Hate the weekends

gpstreet
gpstreet Posts: 184 Member
edited November 15 in Health and Weight Loss
I hate saturdays and I loath sundays. As for holidays in general I would love to punch the nose of the person who invented such a device for ruining a perfectly good diet.

During the week I cycle to work. My job keeps me busy with distractions away from food and stress enough to keep the heart pumping fast. Holidays I have none of this.

Take saturday for example. It went well at first. Well the first 10 minutes at least but then it all went downhill. Made cakes with my daughter which I had to eat. That nice bottle of wine just kept calling me to drink it. Then eating out at a restaurant with the missus. By the end of the day I was 1000 calories over my daily allowance. Oh the shame !!!

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  • punkuate
    punkuate Posts: 127 Member
    I used to think like this. Now I just try to do more. I've been out for an hour and a half so far walking/running. Now I've came in for a rest and will be going back out later. Why not take your daughter to a park or something? Walk there if you can, if not then just walk around the park.
  • cwolfman13
    cwolfman13 Posts: 41,865 Member
    Maybe step back and take a look at the bigger picture to get a healthier perspective.

    Personally, I love weekends...I'm not sitting around at my desk...I'm out at the zoo with my kids...I have time to take a bike ride longer than an hour...I can spend a little extra time in the weight room on saturday mornings, etc, etc, etc...and I enjoy a few beers and the occasional cigar.
  • yirara
    yirara Posts: 9,944 Member
    Get a hobby that keeps you away from home, and where it's easy to not go into fastfood outlets. What about leaving town and going on hikes? You could look on a map and visit all peaks above 300m, walk around each lake, pick up photography, fishing or do other things. You don't need to stay at home, and I'm sure there are masses of things your family can do with you.
  • ninerbuff
    ninerbuff Posts: 48,990 Member
    Weekends are the demise for many who diet because they relax their efforts. While a high calorie day isn't such a big deal, being consistent with the majority of the week is fine. Usually when people fail on weekends is because they deny themselves foods or drinks that they consume on the weekends only. So subconsciously many look forward to the weekend for those foods/drink.
    The success of my clients usually relies on being able to eat what they want, when they want, but being able to moderate how much.

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  • ncboiler89
    ncboiler89 Posts: 2,408 Member
    gpstreet wrote: »
    Made cakes with my daughter which I had to eat. That nice bottle of wine just kept calling me to drink it. Then eating out at a restaurant with the missus. By the end of the day I was 1000 calories over my daily allowance. Oh the shame !!!

    Excuses. You didn't HAVE to eat the cake, wine doesn't talk, and 'eating out with the misus' sounds like you are blaming her.

    That being said, who cares as long as you don't fall off the wagon.
  • peter56765
    peter56765 Posts: 352 Member
    I try to build up a calorie reserve during the week so that I can enjoy my weekends without fretting too much.

    Now if only MFP had tools that tracked your calories from week to week as well as from day to day!
  • lilMimi24
    lilMimi24 Posts: 15 Member
    Yep i feel exactly the same, drinking happens socialising with friends and colleagues on a Friday then I'm just too tired from all the weeks activities and to exercise or even cook proper meals. What I have found in the past is doing social sport that I enjoy like tennis/running/cycling with friends or family is the best way to deal with this. I don't think of it as exercise as it is a chance to meet and have a catch up, it keeps me out of the house and away from food and burns of some of those wine calories! This is what I need to start doing again!
  • debrag12
    debrag12 Posts: 1,071 Member
    I find that I've very lazy when not at work or exercising.
  • gpstreet
    gpstreet Posts: 184 Member
    ncboiler89 wrote: »
    Excuses. You didn't HAVE to eat the cake, wine doesn't talk, and 'eating out with the misus' sounds like you are blaming her.

    That being said, who cares as long as you don't fall off the wagon.

    I admit it. The wine didn't speak it just whined :-) but the cake tasted soooo good. Not blaming the missus at all.

    Happy to say I have not fallen off the wagon.

    The day was a high calorie in take but at the end of it I was knackered. Took daughter horse riding and to the local library. We cooked and played in the garden. Difficult things to quantify in terms of calories burnt. However I know I was a bad person and just need to figure out a way to deal with it when it happens again in the future. Especially when in a weeks time I am on a holiday for a fortnight.
  • gpstreet
    gpstreet Posts: 184 Member
    peter56765 wrote: »
    I try to build up a calorie reserve during the week so that I can enjoy my weekends without fretting too much.
    !

