Messing up on weekends- every weekend
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cnave99
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I can not get myself together. I do great all week. Then Saturday morning while I'm food shopping I'll buy stuff that I know I can't eat in moderation. Then I eat it all before Monday. I keep losing and gaining the same three pounds.
I'm getting no where. But it's a cycle that I repeat every freaking week. Any advice welcome.
I'm getting no where. But it's a cycle that I repeat every freaking week. Any advice welcome.
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I know Sundays are my controlled binge day so I eat lower during the week when it's easier so that I can accommodate for that day. Maybe try partitioning your calories that way and look at your deficit week over week vs day over day2
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Do you eat before you go shopping?10
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At least your at a net zero.1
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dont buy the stuff on saturday morning? save some cals through the week to enable to you to eat more at the weekend?7
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Plan your weekend meals in advance, write a shopping list only for those things, buy only those things. Better yet, do your shopping during the week and stay out of the supermarket at the weekend.
If you can't do that @Iamillsensa asked a good question, never shop on an empty stomach.
Ultimately you're responsible for your own actions, you need to try and break the cycle if you truly want to lose the weight.19 -
I don't know if it's an option where you live but these days I get my shopping delivered. Makes a massive difference to what i buy and I make sure I only place my order when I am in well behaved diet mode.
If I went near the grocery store I dont tend to get past the bakery section.
Just a thought.
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Also they have grocery delivery services can you use one of those so can't be tempted to stray off list6
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We do our shopping Sunday evening.
Saturday is spent exercising pretty much all day long.
Sunday afternoon is spent exercising, then we grab a decent snack, and go grocery shopping. And we buy basically the same things each week.
But exercising as much as we do on the weekends means that we're tired by the time grocery shopping rolls around, so we want to get in and out as quickly as possible.1 -
You need to change your scope from daily goals to weekly goals. Eat less when you can manage yourself during the week, to spare the calories for the weekend binges. CICO logic isn't valid only on days !3
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I do eat before I go, so that is one positive.
You're right though- this is all me. I know what happens, I'm old enough to realize I'm sabotaging myself. I have to make it a priority to make a list. And stick to it.7 -
Can you take an "accountability" partner with you shopping to help you resist the temptation? My hubby usually does a great job of this for me. I have weak willpower myself.5
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My weekends are where it falls apart as well. Normally wine/beer and then hangover food. I have found that if i log it, (I tend not to at the weekend cos I know I have been bad) then it makes it more real? Makes me think twice about having a chipper/chinese the following weekend. xx5
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Also, work out more so you can afford a mishap also. I walk a ton on the weekends (live in Chicago) so I can afford to eat a little more.1
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I'm kind of in the same boat, but I'm actually in maintenance right now. Saturday morning I bought a couple of things that should've lasted me all week. They were both gone by Sunday evening. It wouldn't be that big of a deal but I kinda did the same thing last week and the week before. My one saving grace is that my TDEE on Saturday was about 4,500 calories and on Sunday it was about 3,000. Oh, and I'm actually on the lower side of my maintenance range right now. So, when you add up about 2,000 calories per day plus a half gallon of Blue Bell, that's about 7,000 calories for two days.
Okay, on second thought, I might have actually eaten at close to maintenance this weekend, even though I ate a half gallon of ice cream in the process. So, maybe what I should be saying is, get a bicycle and ride it. Ride it a lot. It will make up for all kinds of overeating.2 -
I do eat before I go, so that is one positive.
You're right though- this is all me. I know what happens, I'm old enough to realize I'm sabotaging myself. I have to make it a priority to make a list. And stick to it.
You could also preportion out some of the foods you struggle with if you do choose to buy them. I absolutely love chocolate covered pretzels but the little bag I buy is 1000 cals if I eat it in one sitting, so I break it up in sandwich bags into little 150 cal portions. If I go back to grab a second bag, that's a conscious decision. For me it helps stop that "1 or 2 more won't really hurt me" type mentality that snowballs to the whole bag being gone lol.13 -
If there is a particularly tempting area of the store, avoid it. And make sure you don't shop hungry. Maybe even shop at a no - thrills type store (discount grocery stores tend not to have a lot of the tempting gourmet cheese /sausage /tapas plates/etc). It's a lot easier to have self control for half an hour the grocery than the whole of the week.0
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tinkerbellang83 wrote: »
Ultimately you're responsible for your own actions, you need to try and break the cycle if you truly want to lose the weight.
Agree with this.
Do you actually say this to yourself in your head while you shop? "I really want to lose weight and I'm going to do it this time so I'm going to buy this giant package of cookies!" Probably not because that would be silly, right? But that's what you're doing!
Don't you want to succeed badly enough to say no to yourself?
Yes you do, so just do it.
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orionaimee wrote: »Can you take an "accountability" partner with you shopping to help you resist the temptation? My hubby usually does a great job of this for me. I have weak willpower myself.
I remember a TV ad several years ago (don't remember the product) where some guy hires teenage girls to follow him around and comment on what he ate. "Dude!" "Seriously?" "That is so gross!"13 -
Honestly the same thing happens to me too I just try and remember how crappy I feel after binge eating. It affects my workout so much and makes me feel moody and irritable. If I have a food craving I try and drink water or have something healthy that will curb the craving, because if you keep avoiding the cravings you will most likely binge. For me, I always have a serious sweets craving after eating a meal, so Ill have a couple of dates and it satisfies the need for sugar. Also do not buy any of your trigger foods - keep them out of the house.
Hope this helps it works for me!2 -
If I specifically am hungry for one treat, I would consciously plan to buy one of those. Nothing else. (I don't typically do this, because I shop second hand grocery stores, so I buy based on what is there and what is on sale) I do not keep any of my yummy snacks in my view. They go on a high shelf that I don't access except for that. I may proportion them. When I get my treat, if it's ice cream or something, I measure out my portion, lick the spoon and stuff, then put the container back in the freezer before I eat my serving. I keep sugar free mint gum on hand. Sweets taste disgusting after chewing mint gum, and I actually enjoy the flavor. If I want to go back for a second serving and can't 'afford' it, I get gum instead. I avoid the sweets cupboard at all costs unless I'm getting something from it. I log my portion before I eat it. Log a second portion before you eat that. If there is a treat at the end of the day I know I want, I log it at the beginning of the day to 'save room' for it.0
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