Dealing with the "Sunday Guilt"

My mantra every day but especially on my days off:

If it is important you will find a way,
If not you will find an excuse!

Then if that does not do the trick:

Too many trade what they want for what they want now.

You got to eat less during the week to make up for it, that's pretty much the only way.

wizzybeth wrote: »

Do you want to lose weight??? Then...make better choices. Plan for times out with your friends...work it into your day or weekend. Then there is no guilt.

Truer words have never been spoken, lol.

Sunday is my 'cheat' day, so no guilt needed! :-)

I've never heard of Sunday guilt. I've heard of people binging though. I've done it after a period of eating a real strict clean diet. That said, after years of trying (for a 1 year period each time) different diets, there is one thing I'm convinced of. You have to find an eating program that works for you all the time! If you do, you won't feel the need to binge. Restrictive diets, in my opinion, are not the answer, except for a handful of people that have specific body building goals and must cut BF to compete, etc... For the majority of people, if we stay away from processed foods, and eat good whole foods, lean meat, fruits and veggies, etc.... we won't have to be restrictive. We can eat quite a lot actually. and every now and then, we can throw in a desert of our choice! That's my two cents. Diets I tried for 1 year include: Atkins. Vegan. Paleo. SAD. G' Luck.

I usually have 100-200 calories leftover most every day of the week. Find it helps to remember those saved calories for the times you go overboard and think its not affecting your progress as much as you think due to them. Also helps if there is low calorie or healthier options easy to grab for when the munchies hit. a hand full of trail mix, banana, and the yoplait dessert yogurts are nice and sweet with only 35 cal a serving.

Yes - I have it every Sunday. No way to resolve, but am trying to limit the "heavy eating" to only one day a weekend, or only one meal a weekend.

rabbitjb wrote: »

I spend Sundays eating Sunday roast, walking the dog, batch cooking for the week and watching crap movies with my family ...no guilt

Just watched Mathew Broderick almost blow up the world in that 1980s movie where he hacks the NORAD computer system ...ahhh the Cold War...good times

AHH! War games Haven't seen that on e in awhile Good movie! That said, If I have times (And I DO)where I Binge Eat out of stress , Boredom, WHATEVER, I do my best to let it go, And Eat/ do better at the next meal.Guilt serves no purpose except to perpetuate more guilty eating! It's a vicious cycle! If you bite it, write it, and MOVE ON. I'm like others and feel like The holidays last from Halloween thru the winter, and this severely cold winter make me just Want to hunker down and eat ALL the carbs! If you eat well most days , I Wouldn't Worry about it. Lots of great advice here. Find what works for you , be honest w yourself, and your logging, And the weight will come off again.

2 options really: eat at a deficit during the week and indulge on the weekend, or up activity on the weekend.

queenliz99 wrote: »

I eat less during the week so I can eat out with friends and family on weekends. I plan my week out.

I DO THIS TOO....gives me something to look forward too + I do a double workout on Saturday morning before I do anything else. My weakness is good beer ;-/

i splurge a lot on the weekends, with food AND alcohol. I seem to still be maintaining okay on a weekly basis. I try to keep my daily calories during the week around 1900. It's pretty cool i can eat that much during the week, and really f'ing eat and drink on the weekends, and still be at a comfy weight :happy:

so, yeah, don't beat yourself up about playing on the weekends. just monitor your weight and if it's having a detrimental affect, then yeah reel it in.