How do I get through weekends and still have fun?!?

Don't make food the reason you are having fun. Eat smaller portions and pick healthier options. Suggest planning social events that are full of activity vs just sitting and eating. Workout a little more before heading out .

You shouldn't be on a diet, you should change your lifestyle. If you want to be healthy you just choose to be healthy. Choose not to put the crap in your mouth. I am a very social person and I just don't eat crap. It is easy if you just decide to be in control of yourself.

(Don't mean this to sound mean, just straight forward... )

Workout a little more before heading out .

This. I try and earn my alcohol and food splurge calories via exercise.

If I know I am going to be eating/drinking more than usual I will try to go to the gym that morning and burn some calories so I have more calories to work with that day. Also, portion control.

The weekends are my favorite time but I'm following the Spike diet so Sunday is my day to eat whatever I want and rest. The rest of the week I eat lower calorie so I am still able to lose and not feel deprived. It helps that my husband works Saturdays so I really only have one true weekend day. I have always had some for of cheat day on the weekends through this whole process or I wouldn't have made it through it's just that I wasn't doing it correctly before and maintaining an overall defecit for the week so I had stopped losing. Back on track now!

It is all about portion control and I go out and drink/eat every weekend as well! I get up in the morning and do good work out.

I work out to eat and drink! You don't have to stop living. Don't think of it as a diet. The word die is in diet!

To gain over the weekend you are would have to be consuming large amounts of food and alcohol. Not sure how much you are drinking!

If you are eatting out, get the sauces on the side (if applicable). Whatever you order, cut in 1/2 and ask for a take out box for the other 1/2.

Drink lots of water still! You are probably just retaining water/salt if you are not flushing your body on the weekends.

It is very possible to continue losing weight! we are all different! I have lost over 70 pounds and I never stopped eatting and drinking. I love my Beer!!!!

this is why I like to zigzag my cals throughout the week. I give myself highest allocation over the weekend then eat less over the week.

So example, I have a total of 13,625 cals per week. Sunday,Monday & Tuesday I have 1928 cals, wed 1735, thursday 1672, Friday 2313 & Saturday 2120.

When you know you have an event, eat light before hand (fruit for breakkie, lean meat & salad for lunch etc) then have your meal without feeling guilty. You still need to have some self control, which is no bad thing but changing your eating habits shouldn't be a chore also when out, make smart choices, jacket potatoe instead of fried, share a small dessert instead of having your own. Lay off the dressings & sauces, have them served on the side & then use half. If at a party with poor choices then just keep control of portion sizes & again, make the smartest choice avaiable.

Basically though, it comes down to your own self control & how badly you want to succeed.

I have the same problem every week-end, but I know the solution!! WORK OUT!

If you know your're going to a party in the evening, do a work out in the gym or go for a long jogg or something during the day. That way you will keep your calorie goal even if you have a few coctails or some wine and a lot of food in the evening.

Then you also have to ask yourself - is it worth it? All this alcohol and food? Do I really have to eat it or do I want to loose the unwanted weight a.s.a.p?

The key to weight loss is consistency. If you're not consistent on the weekends compared to the weekdays, don't expect huge results. What it really boils down to is what is more important to you................socializing with food and drink, or losing weight and reaching goal?
That's not to say that you can't socialize, but you need to set boundaries so you don't keep regaining what you've worked hard for all week.


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I've taken to following a weekly calorie goal (so just my daily allowance x 7) and then I'm super good and do lots of excersize during the week and then at the weekend even though I may be in the red on my daily calorie goal I know that overall for the week I haven't gone over. It seems to be working for me so far and it helps me feel like my life doesn't have to be restricted without me instead feeling guilty for going over.

If you want to stick to daily goals though just, as other people have said, do a lot of excersize that day to earn more calories before you go out and choose the healthiest options in terms of food and drink (it may not be sound health advice but in terms of calories vodka is better than beer for example )