Weekends are trouble

If that doesn't work try focusing on adding some positive activities & food choices instead of kicking yourself. You'll be better able to keep it up when you feel good about how you are turning it around!

I know what you mean! You could try saving a few hundred calories during the week and using those at weekends. You can see a weekly view of your calories to know how you're doing.

Myfitnesspal will warn you that you're under your daily allowance on the days you go lower, but if it's not an extreme amount you should be ok, especially if some is added on for exercise.

Also, try to plan for the weekends - work out what you're likely to be doing, plan in some more exercise and strategies for what you will eat/drink.

I struggle with the weekends as well for the same reasons. My family doesn't need to lose weight and want to relax on the weekend. We also tend to have a few drinks. I need to resist the temptation!

Hi, I always had the same trouble. I've started to change my way of thinking though. Weekends were always my treat as I saw it as 'I'm working throughout the week and therefore I can relax a little over the weekends'. This just ruined all the good work I had put in through the week. I now see it as a continuation of the week, I try to plan weekends with different foods (maybe treat foods but work it within my calories) whereas over the week I just try to eat as healthy as poss. Weekend nights out used to be pints of lager but that has changed to vodkas and diet cokes.. not sure if this helps but its how I get through the week :-)

Answer this... what is your motivation to loose weight? Be honest with yourself.

Is the motivation to loose the weight stronger then the will power you have on the weekend? It's not easy, loosing weight never is. It doesn't start with a simple pill, drink, low calorie meal in a box. It starts from within.... that desire to succeed and win the battle. When your desire to overcome the obstacle becomes stronger then the desire to have that piece of cake, skip out on the excercise on the weekend, go out drinking with friends, pull in for fast food, or other wise unhealthy activity you have succeeded for the time being. And each time you pull that desire and motivation from the depths of your soul to keep you in check, it gets easier.

I say this cause I know. Last month I would have happily got up from my desk and grabbed a couple of my favorite cookies from Jason's Deli when we have our office luncheon for month end close (I'm an accountant) Today.... well, it's month end close. And right now I have 4 dozen cookies less then 10 feet behind me. Calling my name, but you know what? I have to pull that motivation and desire from the depths of my soul to fit in a wedding dress I purposely bought a size smaller. Sure, I could say I can just work out extra hard to compensate for the cookies, but realistically I know it's about making the right choices and being stronger in the face of adversity. I ate fresh fruit instead.... sure, I still want those cookies, but I want my wedding dress more!

Take it one weekend, one day at a time. Face your obstacle head on and focus on the end goal and your motivation to succeed. Don't beat yourself up for your mistakes, but use those mistakes on the weekend to draw strength from. Know what you want... and fight for it!!!

Weekends kill me. But first I realize this is a lifelong journey not just a GOAL weight. Next, I make the best choices I can. For me we have family functions on the weekend. I try to just maintain and not gain anything. This weekend I piled up on salads and veggies and ate a little bit of the rest. They actually had 9 desserts at one event. PLUS the food. Anyway I did better then maintain I lost 1.2 lbs and that was over a 3 day weekend. So excited. But you have to have the the mindset,

Ok - so let's share strategies for this weekend. And then compare notes early next week. They say if you write something down, it will happen (especially with the thought that we can motivate each other).

So, my challenge this weekend is that I'm going out to watch a rugby match with friends, preceded by what is likely to be a lunch where alcohol features quite prominently.

I will, though:

- Get some hard exercise first - maybe go to the gym, or take the dog for a run rather than walk
- have a slow-release breakfast (complex carbs and protein) so I'm not ravenous at lunchtime
- take my iPhone with me so I can check into the phone app while I'm out (logging as I go really helps)
- Try hard to exercise self-control. That's probably easier said than done, but try to concentrate on the other aspects of the day that aren't to do with high-calorie food and drink.

I can relate! Weekends are also my biggest issue because every few weekends I'll decide to drink but then "its been a few weeks" .. so 2 bottles of wine later I've had a major caloric intake on top of the food I've eaten.. and drinking makes my body bloat up like a blimp so I'm in agony for 2 days dealing with that.. only to turn around in another 2 weeks and do it again.. ugh sabotage!

The weekends are my biggest problem right now, because I let myself drink, and then I let myself get fast food, and then the next day I've already killed the diet so I skip breakfast, then.... yeah, it's a horrible domino effect. As much as it sucks, just plan out your workouts and diet the same way that you plan your week, then try to stick with it.