Does anybody else find weekends tough

I try to stay at my "lose 1.5 pounds a week" setting during week days and then do maintance calories on weekends. I averages out for me at about 1 pound a week loss calorie wise. Also start your day off with some exercise and you will feel better and not want o blow your calories burned so you might want to eat better. I try to exercise during the weekend as well as stay on maintance and I eat my exercise calories back and have lost every week doing so.

I'm the same way, and I've been trying to work on that.

I find that usually only eat 2 meals on the weekends, a mid-morning meal/brunch and dinner. They tend to be less healthy meals that I'd eat during the week. I also have more social events, so I'm more likely to have a few drinks as well.

The last two weeks, I've gone for a long hike at least one of the two days, and made an effort to drink more water. Both of those things seem to have helped a little.

I've heard of people reducing their calories during the week slightly to save a few extra calories for the weekends, I may try that soon.

I'm actually more behaved on the weekends as odd as it sounds. At work I'm more likely to hit up the candy jar. I still am in a calorie deficit, but at home I don't have things like that. I tend to eat candy at work out of boredom or due to stress.

Weekends can be more difficult for me if I'm too relaxed or sitting around the house. If I'm busy I don't have as much time to eat. We also tend to eat out more on the weekends, which is a problem for me. Maybe train for something (exercise wise, like a running or biking program), which tend to have long days on the weekends for training.

I do in that my husband is not eating as well and eats out twice a weekend. I try to budget for a drink or 2 also but it is hard. I do manage to get in more exercise which helps. We do take a couple mile hike in once a weekend which is all we can do with a 2 and 3 year old.

I don't find them hard, I actually find them easier because I'm more busy. Maybe you could eat 100 calories less everyday of the week and save 500 extra calories for the weekend?

csaville12 wrote: »

It seems I'm eating healthy in the week but when it comes to weekends I find it so hard to stick to healthy eating. I lose all my will power and have a completely different attitude to the way I eat. Anybody got any tips for weekend binges?

Yeah sometimes because when I'm working, I just don't have the chance to "cheat".

I have the same issues with weekends, and what I do is remain strict for breakfast and lunch on Sat & Sun. However for dinner on Sat & Sun I just give myself some leeway. I just let those two meals be my cheat meals, but for this to work for me, I have to be on point with my diet the rest of the week. My weekly caloric intake need to be less that what is burned.

I have a hard time on weekends too.

The aspects of the weekend that I don't do well with is the unpredictability. I might be out doing errands, or hanging out with family, or whatever. I found I was just taking a bite or two of things then running out the door, not knowing when I was going to eat next or planning what I'd eat at the gatherings. This caused me to overeat. To combat this, I try to pre-log and eat what I normally would on both weekends and weekdays, especially breakfast and my snacks. (Breakfast and snacks are typically portable so I can take them with me, if I'm out.)

The other aspect of the weekend is we go out to eat once during that time and for me, I find it hard to resist ordering something that isn't chicken. Yes, yes, I know there are other options outside of chicken dishes at restaurants but for me, my perception is that every time I look at the menus, the healthiest option is always chicken. It's get 'old' after a while. But with that being said, one thing I try to do is to not be starving when we arrive at the restaurant and to add a salad or more veggies to a dish. Or I try to figure out which aspect of my dish is the calorie bomb and eat a small portion of that.

The one thing that I love about weekends is, when I am mindful of what I'm eating, the days go by so fast, I'm typically 'under' my calorie count by the time dinner rolls around.

And finally, after binging on the weekends (I'm talking about eating in excess of 1000-2000 calories) so many times, feeling bad/guilty gets 'old' too! Recently, I've been able to minimize the binging by reminding myself of that. It doesn't always work but I've noticed this happening more.

Hang in there, I wish I could offer something more concrete but sometimes you end up trying different things until something(s) stick.

Only if I have a big family event or party, but even then I try to be sensible.