Weekends are killing me
mattyb0ysykes
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Hello guys, I've been using this app on and off for a couple of years now, but this time im really focused. However, it seems like this time the alcohol etc on a weekend are having much more if an effect on my efforts and literally taking me back to square one each week. Anyone else experiencing this? Im 30 m by the way. Mat
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Alcohol calories really add up fast. Track the alcoholic drinks and see how many calories you're consuming. It is shocking! Have you tried to stop drinking on the weekends? I used to drink every weekend (a long time ago). I would always have a hangover and never go anywhere. It was kinda depressing. It motivated me to stop drinking. When I did I lost weight. Friday nights I would watch movies (mostly horror). Saturday mornings I would get up early and go hiking or just get out. Make a commitment to yourself and stick to it. You can do it!0
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Find a new activity that doesn't involve drinking. I like to workout on Saturday and Sunday mornings, drinking the night before really puts a damper on my workout:( There are fun things to do besides drink. Watch movies, play music, whatever you like. Otherwise, just make a point to be more active during the day so that you can have calories left for your drinks. Space out drinks with water in between.0
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Drink 2 glasses of wine. Red preferably. It's healthier. Reservatrol. Wine has a nice portion of it. Keeps the blood flowing through your arteries nicely. Mellowing & Relaxing after a weeks worth of work and working out. I have a glass every night myself. Just one. 150 cal. a glass. Weekends it's 2. Downtime! Sip and enjoy!0
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Knocking the drink on the head at the weekend sounds like a plan, it just seems line every weekend is crammed full if pre-made plans.. Like an everlasting diary of social pleasures
maybe time to grow up I suppose. Ah well, goodbye youth, hello temple of a body 
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OR... order a drink you really hate. You've got a glass in your hand, it's alcohol (if you aren't quite ready to let it go), but you're not going to be drinking a lot of it. Just don't learn to love it or you'll be back to square one!0
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I had the exact same problem with the weekends where I was undoing all my hard work from the week. Repeated this cycle for past few years. Recently tried the 5 2 diet starting in Feb and have lost nearly 15 pounds - down from 223 to 209 in 8 weeks. Mon and Tues I eat only 600 calories then eat normally for the rest of the week and drink beer on the weekend. Exercise 4-5 days a week at the gym. 43 years old. This may not be for everyone but works for me.0
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I tried the whole weightloss thing for a long time eating exactly within my calorie range and hitting my macros but not counting booze on the weekend and never lost a pound. I cut it out almost entirely and the weight fell off. It sucked but was worth it and now that i've lost the weight I can have a few on on the weekend, count them in and still maintain.0
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Eat light at dinner, always include some protein and fat, and drink uncomplicated drinks. They have less calories, light beer, wine, vodka and diet cranberry juice is my fav.
You gotta have fun but don't get trashed. Avoiding alcohol completely is not a way to live life (i'm a college student).
NO DRUNK EATING. Drink a lot of water before going to bed. Get back on track the next day. Dance all night-only if you like dancing. But don't stress about it, you gotta have fun and a fun night out can be as much as 500 cals, totally worth it to me.0 -
I found that the issue wasn't really the alcohol itself but the food I ate when drunk or hungover. I cut out beer as much as possible as the calories are crazy however will happily enjoy a fair amount of JD and diet cokes or Vodka Soda Water Fresh Lime which only come to 50 - 60 cals per drink which is nothing. I also make sure that I stay away from fast foods on the night and the next day try and go back to healthy eating and get some kind of exercise in. Good luck!0
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Meh, I still make drinks fits, lots.mattyb0ysykes wrote: »Knocking the drink on the head at the weekend sounds like a plan, it just seems line every weekend is crammed full if pre-made plans.. Like an everlasting diary of social pleasures maybe time to grow up I suppose. Ah well, goodbye youth, hello temple of a body
Friday I had a whole bottle of wine. :drinker:
You just have to make it fit. Eat less a couple days during the week to make up for the weekend if you know you're going to be drinking more.
No need to cut things out completely, just leads to binging in the future!0 -
Why the heck would anyone do this? Waste money on something they don't like.tekkiechikk wrote: »OR... order a drink you really hate. You've got a glass in your hand, it's alcohol (if you aren't quite ready to let it go), but you're not going to be drinking a lot of it. Just don't learn to love it or you'll be back to square one!
Drink the alcohols, make them fit and be mindful of what you're consuming.0 -
Drinking calories is never a good idea.
