Weekends- the struggle is real

I tend to have few drinks on a Saturday.
I find having the lower cal ones like vodka, and making sure I drink before dinner, so I am not eating, drinking, then having to snack due to the drink. I also try and bank 100 calories a day during the week so I have leeway for weekend.
But yes, moderation is difficult. I always tend to feel that one drink isn't 'worth it' so if I cannot allow for 3/4 I won't have any.

I was having the same problem and it was really affecting my ability to lose weight. Finally I tried banking calories for the weekends, and it has worked great. For a 1lb per week loss I need to net 1500 calories per day. It's much easier for me to eat lighter during the week, so I set up my week like this:
1200 calories M-W and 1500 calories on Thursday, leaving me 1800 calories for F-Sun. This gives me the flexibility on the weekends to have a bigger dinner, an extra drink with the hubby, and/or a nice dessert treat. I do eat back exercise calories, so I'm usually eating more actual calories than listed above.

I've also recently begun prelogging my food the day before, and that's helped a lot too.

Good luck!!

As for the nibbles that go along with drinking, again, bank calories and budget for some extra calories to go along with the drink. Even just a small cookie or two or an oz of cheese and a few crackers helps me, and it's not a calorie bomb. Prelog and plan for it!

Also, you don't have to be "so good" during the day. If you want chocolate (or whatever is a treat for you) during the day, just budget it into your calories. This really helps you not feel deprived and then want to over do it in the evening/weekend. I eat dark chocolate with my coffee as breakfast every day!

I actually find weekends easier. Probably because I tend to do things like 10 mile bike rides or spend a couple of hours hiking or doing something outdoors that burns a ton of calories. The weekdays are tough because it's hard to squeeze in more than an hour of exercise and 1200 calories per day is damn near impossible for me without exercise.

I find it easier to eat "healthier" when my husband isn't eating with us because I don't feel any pressure to make a big family dinner. When it's me and the kids I might make sandwiches or breakfast for dinner. Both of those meals are easy to make "lo-cal." Also, if you view your weekends differently, it might help. With your husband gone, make a plan for each day to take a super long walk with your son. Then you get extra calories to play with. Plan each weekend out ahead of time! Light breakfast, long walk, light lunch, son takes a nap (so do you!), do some chores around the house and maybe even another short walk. Then it's night time and you have lots of calories left to eat or drink! (Although I wouldn't recommend drinking too much for lots of reasons!)

beerfoamy wrote: »

I weigh in on Tuesdays because of this, just that extra day to 'recover' makes it feel better on the scales.

I do the opposite and weigh in on a Friday for my tracking purposes because I know Sat - Tues I have a bit extra water retention from if I have a couple of pints/eat out or have a takeaway over the weekend (I weigh daily but don't monitor that in my chart to get an idea of how different things impact it). Come Weds it's usually gone

With regards to calories over the weekend, with the exception of the last couple of weeks I eat at my deficit Sunday - Friday and then might eat at maintenance on a Saturday if I fancy a takeaway or I am going out with friends.