A lot of us do well keeping on our workout and eating routine during the week, but when it comes to the weekend, everything can go awry due to lack in structure and other weekend events.
It definitely happens to me, does it happen to you? Luckily SparkPeople has come up with these easy tips for keeping your weekend temptations under control:
- Plan family activities like bike rides or outdoor games. This helps you spend time with your family and burn calories all at once!
- Carry a water bottle with you to your weekend activities. This will help you get your water for the day and resist the temptation to reach for a soda or other caffeinated beverage.
- Set some "weekend specific" goals for yourself based on the realities of what you’ll be doing. They may look very different than your weekday goals, and that’s okay.
- If you are going to be out all day, pack some healthy snacks in case you get hungry. There is nothing worse than being hungry at the mall, and the only food options are ice cream or pizza.
- Set Monday as your weigh-in day. You are more likely to resist temptation if you have to face the scale first thing Monday morning.
- Plan ahead!! If you are going out to eat, find the restaurant's menu (and any available nutritional information) online. You’ll have plenty of time to make a healthy choice before you get there.
- Don't save all of your splurging for the weekends. Allowing yourself a few treats throughout the week will help you avoid the mindset that the weekend is an excuse to go bonkers. And by spacing your treats evenly, you're less likely to get sudden, irresistible cravings.
There's more tips, so read more
Tory Burch
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Vivien Caron
Thank you for posting this up! I always find myself doing great during the week with eating healthy- lots of veggies and low fat, but the weekends turn into chaos and all that hard work gets ruined!!! I'll totally try some of these tips!
Thanks!
Angela*
1weekends are brutal for me. at work and school it's so easy to pack a lunch and some healthy snacks and keep a bottle of water on my desk. however during weekends i'm so busy doing all the things i didn't get to during the week that it's hard to stay focused. thanks for the tips!
2If you go to the SparkPeople article, they have a cute little PDF checklist you can download, too..(I did it this week!_)
3my problem is that I like to cook and I get to do it on the weekends, so I eat a ton.
4My fiance and I own our own business, so the weekends are the only time we get to visit with friends and family. Unfortunately, we usually do this visiting over the table at our favorite Italian restaurant! To keep up with my healthy eating, I try to grab a snack before we head out so I'm not starving when we show up for dinner. It's a lot easier to make good choices at a restaurant when you're not so hungry you could eat a horse.
5Great tips!!!!
..If you see us in the club we'll be acting real nice
6if you see us on the floor you'll be watchin all night..
Definitely great tips! I recently started checking out the nutritional information online before going to the restaurant we have plans to go to... and I agree, it really does help. It feels better knowing the information beforehand.
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