Falling off the wagon on weekends?

Doesn't happen too often, I usually have 1 cheat day every once and a while. This weekend I had 3 conseuctive cheat days. Hockey playoffs, UFC and a family event that yielded enough cookies and sweets to end world hunger really spiked my calorie intake.

Today, I'm back on the wagon, mainly because over the course of the weekend I consumed every oz. of junk food in my house, only leaving fruits and vegetables.

Actually, i find myself being healthier at weekends, and i even exercise more... Week days are the hardest for me actually! haha... I have to wake up at 5 and I come home at 3-4, and of course, because I have lunch between 9 and 12 o'clock, I would always find myself hungry so I just go to bakery, and then my whole day is a huge fail...

Thanks for posting this.

I have the same problem, though for me it's that I tend to drink quite a bit on the weekend. Food stays (roughly) the same, but ahhh, the drinks! I live in Tokyo, where it is perfectly legal to drink outside, and weekend activities with my circle of cohorts quite often start with late a.m. drinks in a park somewhere. Have gotten better with this since starting MFP (about 6 weeks ago), but still.

The fasting thing mentioned above sounds intriguing. Does anyone else have any insight/experience with that type of thing?

I relax at weekends, but whilst 'relax' in the old days would have meant near enough consuming my bodyweight in junk food (I'm an ex-binge eater), whereas now it'll be a little of what I fancy.

I'll have a Chinese takeaway, but I'll turn it into a social event and split it with my friends (bonus; great company and fewer calories!). Or I'll make my own pizza, or buy a frozen one rather than get a takeaway. I exercise at weekends, so I remain rather unapologetic sometimes about the old crispy beef/bottle of wine combo

My issue is not the weekends per se, but social times, which generally fall on the weekend. I so want to feel 'normal' when I go out with friends to a restaurant and/or a movie that I end up overeating. :drinker: If I know ahead of time, I eat lightly through the day to save my calories for eating out. But when it's an impromptu get together, I struggle with it. The solution to become a hermit to stay on my diet isn't working so well either....:grumble:

I do this too but im not really sure why!

ahhh.... this is so me.... i've been the same weight for few weeks already specifically because of this... im gonna try to lower my calories during the week even more and really really try not to go over my maintain calories on the weekend... i think when i drink alcohol is when bad things happen....im gonna try to limit myself to no more than 2 drinks a night on the weekend and limit my weekend to only saturday so at least there is only 1 bad day.... we'll see....

Does anyone else find themselves essentially "starting over" come Monday morning? Between drinks and that late night pizza, I find myself just letting go on Saturdays after an awesome and healthy week...which only leads to depression come Monday am! Any one else do this? I'd love some tips on how to stay motivated on the weekends. Any tips on how to stay focused would be awesome!!

My best recommendation is to PLAN. You know what your weaknesses are-plan for them. If your weakness is that your order pizza for dinner on Saturday night-don't. Plan ahead to make something totally healthy and exciting instead and have that. If your weakness is late night snacking, then plan for it. Plan a menu that includes a tasty but healthy late night snack that you can have that fits into your plan.

Planning is the key.

Yep, I'm falling off the damn highway, the wagon isn't even in my line of sight. I've never really kept track on weekends before, but the last two weekends show me that my weak, mindless, boredom, social, over-indulging tendencies are on full attack on the weekends. I've got to be mindful not to go so overboard. I think trying to keep an eating schedule like I have during the week might help. It wouldn't be so upsetting if it were just a bit over, but yesterday's calories are sickening to go look at.
Hrmph. Really glad you posted this because I'm venting a little now instead of beating myself up over it all day today.

Weekends tend to mean at least one meal out for me, and as I only see my man on weekends, I tend not to work out, unless he is busy for a while. I log everything as best I can, but I'm sure I underestimate some of those meals out, I just don't know exactly what is in what I'm eating. I've found that over the last couple months, my meals out have become the only bad part of what I'm eating, and those choices are getting better (this weekend it was a quinoa meatball appetizer, a fancy banana split, and two beers) than they used to be (an appetizer, a main, a dessert, and 3-4 beers). I went for a 3.5 mile walk that morning, knowing I was eating out. Did it offset every calorie? Goodness no, but in the end my large lunch meant I only wanted a tiny dinner, and I still came in right at my calorie count. My weight tends to be the same at the beginning of the weekend and the end, or a little higher, which I believe is usually due to the higher sodium content of food at a restaurant than what I eat at home. In the end, I'm still losing weight overall, my weekends may put a slight damper on the speed, but I still enjoy every bite of it. I'm losing weight to be healthier, and have a better quality life. I'm not going to pass up every tasty meal I want and get less enjoyment out of life on my way there.