotten better at it. It helps me stay on track. The only variance is I have more time to snack so I fill that time with exercising or spending time away from the house to stay out of the kitchen. Good luck, you got this.:flowerforyou:

You already mentioned that you hike Sat/Sun, and that's along the lines of what I was going to suggest. My husband and I are both on MFP and log every single bite (and drink) that goes into our mouths, 24/7. But for us it has not been too challenging to stick with it on weekends, because we plan ahead.

We almost ALWAYS get a lot more activity on weekends whether it is a serious hike or bike ride, or just many hours of walking while sight-seeing, running errands, etc. That way we don't have an issue with indulging for one meal each day...usually for us that means a restaurant meal and something "treatlike" such as chocolate or ice cream. We can "afford" it in our calories due to the extra exercise.

Also, I mentioned planning ahead and that has worked well for us on weekends just as it does during the week (and it sounds like you are already great with the weekday meals). When we head out on Saturdays to do whatever we're doing, we have already had a low calorie nutritious breakfast so we're ahead of the game with that and less likely to grab fast food or go out to a restaurant and have an indulgent meal first thing. It sets the tone for the rest of the day.

Planning ahead for Friday nights is good, too. Tonight we're having crab nachos at home and splitting a big bottle of champagne for our 6 month wedding anniversary. It's already logged and accounted for so we won't be eating more food after that. I know that can be easier said than done, but it works well for us. Good luck!

I too have this same thing going on. I do really well at work Monday through Friday. I do try to eat under 600 calories two days per week to make up for the weekend. I switched off the wine bottle (same thing here, I would end up drinking more than I wanted to). I started hard cider beer. When you open them one at a time, you consume less. I echo others "plan ahead". That works. Good luck to you.

I need to re-*kitten* my weekly calories (like, stay under 100 each day) in order to accomodate my weekend takeout/wine

I am exactly the opposite - my weekdays are the worst but weekends are when I get back into gear and have the time for working out, hiking, etc.

I am like this with exercise for sure. Weekdays I struggle to fit in more than a walk and weekends I'm very active.

I hear ya on the weekend thing. I agree with the other posters - try some moderation (have you tried cutting white wine with club soda? very refreshing), plus some planning ahead.

I'm an evening grazer. For some reason, I'm always hungrier at night (probably because I'm tired and sitting around). So I've been trying to eat fewer calories during the day, to plan ahead for my (planned, logged, not overly crazy) evening munchies. On the days I work out in the morning, I'm not that hungry after working out, and can usually have a salad for lunch and healthy snacks, leaving about 1/2 my calories for dinner & snacks. Snacks are still reasonable, like popcorn or toast/apple w/peanut butter, after-dinner treats like a skinny cow ice cream sandwich.

Our family's routine is to have pizza on Friday nights and watch a movie. We have done this forever, and if I try to do something else, my kids have a fit! I love pizza and have trouble just eating one slice when it's around. So I just try to eat very little the rest of the day Friday, go ahead and enjoy the pizza (logging everything), then work out a lot all weekend. Some weeks I do better than others.

Good luck!

Recipe for those cheesecake tarts please?