No More Weakends!!!

[wiskband]

HI all......Disfam and I decided to start a new kind of weekly thread for all of us who have problem during the weekends. I posted this monday on how bad I ate over thep ast weekend and a few replyed on how they too have problem during these days. Many of us are so busy on the weekends and don;t have time for planning meals. In my case during the weekdays I have great eating habits and I have noticed that this is because Monday throght friday I have routine in my life. My two older ones are off to school and for the most part I am home during these days. ON the weekends we have sports, socializing and so much running around that getting a quick bite can be damagin for me! Also, I can nto always fit my exercising in these days.
So we were thinking to start a weekly post called NO MORE WEAK ENDS.........I figured on friday post what you plans are so far. Any dilemmas you may such as a party or just a tight scheduled weekends and then maybe someone will have an idea and how you can eat healthy during this time.
On Monday, we'll post again on how we did that weekend! possibly weigh-in's????
tell me what ya think and we'll get started this friday.
I'll be sure to post this both days, I have a feeling that me being in charge of this, it will be incentive for me to do well on my very hard WEAK-ends!
renee

 

[DoeWDW]

Renee, what a wonderful idea!! I like the name no more "WEAK" ends.....LOL!! I work Monday through Friday so the office routine helps me stay on track. The weekends are always much tougher.

Count me in!!

 

[nativetxn]

I like the name--<b><i>weak</i></b>ends

It helps to have a plan to deal with situations that arise that are a change from our regular routine. I think this is a great idea.

 

[DisFam95]

hey renee!! thanks for getting this started. I hope it helps some of us get a handle on the weekends. I like the idea of planning it out. Maybe not every detail but just to mentally get it in your head 'ok I've got soccer game, dinner w/ friends, movie w/ hubby,etc" coming up this weekend we can get a rough game plan and make a contract with yourself on how we will handle situations.

Looking forward to it!! It is definitely my worst part of the week and then you feel like starting at square 1 getting those 1,2,3? pounds off AGAIN!!!!

see ya
karen

 

[Cheryl N. WI]

What a great idea! I have such a hard time on the weekends and I think could really help me to stay motivated and focused on eating right. I am looking forward to this coming weekend being a successful one! Thanks wiskband and DisFam!

Cheryl

 

[nativetxn]

I just had a thought, you could all meet in Monday WISH chat and discuss how you did over the weekend, too

 

[wiskband]

I like that idea as well......native.
thanks
renee

 

[Beanie]

Great idea, wiskband! I love the name too! I also think Kath has a great idea about chat...Monday night chats are for WISH now, so that would be a great time to do a "check in" with each other! )

 

[PAdisMOM]

I really need this!!! Thank you for starting this thread. I really struggle on the weekends. I am so busy working during the week that it is easy to stay OP. On the weekends, I'm home with more free time. I just go crazy eating some weekends.

I have tried making a bag of popcorn to munch through out the day. This has helped some. I have also tried keeping busy, but over the years I have gotten really good at eating while I'm busy so this doesn't help much. In fact, I am tempted to eat more while I'm doing housework than when I'm sitting around watching TV. I think it is because I am a stress eater. So having a lot of housework to do stresses me out. I eat while I work to make work more enjoyable. Does that make sense? Anybody else have this problem?

 

[wiskband]

I was thinking.....we should start the post on thursday evening becuase alot of us start our weAkends friday night. So I guess Ill start it later tongiht..........I know my first oder of businees will be us going to PA this weAkend to see the in laws. We will not be spending thanksgiving with them so we're having thanksgiving this weAkend. O my what to do? We are all worrying about thanksgiving I have two to worry about never mind the left overs.
lol.
Ill definitely post later this evening.
talk to you all then
renee