Uh oh - bad weekend ahead.

katiejanecollins
katiejanecollins Posts: 236 Member
edited November 14 in Food and Nutrition
Tomorrow is my Dad's Birthday so there is cake and Chinese takeaway involved, then on Sunday I'm going out for pancakes for Mother's Day, popcorn and sweets in the cinema and then pizza takeaway in the evening! Eek...
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  • neanderthin
    neanderthin Posts: 10,261 Member
    Your doomed. :p
  • katiejanecollins
    katiejanecollins Posts: 236 Member
    neanderthin wrote: »
    Your doomed. :p

    Tell me about it!!! :s:p
  • HeySwoleSister
    HeySwoleSister Posts: 1,938 Member
    katiejanecollins wrote: »
    Tomorrow is my Dad's Birthday so there is cake and Chinese takeaway involved, then on Sunday I'm going out for pancakes for Mother's Day, popcorn and sweets in the cinema and then pizza takeaway in the evening! Eek...

    Look for a steamed veg entree for the takeaway and enjoy your cake...cut a sensible piece and savor every bite as the treat it is.

    Enjoy Mother's Day, choose your snacks at the cinema carefully (for some reason, I don't like to eat at the movies...I eat, I get thirsty, I drink, I have to pee...I hate getting up and leaving the film to use the restroom!) and then try to keep your pizza intake sensible.

    You got this! Have a fun weekend, it sounds great!
  • katiejanecollins
    katiejanecollins Posts: 236 Member
    EWJLang wrote: »
    katiejanecollins wrote: »
    Tomorrow is my Dad's Birthday so there is cake and Chinese takeaway involved, then on Sunday I'm going out for pancakes for Mother's Day, popcorn and sweets in the cinema and then pizza takeaway in the evening! Eek...

    Look for a steamed veg entree for the takeaway and enjoy your cake...cut a sensible piece and savor every bite as the treat it is.

    Enjoy Mother's Day, choose your snacks at the cinema carefully (for some reason, I don't like to eat at the movies...I eat, I get thirsty, I drink, I have to pee...I hate getting up and leaving the film to use the restroom!) and then try to keep your pizza intake sensible.

    You got this! Have a fun weekend, it sounds great!

    Thanks!! I'm going to enjoy it as I I've been eating far better recently. One weekend of bad eating can't be catastrophic... I hope!
  • Francl27
    Francl27 Posts: 26,371 Member
    It should all fit in you
    katiejanecollins wrote: »
    EWJLang wrote: »
    katiejanecollins wrote: »
    Tomorrow is my Dad's Birthday so there is cake and Chinese takeaway involved, then on Sunday I'm going out for pancakes for Mother's Day, popcorn and sweets in the cinema and then pizza takeaway in the evening! Eek...

    Look for a steamed veg entree for the takeaway and enjoy your cake...cut a sensible piece and savor every bite as the treat it is.

    Enjoy Mother's Day, choose your snacks at the cinema carefully (for some reason, I don't like to eat at the movies...I eat, I get thirsty, I drink, I have to pee...I hate getting up and leaving the film to use the restroom!) and then try to keep your pizza intake sensible.

    You got this! Have a fun weekend, it sounds great!

    Thanks!! I'm going to enjoy it as I I've been eating far better recently. One weekend of bad eating can't be catastrophic... I hope!

    I beg to disagree. There's serious potential to gain 2 pounds there. And plenty of opportunities to make better choices (I don't eat at the movies either. As a matter of fact, I make it a point never to eat while watching something, as you don't enjoy your food as much that way and it's not as satisfying).

    But again.. it's your choice.
  • DawnieB1977
    DawnieB1977 Posts: 4,248 Member
    Just make sure you workout each day. Have something like plain rice and chicken with veg from the Chinese. Just eat a small popcorn in the cinema, or share some. And make a salad to go with the pizza and have a couple of slices. Although looking at your profile pic I'm pretty sure one weekend of not so perfect eating won't make a huge difference!
  • gouldyftw
    gouldyftw Posts: 9 Member
    One or two days will not make a difference in the long run, in the same way that you wouldn't consider one or two days long enough for a diet.

