Staying Strong on weekends.

Stop separating the 2. Seriously, look at it this way, you took 5 days of eating right and doing what you know you need to do, and you are going to trade five days worth of work for 2.

That is not a trade that I would want to make.

Get a good jump on your day by going to the gym in the morning and getting a calorie deficit built into you day. Go do some cardio for 30 minutes to an hour.

If you do that, you have already began your day starting to think about being more healthy. And you will probably log you calorie burn for the day here.

If your weakness is going out to eat, search for restaurants around you that have healthy options with calories on their menu or webpage. When you go out to eat, you should already know what you are eating before you sit down and are handed a menu. If your favorite restaurant does not have it, so what, skip logging it but don't make it a habit. Try to eat sensible, and go hit cardio harder the following day.

My trick: I ask myself "hungry or bored?" when I think about grabbing food on the weekend. If it's bored, I find something to do that I'll enjoy - read a book, do a puzzle, watch a movie... whatever. I just got back into doing crochet and learning how to do more with it so I can make a bunch of scarves this winter. Busy hands can't grab junk food. If it's hungry, I think about whether it's snack hungry or meal hungry. And I don't eat more than I need to to deal with the hungry with an eye to eating something healthy. And then find something quick when I get done to get my hands busy.