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weekends and holidays are so hard for me too. It can completely ruin your good week if you go overboard. Try filling your weekend with active things to make up for not being so correct with tracking. (ie exercise more on these days) Planning can help too. If you are going to the movies pack your own air popped popcorn and grapes to munch on. If your going to a party eat a snack before you go...and so on. You were not clear on what is actually keeping you from tracking. Is it that you are busier on the weekend, running around doing errands and going out? Is it that you are around people who encourage overeating? I find that my kids are always on the computer when they are here and its hard to track because of that because I do not have a phone to use as well. Do you use your phone to track when you are out?

The weekends are the worst! The key is planning ahead, and then sticking to it. I have to keep busy all weekend, or I become an eating machine! Everything in sight is at risk. As long as I keep active, I don't have as many problems. I have so much to do most weekends, it's not a problem. I don't do any errand running or chores during the week, so it really makes my weekends busy. Even if plans change on short notice, it's still possibly to work around them.
I also find the phone app really a lifesaver in many cases. I don't think I could do as well as I have been without it!

I was struggling with the weekends too until I challenged myself to track everything for 50 days. Now I know I have to track what I eat so I plan ahead. Not having the phone app makes things difficult, but maybe if you brought a notebook with you, or had the ability to take notes in your phone. Even if you don't know the calories, just the habit of writing down what you eat could help.

I still struggle with the weekends, going out to dinner, going to Starbucks, opportunity to be lazy. I think everyone struggles. There have also been some great suggestions here. Planning ahead is key and just focus on moving. If you go out to dinner go walk around a shopping center afterwards, or at a park. If you can't do that then do some jumping jacks when you get home. The point is, just find ways to move no matter how weird you feel doing them.

I plan all my meals in advance. Also, what you might want to do is do a little bit of research before you go out to eat. Look at the rest. menu online and the nutritional info. That way you already know what you are going to have and how much calories it is. Weekends are a great time for me to add in more excerise than what I can get during the week. Go for a walk, go on a bike ride. If its too hot outside go to the mall and window shop, its all about getting moving more. When you are at home plan your meals in advance...for instance, this is what I am going to have for breakfast, am snack, lunch, pm snack, and dinner. And dont stray from what you have already planned. Hope this helps

If you know in advance where your going to eat out at just look them up before you go and you will know what you want to eat before you get there. After a while you will know what are smart choices at your favorite places. I try to eat the weight watchers menus sometimes, but if I really want something else I will try hard to eat lighter during the day. Lately I've been doing some volunteer work and they feed us so good and because I am so tired I tend to just eat but at least I'm buring calories too. I usually end up gaining a pound but the next day I get right back on track and lose it.