Weekends.. Easy or difficult to stay on track?

My weekends are a way of indulging while maintaining my own good habits. My weekend is a way to even the whole week off, and have the best of both worlds. There are ways to have a break without it having to be about eating treats or overindulging, and potentially making yourself feel bad about decisions you've made re: meal choices. I will usually eat something on a Friday night or Saturday, that I wouldn't typically eat on a weekday. It helps me satisfy that craving while planning for it.

But I also like to fast on a Sunday, and I look forward to that as much as having that treat. It's my day to myself, to pretend I am at the spa taking care of myself in a gentle way, and part of that for me is to abstain from eating, and just drink coffee or tea, lots of water and probably a couple of cups of bone broth. I feel recharged by the next day when I am back at my regular schedule again. And usually I will lose more weight on a weekend than a weekday, so I look forward to cutting back more than making bad food choices. I find that I don't want to make bad choices nearly as often as I did before. So I guess I'd say that I find it easier to stay on track on the weekend, mainly because I am comfortable with the decisions I make. I may be odd, but I really look forward to giving myself permission not to eat !

I find it easier. I'm at home so no temptation to buy junk food (there is none in the house), I can eat whenever I'm hungry so I don't end up binging and I have time to prepare proper food rather than snacking on something quick. Plus there's more time to get some exercise in

Weekends are hard for me too,,But if I allow myself to eat a few goodies in moderation ,,,and track them I do ok.

Weekend is hard for me because it's friends/family time. Glorious food all through the weekend! Sometimes i blew up with my food proportion and sometimes i slap my hand from getting that extra bacons

Weekends are WAY easier for me. I have an unpredictable, erratic work schedule a commute from hell and I am legitimately lucky if I have more than 30 minutes a day that doesn't involve work, commuting to/from work, or getting ready for work. During the week, my workout plans are constantly thwarted because things come up at the office, and I am not able to eat on a regular schedule. I pack my own food and eat healthy stuff, but finding the time to exercise has been a real challenge. Even when I work from home my job ruins my plans! I'll be just about to sign off for the day and then get word that I have to stay on later than expected to finish a project. I've completely given up any hope of having a regular weekday workout schedule, so I just try to do what I can here and there, even if it means walking up and down the stairs in my apartment complex a few times while I'm waiting for a response to an email. On the weekends, I am free to work out for as long as I want (and without having to worry about looking presentable when I go back to the office), I'm not sitting on my butt at a desk or in hideous traffic, and I can take the time to slowly enjoy a good meal without having to rush through it or be interrupted by someone's font color crisis.

I have lighter weeks to make up for the fact that I like to eat with family and friends over the weekend. Overall it evens out.

Weekends are worse for me. Busy family life has us running the roads most weekends and/or spending all day on the ball field. Those busy days usually lead to eating out. I try to make the best selection possible but I get tired of salads, so I opt for kiddie meals. Replace the fries with the fruit and replace the drink with water. Not too bad on calories.

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Weekends have been my downfall for the past 9 months. Weekdays allow me some level of structure, although the occasional lunch meeting catered doesn't help, but I get through it with smaller portions.

By the time the weekend is here, I'm spent mentally and enjoy a few adult beverages. I try to get to the gym during the weekends more, so that I can store up some extra calories, but lately, that hasn't been happening and I'm drinking more than I should.

Life sometimes throws crap in your direction and you go with it, but this is a slow life long undertaking and I refuse to deprive myself and start that brutal cycle again, so I figure if I'm making the right choices 5 of the 7 days, and on those 2 days, it's just about drinking a few extra calories, so be it. Do I want to do better? Hell yes, if I could get the weekly stress out of my life, that would make this undertaking so much easier. But until that happens Cheers, and yes I'll have another one, thank you!

Weekends are not much different for me. I already have dinner planned even on weekends. I eat the same things for breakfast. We might get lunch from somewhere one day but we decide that the night before usually so there is time to plan that too. I still exercise about the same amount.

Weekends are much easier for me. At work, everyone has food. At home, my husband doesn't eat much.

Weekends are the same food wise for me, but more time to do a longer workout. I try to do a long bike ride or hike, something active that gets me out of the kitchen and burns calories.

Not shouldn't be harder if we plan those days like all the others! I have to have a plan or its all down hill.