Staying motivated over the weekend

make Friday a weekend prep night too. I used to eat with my cousin over the weekend who is trying to gain 30 pounds. We cannot do stuff like this.

You could use my co worker line of no cheating days til you get a six pack.

Same here! Needing advice...

think about this... is it really worth it to work hard all week and stay disciplined only to blow it all every weekend? Youll never see progress if you keep at it this way. Might as well make your week count!!!
good luck!! stay focused always!

this is where changing your eating habbits comes into play. The reality here is all the tricks in the book or other posts/shows/youtube clips tell you how you can plan for this are all meaningless. Your changing how you eat and if you don't get used to eating proper portions you will always have this problem.

There is no such thing as unhealthy foods....there's a difference between the caloric content of them and if they'll fill you up. For example you can still eat a doughnut and stay within your calorie goal however you're not goign to feel full on the doughnut and want to eat more, which leads to more calories consumed.

Eat proper portions, learn how the food effects your body that your consuming.

20% less calories on weekdays, maintenance at weekends. You are still on a 60% deficit then. Problem solved.

I do so well during the week and the weekends I eat like I've never seen food before. I have found that I've put on 3 lbs over the past few months just by doing that!!! It goes on quickly.....

I like the food prep Friday night idea.....and also ensuring that I get my exercise in for the weekend, too. I tend to over relax on the weekends.

this is exactly what I expected and why so many people struggle with this. Everyone sees food as being the problem and its not, it's how you perceive it. The sooner you stop thinking that food is the problem the easier it'll be to wrap your head and mindset around it.

Food is an energy source in which you have to train yourself how to eat properly. This is unheard of, I know, but look at your habbits and why you're gaining weight. Is it because you don't exersize, no you don;t need to exersize to lose wieght. Is it because you over-eat? Yes. Why is this, why do you continue to over-eat if you know it's whats causing you all this head ache? My habbits were to eat until I feel full. This is what's caused me to gain weight, eating more then what I actually needed.

So wait a second, why do we all struggle on weekends? Well thats when most of us are home, around the kitchen more, go out with firneds/family, etc. But yet you still do the negative, over-consume food! And to think putting bandaids over this problem like everyone continues to do thinks it's easier to resolve this????

As you can tell I've done all the above and all it does is lead to you constantly struggling, battling yourself every single day....and for what??? Teach yourself how to eat properly, portion control, and hit your calorie goals. That is what will keep you focused and truly understand how you should be eating. And yes, you can eat pizza, wings, anything but they'll have they're negative ffects but you can still lose weight eating them!

Thanks for the pointers about over eating on the weekends. I fell off the wagon in May and have been struggling to get back on track. I track regularly during the week but it goes out the window on the weekends. From this point I commit to tracking during the week as well as the weekends.