Weekends are the worst for me also. We have lots of family and something always going on every single weekend. We had a big birthday party yesterday and a feast as well. The only advice I can give is, mind over matter. Serve yourself with the mentality your serving a child. Absolutely no seconds. You have to self talk yourself but don't deprive yourself. It's easier said than done. Trust me I know.

Weekends throw me off too because I'm not in the office far from my fridge. The only things available weekdays are the good things that i pack in my lunch. I do much better Monday to Friday... and then Friday night rolls around and DH wants to order pizza and open a bottle of wine. I am going to have to ensure that i have a plan for Friday...ie. no pizza without salad first. I'll also have to work on sticking to a routine with sleep; if I don't get enough sleep, my hand-to-mouth reflex is pretty strong and for some reason, i never know that it's kicked in until after the damage is done!

I find weekends tough too. In the past (and can't promise I won't again), I would have been face first into a delivery pepperoni pizza and a bottle of wine. Rather than denying myself and then obsessing over what I can't have (setting myself up for a fail), I try to figure out healthier alternatives. Instead of a frozen or delivered pizza, we make pizza at home using tortilla wraps as a base, a can of chopped tomatoes as sauce, then whatever toppings- my favourite is artichokes and a bit of chorizo, some low fat mozzarella, a grating of old parmesan and fresh basil to finish it. Other alternatives I'm working with are half courgette/zuccini "noodles" half brown pasta for my weekly spaghetti Bolognese. I've replaced bread with Ryvita cracker bread (topped with avocado and tomato, yum!). Its a work in progress, trying to make smarter choices. However, I've no intention of finding an alternative for my odd glass of red wine!

I think we need to set up a Survive the Weekend mini challenge! How many Survivors will be left on Monday mornings? There are 4 weekends left in August, so we have 4 opportunities to get things right within the August challenge. And for those who don't survive, well, we'll throw them a rope and pull them back on the island to prepare for the next weekend...but only if they tell us what they learned so that we can all benefit from their experience to help us too!

Ok danielaica - Let's make a point of checking in here on Friday to post our plans for the weekend that will keep us on track. And then we can check back in on Monday to report how it went. And of course, anyone else can join us..the more, the merrier. And the more, the more to be accountable to.

Have been doing so well up until dinner...porridge for breakfast, a hard cross fit workout session, wholemeal pita with feta cheese, lettuce tomatoes and red onion for lunch, running around all afternoon cleaning, tidying and food prepping...and

WWnot wrote: »

I think we need to set up a Survive the Weekend mini challenge! How many Survivors will be left on Monday mornings? There are 4 weekends left in August, so we have 4 opportunities to get things right within the August challenge. And for those who don't survive, well, we'll throw them a rope and pull them back on the island to prepare for the next weekend...but only if they tell us what they learned so that we can all benefit from their experience to help us too!

I'm in!!!

WWnot wrote: »

I think we need to set up a Survive the Weekend mini challenge! How many Survivors will be left on Monday mornings? There are 4 weekends left in August, so we have 4 opportunities to get things right within the August challenge. And for those who don't survive, well, we'll throw them a rope and pull them back on the island to prepare for the next weekend...but only if they tell us what they learned so that we can all benefit from their experience to help us too!

I need to play. Saturday night always puts me over. I do pretty good all week, eat healthy, exercise but Saturday night just seems to need wine. So my strategy going into this coming weekend is to 'bank' some calories that I can use on the weekend.

Oops I messed up the quote, sorry It was by WWnot and brilliant idea, but not my idea.

so, here is my plan:
Friday after work will be spent prepping for the weekend!
saturday: we will be out and about at a dog show so I will take lunch with me - couscous salad (they usually only have burgers/sausages/bacon babs/hog roast etc. At such events) and I will also take some healthy sweet treats (not sure yet what I will do, maybe some banana oat bars or something) dinner is already planned and I will allow for some wine as well (making a white wine spritzer with soda water makes it seem more without adding any calories )
Sunday will be tricky as I will have friends round for tea and cake...so will have to turn up the willpower and just dont eat cake (or have whatever I am making as a sweet treat on saturday)
Sunday dinner is already planned as well and if I fancy something sweet, I will allow for some quark with banana and grated dark chocolate

readily available snacks will be: carrot sticks and celery sticks and a quark dip
hard boiled eggs
nuts

there will also be 2 cross fit sessions Saturday and Sunday so all in all it should be a good weekend

wish me luck!

I'm planning to investigate some protein powder recipes over the weekend- I spotted a few interesting options on epicureanbb.com, including a number of sweet treats but I'm after pancakes! Usually I've more of a savoury taste bud so my weekend may involve my homemade tortilla-wrap-as-a-crust pizza with extra spicy chorizo. Saw another great recipe for a hamburger alternative, as sometimes this is my weekend preference- lean turkey mice patty, lots of lovely seasonings and Portobello mushrooms for the bun! You'd be stuffed after that!