Eating healthy on weekends with boyfriend

I bank some calories so that I can be a little more free when I'm with my boyfriend on the weekend. So if I shave off 100 calories per day during the week, I can eat closer to maintenance on Saturday and still lose weight. I still have to be pretty mindful even to stay at maintenance calories though. I can usually order from wherever or eat whatever he cooks, but might have to make some adjustments (no rice, less carb, more veg, no sauce, etc) to help me stay at goal.

i bank calories for the weekends and enjoy life to the fullest.

Drink less, cook instead of going out to eat, make better food choices when eating out, and control your portions.

Does he want to eat healthier?

grill food, eat salads, or be active so that the calorie bombs aren't that horrible

If I know I'm going out, I take a few minutes and pull up the menu online and pick my meal in advance. It helps me to easily order without the temptation. I also tend not to eat bread or apps since I have already made up my mind on what I'm going to eat. Sometimes I even pre-log it to keep me honest. As for the alcohol, the best thing that I've come up with is to abstain (how boring, but I feel good in the morning ).

OR in the alternative, because I LOVE to eat allll the things, you could do an activity together that has you earning calories so you can eat what you want...like hiking. I use hiking as an example because that's what we do. I started the hiking thing a couple of years ago and it's stuck and now we take the kids out with us on every nice weekend weather wise. So an hour of hitting the trails logs you some exercise and now you have wiggle room to get something you want without depriving yourself.

ashleyeatsbetter wrote: »

I can eat decently healthy every weekday and semi healthy on Saturday but on Sunday when I go to my guys house we eat too much and eat out and drink lots of beer. I can limit my alcohol but how do I get us eating healthier?

Hey Ashley, I completely understand where you're coming from. I live with my boyfriend so it's even more difficult (although he recently started logging and cutting as well!), because even without me cutting calories he can still eat more than I can. What really works for both of us is to try and work what we want into our daily allowance. If we want to go out for ice cream on the weekends, we log it and make it work calorie-wise.

Another thing I often do is still have the foods I want but in smaller quantities. Whereas way back when I'd have two burgers and some sides, I now make just one, grilled, with wholemeal bread and only a little bit of cheese, with oven-baked sweet potato fries on the side. This is a meal that, when I make it, is under 500 calories and incredibly satisfying!

I find that when eating with others it might sometimes just be easier to focus on portions rather than content. This way you can make a nice, somewhat indulgent meal, but be flexible enough to allow him to eat more, have a different side, etc.

I have a smiliar problem. During the week I try to go to the gym and make healthy eating decisions. But I stay at my boyfriends house on the weekends and we only eat junk. Seeing as that's all that is at his place (mostly frozen, processed, unhealthy things). When food is prepared, it's also pretty unhealthy (instant potatoes, shake and bake chicken, lasagna, etc). His mom does most of the cooking so I feel like I can't special request. Literally there's no fruits, veggies or anything I can replace with. Any suggestions?

I also try to find unfood and booze related things to do on date night...It's frickin hard because all the best social moments in my life have occurred with food or booze, but we are working on it.