Weekends is a killer for me as well. I find that if I keep myself busy with planned activities (running, biking, taking the kids to the park, chores, etc.), I tend to control my eating better.0 -
Maybe don't "pre-make" plans that involve alcohol OR limit your consumption of it by pre-logging it and sticking to your plan. Also, limiting alcohol is not saying goodbye to your youth...if you actually believe that then there may be some other issues at play here.0
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Some great advise here guys, thank you all for your time.0
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I do this all the time man. I'm 40, and train hard/ eat right 5 days a week... then I enjoy the weekend. Every so often, I go "clean" for a few weeks- no alcohol, no sugar, etc. Once the pounds drop back down, I go back to my old habits. It happens. You got to live life. Just make sure it's all in moderation.0
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Adan here, 33 from LB. I hear you on alcohol, I like to drink but I've noticed if I drink the night before a work out I don't perform as well so I've cut back. I try not to drink Friday night because I have bootcamp the following morning. I make Saturday my cheat day and after bootcamp I eat and drink whatever I want for that day. I try and stick to wine because it's the better alternative but that doesn't mean I don't have all the other stuff too, I do, just not as much. I also don't drink on school nights like I used to, it took some time to get used to but after a month of doing it I was ok. Everyone's different, this may or may not work for you, but you'll never know unless you give it a shot. Good luck with everything dude!0
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Gin and slimline tonic tall glass lots of ice lasts longer that's not my problem it's the takeaway after the drinking session whoops0
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Pretty simple. Stop drinking for awhile and see what happens0
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I stopped going out with my friends as much. Too much alcohol and fried food. Having a new baby gives me a reason to stay home too. Or is that a reason not to be home? Ha!0
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No one is forcing you to drink alcohol. You just gotta make the decision on whether or not you want to be as consistent on the weekends as you are during the week.mattyb0ysykes wrote: »Hello guys, I've been using this app on and off for a couple of years now, but this time im really focused. However, it seems like this time the alcohol etc on a weekend are having much more if an effect on my efforts and literally taking me back to square one each week. Anyone else experiencing this? Im 30 m by the way. Mat
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spambox190 wrote: »I stopped going out with my friends as much. Too much alcohol and fried food. Having a new baby gives me a reason to stay home too. Or is that a reason not to be home? Ha!
My Mrs is expecting in July, so i think your right that will give me good reason to pie off the jagër bombs
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Like anything, it takes time to adjust to a new routine. This weekend have half of what you normally would, ten the next weekend half of the half you had the weekends before( that was a mouthful). And soon you'll be adjusted to one or two social drinks.
30 is coming for me in June. I think there's just something about 30 that throws everything into chaos0 -
Quit drinking!!
it will change your life! I know, easier said than done sometimes. But I did it - cold turkey and I haven't regretted it once. I never have to worry about sleeping my hangovers away and wasting my days. You'll find ways to be so much more productive 0 -
some good advise here. you can definitely work the drinks in. heavy or binge drinking probably not or at least not every weekend, save the heavy drinking for special occasions. I do try drinking a glass of water every other drink and that helps to slow down how many i have and still feel good and I'm definitely not doing jaegarbombs. lol
i think you'll find when your tolerance comes down a little over time you won't need as much as well.
since its easier for me to eat lower calorie during the week i do that so i have more calories to work with over the weekend. that helps as well.0 -
Drinking calories is never a good idea.
I soooo disagree with this. I drink wine almost daily, and quite a bit on the weekend. And it was a problem with weight loss at first. I did cut back a little, but mostly I just asked myself what I really wanted to spend my calories on. And wine was one of the things on the list. So, I cut back in other areas. Desserts, candy, etc. was not high on the list, so most of those got cut in favor of wine.0 -
Yeeeeeeeup!Need2Exerc1se wrote: »Drinking calories is never a good idea.
I soooo disagree with this. I drink wine almost daily, and quite a bit on the weekend. And it was a problem with weight loss at first. I did cut back a little, but mostly I just asked myself what I really wanted to spend my calories on. And wine was one of the things on the list. So, I cut back in other areas. Desserts, candy, etc. was not high on the list, so most of those got cut in favor of wine.
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Need2Exerc1se wrote: »Drinking calories is never a good idea.
I soooo disagree with this. I drink wine almost daily, and quite a bit on the weekend. And it was a problem with weight loss at first. I did cut back a little, but mostly I just asked myself what I really wanted to spend my calories on. And wine was one of the things on the list. So, I cut back in other areas. Desserts, candy, etc. was not high on the list, so most of those got cut in favor of wine.
To be fair, i love red wine, so this is pleasing to hear0 -
Like other people above, I tend to eat under my goal throughout the week to accommodate the fact that I'm lazy on the weekends. (I find it very easy to eat when I'm just relaxing, or if I decide to go out with friends.) I then just watch the app to see that I'm averaging out to the correct deficit over the week.
That said, I also did have to eventually address how much I was drinking (a lot, back in the day) and why. Nowadays I still have probably at least one or two beers a week, and indulge moreso once in a while. I find nowadays I much prefer rocking a steady buzz to being outright drunk, so it gets easier to drink less. 0 -
I've found that by actually logging ALL the drinks AND what you eat whilst drinking on here, it can be a bit of an eye opener as to how many calories you really did consume - sometimes you may want to just miss logging the weekend since you know you splurged (ignorance is bliss right?) - it can actually help deter you in future from going overboard.0
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