I eat good on the weekdays and come Saturday...... all hell breaks loose…..

So you eat “good” Monday through Fridays.  Your meals and time are structured. You are preoccupied most of the day so at times you may not even think about food.  But as soon as Friday night/Saturday night hit your “diet” program is out the window.  

Taking a look at this graph can you see why you are either gaining or not losing weight?  Although you eat “good” all week, your weekends are full of a calorie surplus.  In the end, you are actually breaking even or breaking the bank. lol

In order to lose weight you have to be in a calorie deficit.  You either need to eat less than the amount of calories needed to maintain your current weight or burn more calories with exercise, or of course a combination of the two.

Let’s take a look at why you are stuck in this “I eat good on the weekday” cycle?

I’m thinking the number one reason would be you are undereating or restricting yourself during the week and then by weekend your body is craving calories and/or whatever you’ve been depriving yourself of and you can’t uphold the self-control you are able to sustain during the week. 

It is easier to stick with this low calorie/restrictive diet when your days are organized, controlled and busy but when the weekends come and snacks are more available, different types of food for breakfast or family meals together, bored eating, etc it’s harder to restrain yourself. 

Although, you are coming from a good place – trying to “eating clean” and you are motivated at the start of the week, can you see that this “system/program” isn’t really working? 

Losing weight comes down to science.  The basis is calories in versus calories out.  I know its extra effort but the only way to know what you are putting into your body is by tracking your calorie intake. 

So how about this next coming week you track your calories.  Eat a deficit of 200-500 kcals (depending on your goal and if you exercise, etc).  Don’t label foods “good/bad”.  Eat how you would normally eat as long as you are eating the appropriate portions to correspond with your calorie allotment. Obviously you know what isn’t working, so why not try something different?