weekends.

jenlayport
jenlayport Posts: 154 Member
edited December 2024 in Health and Weight Loss
Any tricks/tips for the weekends? I seem to never log Saturday or Sunday and always over indulge. I always feel like Mondays are my 'make up' day for eating like crap over the weekend. It's hard because we always have birthday parties, family events and cookouts. HELP!

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  • LoraF83
    LoraF83 Posts: 15,694 Member
    Any tricks/tips for the weekends? I seem to never log Saturday or Sunday and always over indulge. I always feel like Mondays are my 'make up' day for eating like crap over the weekend. It's hard because we always have birthday parties, family events and cookouts. HELP!

    Eat smaller portions. Bring a healthy dish to the party.

    Other than that, my advice would be that you have to decide that you want to lose weight more than you want to eat a lot of food. It's just food - there will always be more. You can try something again. You don't need to eat/drink all of it in one day. A few bites will suffice.

    You've come too far to be derailed by a backyard BBQ.
  • Anna800
    Anna800 Posts: 639 Member
    I log weekends to embarrass myself, then I know exactly why I didn't lose any weight. My problem is alcohol.
  • rose313
    rose313 Posts: 1,146 Member
    Force yourself to log, you can take baby steps, if you eat too much of something one weekend, eat less the next. If you don't log you will never really know.
  • jynxxxed
    jynxxxed Posts: 1,010 Member
    I agree with logging it. It puts it all into perspective and is likely you make you not want to eat it if you KNOW you're going to log it. Not logging it is giving yourself a free pass to do the same thing every weekend.
  • Bssh
    Bssh Posts: 123
    I always log my weekends. Usually I can anticipate what food will be available in advance. Examples: I'm going to a BBQ or a specific restaurant or my mum's house - I'll look up menus online or ask my mum or whoever what kinds of foods will be on the table then I research calories for a variety of things. If I can't guess what I'll be eating then I simply eat small portions.
  • Christi6604
    Christi6604 Posts: 247 Member
    Force yourself to log, you can take baby steps, if you eat too much of something one weekend, eat less the next. If you don't log you will never really know.

    ^^^ This. I find it helpful to log everything. Irregardless of whether or not you went over. It helps to plan for an indulgence too instead of just letting an indulgence happen.
  • dcjackson50
    dcjackson50 Posts: 196
    Weekends are my enemy too. I decide it really is mind over matter and I will not continue working hard through the week just to find myself up 2 pounds on Monday morning due to drinking and the inevitable snacking that comes along with it.

    Another tip .....I am starting to change my workout routine so that my off days or rest days are not on Friday and Saturday. I know that if I get a good work out in at the gym or a bike ride,.....I will not want to blow it with poor choices,.....and or I will have burned off extra so that a treat or minor diet change won't wreck my week of progress !
  • jenlayport
    jenlayport Posts: 154 Member
    thanks everyone! my mini goal for the week- LOG EVERY DAY!
  • DanaDark
    DanaDark Posts: 2,187 Member
    Start logging Saturday and Sunday....

    So, you have HOURS extra per day and yet can't log in and post what you eat for just a couple minutes? But you CAN do it when you're busy? O.o
  • stephie_renae
    stephie_renae Posts: 18 Member
    Do you have the MFP phone app? If you do, there's an option to have it send you reminders through the day to log in a meal if you've forgotten. I just recently turned mine on and I love it! I was having the same problem you are. It's also nice to have MFP on my phone so it's with me wherever I go. Good Luck!
  • alexis831
    alexis831 Posts: 469 Member
    Discipline and will power.

    Also, have a cheat day. Sunday's are usually mine no exercising or diet.
  • unhgoose
    unhgoose Posts: 122 Member
    I'll have a healthy snack / small meal before going to a party so I won't be starving or go buck wild. Usually if I'm satiated I am good about having just a taste of my favorite things. Weekends are also my only times when I can fit in longer more intense workouts. So even if I'm not eating as well as I do during the week it tends to even out.

    Good luck!
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