6 TIPS TO AVOID RUINING YOUR PROGRESS ON THE WEEKENDS
1. Have a plan. Know what foods you’re eating for each meal. You’ve got to have structure on the weekend. Sure, you can eat a meal out with family or friends, but you can’t be “winging it.”
2. You didn’t gain weight this weekend because you “were over at a friend’s house,” “out of town” or “busy.” You made those food choices - no one was holding a gun to your head. Stop blaming other people or events for why you’re not making progress and start owning your decisions. That’s when real progress happens.
3. When eating out, have a plan going into it. Look at the menu ahead of time, and follow through on what you said you’re going to do. You can have fries, cake and ice cream, but make sure you plan for it.
4. You can have a social life, but if you’re eating out and drinking every Friday, Saturday and Sunday, you’re not going to be making much progress. Those Instagram models you see shoveling fries and ice cream into their mouths are either 20 years old and can get away with it or aren’t putting out a true representation of their diets.
5. Weekend calories count. If you’re in a 500-calorie deficit Monday through Friday, but you go 1,250 calories over your calories on Saturday and Sunday, you just un-did all of your work from the week.
6. You don’t “deserve” that glass of wine or plate of cookies to make yourself feel better. Sure, it feels good in the moment, but you’ll always regret it later. You “deserve” to treat your body well by fueling it with healthy nutrients 90+% of the time.
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