Struggling on the weekends

queenliz99 wrote: »

Bank your calories during the week so you can eat more on the weekend.

^This

I have a similar problem on the weekends, especially Saturday. I found that if I eat a bigger lunch then I normally would that I do better later in the day. I see it as eating a couple hundred extra calories at lunch so I don't eat 1000+ extra calories later in the day. Weekends are tough.....gotta do what you gotta do!!!!

I have this same problems because the weekends usually also mean going out to dinner or even going out for drinks. I try to deal with this by doing some cardio in the mornings so that way I have some extra calories on those days.
Also Monday mornings I get back to working hard on my diet and excersize

I have the same problem. I agree with the suggestion about getting more cardio. That adds a couple hundred calories. I also find that I tend to eat less filling breakfasts during the weekend, so pay attention to fullness cues and adjust your macros as needed. Otherwise I just get back on plan on Monday and hope the weekend gain was just water weight that will come right back off.

graciebear16 wrote: »

Anyone have any advice on how to better approach the weekends in terms of eating healthy? I find that my work schedule helps me maintain my healthy living during the work week - but on the weekends I end up eating more than my calorie goal and getting really down on myself. Suggestions?

That's also what I have to my advantage. I'm clear and confident that I can drop all weekend gains and more during weekdays.

You don't sound like you have a good plan to deal with your problem. In that case I suggest that you find ways to disrupt the weekend eating. Specifically, recognize the time and place that you tend to do this overeating, be somewhere else, do something else.

Depends on how much you're going over. If it's just a couple hundred calories, that's easy to save up for during the week, and really, is not going to be an issue in the long term. If it's a lot more, then maybe start a schedule for the weekends in terms of food. Save one meal each day for a big meal so if you eat out or eat with friends, you can enjoy it, but have less over the rest of the day.

I try to bank calories during the week for the weekend, get some good cardio in and plan ahead for what I'm eating. I also try really hard not to keep things in the house that I like to munch on, but that's hard with a 4 year old around. I'm not much of a morning person so I usually skip breakfast on the weekends so I can have a bigger lunch and dinner. That works well for me but might not for everyone.

I bank calories through the whole week but I only allow myself ONE heavy meal on the weekend. I just have to not do the things I used to do (going out for drinks on both Friday and Saturday nights, etc.) That's just the way it is - I'd rather have that than continue to be fat.

I try to eat a pretty big lunch then smaller dinner, and just think of myself as a furnace, that I need to stoke every so often. I also take time to weigh, chop and organize a great dinner or lunch...like a cooking show, try to keep cooking healthy fun. To plan everything, see it pre-measured on a plate just solidifies my clean eating choice. (and no I don't talk like a silly chef when I cook, saute' and fix it hahahaha)

Wow -- great thread. I also have weekend problems. Things that help are: Exercise in the morning both Sat and Sun, doing exercise I like to do with people I like to do it with -- particularly longer bike rides, runs, bootcamp, crossfit, etc. Also try to plan good activities with people I like to be with. Try to mix up inevitable chores with fun things. All this helps -- what doesn't work is to pretend that weekends are not a problem. I try to stick to my regular food plan, and make sure no "binge" foods in the house. This helps to.