    Does that work me wonders ? I could deal with that and not feel guilty about enjoying life at the weekend.
  • callsitlikeiseeit
    callsitlikeiseeit Posts: 8,626 Member
    ironically, i tend to eat less on the weekends LOLOL

    same for during summer or anytime the kids are home. hubby and i eat lunch out a lot when they are at school. When theyre home... well, its a lot more expensive to take 5 people out to lunch than it is 2! LOLOL!
  • gpstreet
    gpstreet Posts: 184 Member
    callsitlikeiseeit wrote: »
    ironically, i tend to eat less on the weekends LOLOL
    Why do you eat less at the weekends ? What is your secret ?
  • Merkavar
    Merkavar Posts: 3,082 Member
    Get a job that you work on the weekend. Work 7 days a week.

    Send me 50% of the money earned for solving this issue for you.

    You are welcome.
  • caradeanne2000
    caradeanne2000 Posts: 6 Member
    gpstreet wrote: »
    ncboiler89 wrote: »
    Excuses. You didn't HAVE to eat the cake, wine doesn't talk, and 'eating out with the misus' sounds like you are blaming her.

    That being said, who cares as long as you don't fall off the wagon.

    I admit it. The wine didn't speak it just whined :-) but the cake tasted soooo good. Not blaming the missus at all.

    Happy to say I have not fallen off the wagon.

    The day was a high calorie in take but at the end of it I was knackered. Took daughter horse riding and to the local library. We cooked and played in the garden. Difficult things to quantify in terms of calories burnt. However I know I was a bad person and just need to figure out a way to deal with it when it happens again in the future. Especially when in a weeks time I am on a holiday for a fortnight.

    You sound like a funny guy :-), so I'm not sure if you are being sarcastic when you say you were "a bad person". If you were serious, then this might be part of the problem. Don't internalize. Your behavior was off track, but it doesn't make you bad, or a failure. Dust yourself off and keep going! Sounds like you had a fun and active weekend, so good job! Keep focusing on indulging in fun and family, ...and you'll have less time to overindulge on food. Also, focus on your SUCCESSES! I used to hear this advice over and over again. I thought it was bs, until I actually tried it. I tell myself "good job for pushing that cake away after 3 bites!" or "good job for bypassing the ice cream at the grocery today", etc. It starts a series of rewards for good behaviors, and then the improvement just keeps snowballing. Try it!
  • gpstreet
    gpstreet Posts: 184 Member
    edited March 2015
    caradeanne2000 wrote: »
    I tell myself "good job for pushing that cake away after 3 bites!"
    I will try it. BTW if you tried MY cooking you would push it away after one bite :-)
    I try not to be too serious about anything. When you are too serious you can easily take the fun out of it. What is life if it is too serious ?

  • jos_nic
    jos_nic Posts: 6 Member
    I'm exactly the same, during the week I'm fine but the weekend go to pot. So fed up with myself..one pound off, one pound back on a week later.
  • kommodevaran
    kommodevaran Posts: 17,890 Member
    peter56765 wrote: »
    I try to build up a calorie reserve during the week so that I can enjoy my weekends without fretting too much.

    Now if only MFP had tools that tracked your calories from week to week as well as from day to day!

    Not MFP (even though I think they should), but a cool guy, has made a cool add-on, which shows calories and macros for the whole week, or as many days as you like up to one month back: http://foodfastfit.com/myfitnesspal-x-foodfastfit/#/howdy
  • gpstreet
    gpstreet Posts: 184 Member
    I think we have to monitor on a daily basis. Monitoring on a week is too long I think and we can quite easily slip.
  • kindrabbit
    kindrabbit Posts: 837 Member
    peter56765 wrote: »
    I try to build up a calorie reserve during the week so that I can enjoy my weekends without fretting too much.

    Now if only MFP had tools that tracked your calories from week to week as well as from day to day!

    It does, if you use the mobile app.

    go to Nutrition then select weekly. As long as your in the green over 7 days, you're golden :)
  • phill_143
    phill_143 Posts: 64 Member
    gpstreet wrote: »
    I hate saturdays and I loath sundays.

    On the plus side, you must have a job you really love in order to say that! :)

    +1 for monitoring over the week as a whole
  • Machka9
    Machka9 Posts: 25,620 Member
    Weekends are the time for long bicycle rides or hikes.

    During the week, I might only get 60-90 min of exercise a day ... but on the weekend, I can be out there exercising for 4 or 6 or 8 hours.

    And if I do exercise that much ... I can afford to eat a little bit more, a little bit of a treat. :)
  • gpstreet
    gpstreet Posts: 184 Member
    now the weather is improving and the mornings are lighter I plan to spend a few more hours in the morning down the allotment. Gardening is damn good exercise and you get tomatoes.
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