    It sounds like you've got a good excuse for a 'cheat day' (or two) use it! Just make sure you get back into your healthy routine on Monday :)
  • katiejanecollins
    katiejanecollins Posts: 236 Member
    Francl27 wrote: »
    It should all fit in you
    katiejanecollins wrote: »
    EWJLang wrote: »
    katiejanecollins wrote: »
    Tomorrow is my Dad's Birthday so there is cake and Chinese takeaway involved, then on Sunday I'm going out for pancakes for Mother's Day, popcorn and sweets in the cinema and then pizza takeaway in the evening! Eek...

    Look for a steamed veg entree for the takeaway and enjoy your cake...cut a sensible piece and savor every bite as the treat it is.

    Enjoy Mother's Day, choose your snacks at the cinema carefully (for some reason, I don't like to eat at the movies...I eat, I get thirsty, I drink, I have to pee...I hate getting up and leaving the film to use the restroom!) and then try to keep your pizza intake sensible.

    You got this! Have a fun weekend, it sounds great!

    Thanks!! I'm going to enjoy it as I I've been eating far better recently. One weekend of bad eating can't be catastrophic... I hope!

    I beg to disagree. There's serious potential to gain 2 pounds there. And plenty of opportunities to make better choices (I don't eat at the movies either. As a matter of fact, I make it a point never to eat while watching something, as you don't enjoy your food as much that way and it's not as satisfying).

    But again.. it's your choice.

    Yeah maybe - but I don't consider 'the potential to gain 2 pounds' catastrophic! I want to enjoy unhealthy food still now and then, I refuse to be strict all the time and miss out! :)
  • katiejanecollins
    katiejanecollins Posts: 236 Member
    DawnieB1977 wrote: »
    Just make sure you workout each day. Have something like plain rice and chicken with veg from the Chinese. Just eat a small popcorn in the cinema, or share some. And make a salad to go with the pizza and have a couple of slices. Although looking at your profile pic I'm pretty sure one weekend of not so perfect eating won't make a huge difference!

    I think I'd rather enjoy more pizza and skip the salad - as I rarely have it! Will go easy on the Chinese though, a small portion will be more than enough :)
  • katiejanecollins
    katiejanecollins Posts: 236 Member
    gouldyftw wrote: »
    One or two days will not make a difference in the long run, in the same way that you wouldn't consider one or two days long enough for a diet.

    It sounds like you've got a good excuse for a 'cheat day' (or two) use it! Just make sure you get back into your healthy routine on Monday :)

    I certainly will - it's set in my mind now... I can't not be healthy anymore! :p
  • DawnieB1977
    DawnieB1977 Posts: 4,248 Member
    katiejanecollins wrote: »
    DawnieB1977 wrote: »
    Just make sure you workout each day. Have something like plain rice and chicken with veg from the Chinese. Just eat a small popcorn in the cinema, or share some. And make a salad to go with the pizza and have a couple of slices. Although looking at your profile pic I'm pretty sure one weekend of not so perfect eating won't make a huge difference!

    I think I'd rather enjoy more pizza and skip the salad - as I rarely have it! Will go easy on the Chinese though, a small portion will be more than enough :)

    Ok, fair enough. Definitely think of it as a cheat day, and move on! Back to normal Monday.
  • Francl27
    Francl27 Posts: 26,371 Member
    gouldyftw wrote: »
    One or two days will not make a difference in the long run, in the same way that you wouldn't consider one or two days long enough for a diet.

    That's completely wrong. You can easily undo a week's deficit by making bad choices a couple days... especially when such high calorie food is involved.
  • DawnieB1977
    DawnieB1977 Posts: 4,248 Member
    Francl27 wrote: »
    gouldyftw wrote: »
    One or two days will not make a difference in the long run, in the same way that you wouldn't consider one or two days long enough for a diet.

    That's completely wrong. You can easily undo a week's deficit by making bad choices a couple days... especially when such high calorie food is involved.

    Have you seen her profile pic though? Do you honestly think she needs to be worried about one weekend?

