Do you blow it on the weekends?

Girl plz...why do u think my weigh in day is friday morning???

No suggestions here due to the fact I am in the same boat as you! It seems i can keep Good meal plans at the beginning of the week and throughout the week but come Friday-Sunday all my hard work goes out the door! my boyfriend also can eat anything and everything without gaining a pound which makes it very hard to make healthy meals. It's also very frustration watching him eat all the junk food I want to be eating but know the damage it will cause later! one of my biggest issues is drinking on the weekends any advice here would be great as well!

Girl plz...why do u think my weigh in day is friday morning???

lol! totally. moved mine from friday to saturday, lately considering monday mornings ;-)

Yep...always blow it on the weekends ;-)

It's hard but just try to resist or make another choice in eating like you did the salad. I know what you mean, my fiance eats whatever he wants and has such a high metabolism it doesn't phase him. He can literally scarf down his food and mine and probably go for 2nd's or 3rd's depending on what we're eating. It completely makes me angry but I've just been trying to say no or make another choice when we go out. You can also try and get them to make better choices too, but I don't know how well that will go over.

It's so hard for me on weekends. All I did as far as exercise was some stretches. It's so hard to watch my weight when I have a husband and two teens wanting to eat all the time. :sad:

Any suggestions?

It is hard, but you can be a great role model for all of them if you make a point of trying to stick to the "plan" even while eating out. My husband loves to eat out and it's really hard to keep on track when eating out--the bread with olive oil to dip it in before the main dish, large portions, a cocktail or wine, etc. I have flat out told my husband that I don't enjoy eating out for these reasons, and now we eat out less (saves money) and when we do, if I know in advance, I save my calories and exercise to get some extra calories. I also set aside on my plate the portion that I plan to eat, and try very hard to stick to it.

Maybe the location or timing of date night needs to be renegotiated to give you more options. For example, a restaurant with tapas so you can have a drink/wine and graze on a couple of small items gives as much chatting time as a full meal but probably fewer calories. Movie night doesn't have to include a snack.

Bottom line, you will need to make a point of putting your own needs before those of your family if you want to be successful, and if your family wants to support you, they should be willing to make some changes as well. Easier said than done at times, but when my family knows I'm serious about losing weight, they understand why there aren't as many snack items around, etc.

Some of the tips i try is drinking alot of water while eating, and eating slowly, filling up on veggys first, kids meals are usually great for portion control or sharing with someone.

I agree with having to summon the will power to say no to these extra treats. I ate a lot yesterday but made a point of entering it all in, from there I could see that my intake for the day could have been acceptable had I resisted a snack of bread in the afternoon and not eaten any chips at dinner (the dinner served turned out to be waaay more food than I was expecting, fried potato, just say no). So, rather than feeling down about the surplus 1000 calories yesterday, I'm going to make a point of not eating bread and chips next weekend :-).

Also, had a thought about this goal of calorie deficit, I'm currently calculating it on a day by day basis, so, if I have surplus calories of 1000, that seems like an insurmountable amount to work of through exercise before bed so I don't bother. However, if I was looking at my intake over a larger timeframe, say, a week, I could burn off yesterday's calories over the course of the week, if I earn myself 200 credit each day for the next 5 days (ie by exercising but not eating my exercise calories) then I should still have a deficit by the end of the week. Does this make sense? Does anyone else do it this way?

Yep...always blow it on the weekends ;-)

*snickers* As for me, I mostly blow it on special occasions, like holidays and birthdays.

ALWAYS It' s hard, but you just have to keep on moving along to reach that next milestone!


Can you imagine eating Mexican food every day! That's me,..I'm the one chica trying to lose weight in a house that must have tortillas, tortillas and more tortillas everyday! If it's not that it's tostadas! :O

Sometimes I do just because I have more time with my boyfriend and if he's feeling lazy, we'll eat out or order pizza. The last couple weekends, however, I've been trying to be good because my weigh ins for a challenge I'm in are Sunday-Monday.

I manage my intake on the weekend to maintenance but plan everything.

However it is worth remembering that when you are at the end of your journey you will have to maintain your weight so adjusting the way you eat on the weekend will support that.

Its a lifestyle change long term not a short term solution

I think its good to not get into a calorie routine for your metabolism's sake. If i didn't like my weekend beer's i would of lost this last 10 lbs which i'm still losing every week sooner. Over doing it once or twice a week is not really going to hurt squat in the ultimate goal of losing fat.

I eat massive quantities at weekends and inevitably drink too much. Until recently, I went over nearly every weekend. Now, I just do massive quantities of exercise and although I still eat lot, it's mostly good food (home cooked roasts etc.) and I don't go over. Sad but true, I log as I go and as soon as I reach my daily calories I just stop!