how to eat during weekends

With the weekend right around the corner I thought we’d dive into a couple of tips on how to eat and still be progressing towards your weight goals during weekends.

I think a lot of people struggle with weekends (I did too back in my 123kg days) cos they go way too hard on weekdays. The pattern would be something like starving yourself Monday to Friday, then Saturday and Sunday you’d eat like it was your last meal on earth.

Repeat week after week and give up when there’s little to no progress.

It’s too extreme.

Weekends don’t have to be 100% party mode while weekdays also don’t have to be 100% strict mode. Find somewhere in between that fits your preferences and lifestyle.

Losing weight doesn’t mean you don’t get to have fun during weekends, you absolutely can. It just means when it comes to food and drinks you still wanna keep an eye on it in terms of amounts you’re consuming.

A little bit over the top is no big deal, partying all in for just one weekend is no big deal, it’s when you just lose control every weekend that it starts to affect your overall progress.

While weekends can be fun, it doesn’t mean you just do whatever you want. You still wanna have some kind of plan going in.

Gonna have dinner and a night out partying? Maybe skip or eat minimally during the day and save all those calories for the night. Have a Sunday lunch gathering you gotta attend? Enjoy the lunch to its fullest but perhaps try to keep breakfast and dinner on track more meticulously. 

No one night out or one birthday party is gonna ruin your progress. It’s when you consistently have those nights out and keep partying every weekend without limits that your progress starts to slow or come to a halt.

The phrase “treat your weekends like weekdays” gets thrown around a lot when giving weekend diet advice, which I kinda agree with. It doesn’t mean your weekends gotta be strict and boring like weekdays, it just means you gotta plan ahead on weekends and try hard to stick to the plan like you usually do on weekdays.

Personally I don’t make a distinction between weekends or weekdays. In my mind it’s more like “normal day” vs “event day”. There could be 10-15 days where there’s nothing eventful so I just stick to my normal day plan, and there could be weeks where there are 4-5 events and so those days I stick to a different plan.

I have normal day diet plan I stick to mindlessly when there’s no special occasions going on, but when there’s certain events like birthdays or gathering then I’d plan that day ahead of time on a case by case basis.

Not saying this is the “best way” to go about it or anything but it’s a way I prefer and fits my lifestyle quite easily.

Find your balance between fun and diet!

Happy weekend!