    I'm still losing weight so I would cut down if I had a similar weekend planned, but once I'm where I want to be, I don't think the occasional bad weekend is an issue, so long as it's not a regular thing.
  • Need2Exerc1se
    Need2Exerc1se Posts: 13,575 Member
    Francl27 wrote: »
    gouldyftw wrote: »
    One or two days will not make a difference in the long run, in the same way that you wouldn't consider one or two days long enough for a diet.

    That's completely wrong. You can easily undo a week's deficit by making bad choices a couple days... especially when such high calorie food is involved.

    I'd say you are both correct. It truly isn't that hard to undo a week's worth of deficit in a weekend. But, in the long run, one week without a deficit isn't likely to prevent weight loss in the long term.
  • rayneface
    rayneface Posts: 219 Member
    I had a mild heart attack thinking Mother's Day was this weekend.

    If it was me I would make it work with what calories I was allowed, or if I am really working on staying on point just skip as much of the junk as possible.

    Workout to earn more calories?

    Promise it's not the end of the world :smile:
  • Alidecker
    Alidecker Posts: 1,262 Member
    Francl27 wrote: »
    gouldyftw wrote: »
    One or two days will not make a difference in the long run, in the same way that you wouldn't consider one or two days long enough for a diet.

    That's completely wrong. You can easily undo a week's deficit by making bad choices a couple days... especially when such high calorie food is involved.

    A weekend can undo a week's deficit, but that isn't anything to worry about in the long run, I don't consider one week to be a long run. If this happened every weekend, it would be a problem.

  • lizek316
    lizek316 Posts: 76 Member
    Moderation is the key here. Like others have said, try to eat as healthy as you can at the Chinese Restaurant. Have one or two slices of pizza. And make sure you workout those days.
    I have a similar situation on Sunday. My family and I are celebrating my birthday on Sunday. We are planning on Pizza for dinner but I INSISTED that we do something fun and physical. So we are going to this place that has bowling, billiards, skating, and arcade. So I'm hoping that I burn more calories doing those things than the pizza will be.
    One weekend shouldn't derail you unless you let it.
    You got this! :smiley:
  • ahamm002
    ahamm002 Posts: 1,690 Member
    Francl27 wrote: »
    gouldyftw wrote: »
    One or two days will not make a difference in the long run, in the same way that you wouldn't consider one or two days long enough for a diet.

    That's completely wrong. You can easily undo a week's deficit by making bad choices a couple days... especially when such high calorie food is involved.

    I'm sorry but you're sounding a bit crazy in this thread. Two pounds is eating an extra 7,000 calories over the weekend. That ain't going to happen in two celebratory meals unless you're a freak of nature.

    Sure, you can easily undo a week's deficit over the weekend. But that's okay for celebrations that you enjoy. If you're too restrictive you'll just end up getting sick of it and regaining weight.
  • redheaddee
    redheaddee Posts: 2,005 Member
    Oh honey, you'll be fine. Have fun!
  • SoDamnHungry
    SoDamnHungry Posts: 6,998 Member
    You look hot. Eat some pancakes and enjoy life.
  • kazaargrandcru
    kazaargrandcru Posts: 152 Member
    That sounds like an awesome weekend! You are so lucky to have a family like that and be able to spend time with them doing something special. Just have reasonable amounts of food and stop worrying. Enjoy the time you have with them.
  • auddii
    auddii Posts: 15,357 Member
    Need2Exerc1se wrote: »
    Francl27 wrote: »
    gouldyftw wrote: »
    One or two days will not make a difference in the long run, in the same way that you wouldn't consider one or two days long enough for a diet.

    That's completely wrong. You can easily undo a week's deficit by making bad choices a couple days... especially when such high calorie food is involved.

    I'd say you are both correct. It truly isn't that hard to undo a week's worth of deficit in a weekend. But, in the long run, one week without a deficit isn't likely to prevent weight loss in the long term.

    This.

