Made a plan yet? What are you waiting for? Oh I know...if you haven't decided how to successfully handle the weekend after 100's of WEAKends then you are waiting for LIFE to happen TO you rather than you LIVING YOUR LIFE.
Come on people! You know most of what you are doing this weekend short of TRUE emergencies. A party isn't an emergency. Sleeping late isn't cause for a day of bingeing. Girlfriends taking you out suddenly isn't reason to consume 1500 calorie or more.
Don't you get tired of getting up on Monday morning blaming the scale, blaming emergencies, and blaming your metabolism when you KNOW it has more to do with fixing things that are broke?
All of us who have more WEAKends than WEEKends make the same mistakes over and over again. That means you don't plan for chaos and you probably don't think your goals are worth a little bit of preparation or sacrifice.
Here's my tips for the weekend and PNP girls you can go to this thread to discuss your own trigger and solution with moderator help. Heck yes, this blog is tough love but as tired as you are of having WEAKends I am tired of seeing you not break your old habits. That's not the lifestyle I want for you!
Step One: What is different on the weekend from your week?
By identifying what is different you might find out why you have a tough time.
Maybe you don't carry a cooler on the weekend but you should. Fill it with nuts, fruits, protein bars, premade shakes, cheese sticks, pretzels, etc. Never get caught without food to eat or you will overeat blaming it on "an emergency". You and your mom shopping for an extra three hours isn't an emergency that leads to cheeseburger paradise. I always have stuff I can eat with me even if I'm not PLANNING to be away from home that long.
Step Two: Where are you going?
Most of us are going out to eat on the weekend more than we do during the week. Great! Look up menus ahead of time, tell your friends what you WANT to have and what isn't important. DO NOT START WITH I AM ON A DIET!
Good Lord! You start panicking and telling everyone I'm on a diet so I CAN'T have this or that and I swear your friends will push food on you. Not because they are mean but because they don't want to watch your face and hear you b!tch through their meal. They are there to have a good time and your choices aren't their choices. That's fine. You need to make your lifestyle invisible to others by simply stating something like...
"Hey, I really want to have a delicious grilled chicken made by somebody else. I can't wait! The only thing is that the bread makes my stomach feel yucky. Help me to not eat bread so I can enjoy the evening without running to the bathroom."
I promise that works better than...
"I started a diet and I don't want to blow it so I can't have bread and have to eat grilled chicken."
Now that sounds like a good time. Why don't you stay home if you can't enjoy the evening with us?
It's all about phrasing.
Step Three: Eat Breakfast!
So many of you sleep in and then don't eat breakfast. I don't care how late you sleep eat some kind of meal between 200-400 calories when you get up. Start the day like any other and that is with getting the metabolism in gear. If you don't, I promise you will get crazy later in the day.
Step Four: Fruits and Veggies please!
Carry some around with you but get them in. It really helps you stay in the lifestyle and get those vital nutrients.
Step Five: Move!
I rarely schedule two off days for the weekend. My weekend is better when I move. I also don't lose my HABIT of exercising. Doesn't have to be fancy...just schedule to move and I promise if you do it FIRST THING in the morning it won't get pushed off.
The last thing I want to leave you with is don't plan on being perfect. Weekends are meant to be relaxing. Make a great plan, have a few back-ups, and remember the GOLDEN RULE:
Make a BETTER CHOICE before you throw in the towel and make a POOR CHOICE.
We can ALL find opportunities all around us to make better choices.
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