Weekends and Weight Loss

So many people who are trying to lose weight will do really well during the week (eating healthy and exercising), but then when the weekends come…it’s free game! When they weigh-in on Monday, they wonder why they haven’t lost any weight.

Sound familiar?

Here’s how the weekends can ruin all of your efforts during the week:

To lose a pound of fat, you need to omit or burn 3,500 calories. Even if you were exercising and eating healthy ALL WEEK LONG – if you ate whatever you wanted on the weekends…you could EASILY eat an extra 3,500 calories in two days.

Doughnuts for breakfast? You’re looking at about 200-400 calories each. And after eating one, you’re still going to be hungry. Chances are, the sugar cravings are in overdrive and BAM! You just ate another doughnut. Oops. At this point, you’re throwing in the towel and telling yourself that you deserve just one more because you’ve been good all week long. Admit it. You’ve done this at least once.

Hamburger and Fries for Lunch? Maybe Pizza for Dinner? You don’t feel like cooking – and who could blame you, you’ve been cookin’ all week! Weekends are usually when friends and/or family gets together and eats, and whether it’s at home or at a restaurant, you’re in calorie overdrive by this point.

Dessert? Of course not. Not for me. You end up making homemade (whole wheat!) cookies that you told yourself your husband and/or kids wanted…and now those same cookies are being chewed in your mouth. You yell “FREEEDOOOMMM!!!!!” and eat a few more cookies. They’re kind of small cookies, so it’s OK.

It’s easy (and maybe a little fun!) to eat a lot of calories. I get it.  But as you can tell, it’s super easy to get off track of your weight loss efforts and stay there all weekend long.

Go ahead and eat some dark chocolate or eat out – but continue to be conscious of your weight loss efforts – and more importantly – your overall health. If you do…come Monday morning, you’ll have a smile on your face.

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