    And you might see a huge spike in the scale due to increased carbs and/or salt, but it'll be water weight and will drop off soon enough. Losing weight isn't a reason to not enjoy the celebrations. Go for the things you want, practice moderation when appropriate, and most of all, have a good time.
  • JoRocka
    JoRocka Posts: 17,525 Member
    People people.

    keep in mind undoing a deficit =/= weight gain.

    I ate well over 4000 calories on Christmas.... not a pound gained.
    I beg to disagree. There's serious potential to gain 2 pounds there. And plenty of opportunities to make better choices (I don't eat at the movies either. As a matter of fact, I make it a point never to eat while watching something, as you don't enjoy your food as much that way and it's not as satisfying).

    I highly doubt it quiet honestly.

    Secondly- eating while you're watching a movie is a moot point- I do it frequently- and I deeply enjoy my popcorn still.

    Having one big weekend isn't going to undo months of work. Much like having one good day isn't going to undo months of not work.
  • HeySwoleSister
    HeySwoleSister Posts: 1,938 Member
    ahamm002 wrote: »
    Francl27 wrote: »
    gouldyftw wrote: »
    One or two days will not make a difference in the long run, in the same way that you wouldn't consider one or two days long enough for a diet.

    That's completely wrong. You can easily undo a week's deficit by making bad choices a couple days... especially when such high calorie food is involved.

    I'm sorry but you're sounding a bit crazy in this thread. Two pounds is eating an extra 7,000 calories over the weekend. That ain't going to happen in two celebratory meals unless you're a freak of nature.

    Sure, you can easily undo a week's deficit over the weekend. But that's okay for celebrations that you enjoy. If you're too restrictive you'll just end up getting sick of it and regaining weight.

    ^^^that.

    I always bring my knitting to the movies, I get work done and I get the do something with my hands. (Which is all movie snacking is for me, there's no real pleasure in it.)
  • Terpnista84
    Terpnista84 Posts: 517 Member
    No one is forcing you to eat any of that. And even if you do you can eat it in moderation. Eat a small serving of the Chinese, or eat moderately throughout the day to save up calories for it. Also exercise that day so that it balances out. For the cake, what works for me is getting several tiny pieces. There was a delicious cake at work the other day. The first time I got a very tiny sliver and I went back two more times for very small pieces- it added up to one regular slice.

    For Mother's Day get one pancake and round out the rest of your meal with protein. Eat a snack before the movies so you won't be tempted and have two small slices of pizza.

    This really comes down to being able to resist temptation and make smart choices. Just because you are around unhealthy food doesn't mean you have to partake.
  • sijomial
    sijomial Posts: 19,809 Member
    edited March 2015
    Sounds like a great weekend to me - can I come along as well? :smiley:

    I predict a very hard time at maintenance for a few people in this thread if fitting in family celebrations causes such angst.
  • MonaLisaLianne
    MonaLisaLianne Posts: 398 Member
    edited March 2015
    Not sure if you're looking for advice, or just kvetching (lol) but here are a couple of thoughts. Eat a bunch of raw veggies BEFORE your Chinese foods. You'll eat less of the Chinese, but still be able to enjoy *some*.

    For the movies, I bring Life Savers candies in my purse - 10 calories each. Plus, it takes much longer to polish off those little guys than to wolf down a box of, say, Raisinettes (which I adore!).

    I don't care for movie theatre popcorn, but if I want something salty and crunchy I smuggle in a small package of Smokehouse Almonds - 170 calories/oz. and healthy!

    I also bring a bottle of water in my purse- who needs to spend $4.95 for a soft drink. I mean, REALLY? and you save all that sodium.

    All of that leaves you at least a couple of hundred more calories to have in pizza. =)

    p.s. I carry a large purse. =)
  • nickatine
    nickatine Posts: 451 Member
    Wait a second, mothers day is not till may.
  • sijomial
    sijomial Posts: 19,809 Member
    nickatine wrote: »
    Wait a second, mothers day is not till may.
    In the UK it falls on this weekend.
  • kazaargrandcru
    kazaargrandcru Posts: 152 Member
    edited March 2015
    nickatine wrote: »
    Wait a second, mothers day is not till may.

    Yup, caught that as well but some people celebrate at different times so I let it be.
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