Moderation and Weekends

Most of the time you hear that people find it pretty easy to eat healthy during the week (Monday through Thursday in most cases) because they have a routine and are used to eating that way. Lots of people throw away all their potential gains and hard work with binging on junk foods on the weekends. Sure a lot of us go out during the weekend to meet a friend for pizza or going over to a relatives house and enjoying that slice of cake that grandma made specially for  you. But it doesn't stop there. A lot of people (including me) find it hard to stay on track during the weekend. I have constantly changing schedules every weekend from having cross country meets on Saturday mornings or having Saturday practice, having plans with my friends or running errands with my mom all day to laying around and watching TV all day. No weekend schedule is consistent for me. I never know where I'll be or what food is available to me. I eat at home 100% of the time. I pack snacks if I know I am going to be out for a while (Usually none other than a Quest Bar)  I've gotten good at turning down unhealthy fast food and snacks and just going hungry until I can get home. It's much easier that way and it's a good way to gain some will power. Due to many ever changing schedules, lots of people over indulge and make excuses such as "there wasn't anything healthy at the party" or "Why not? It's the weekend!" but those thing snowball into being every weekend. Once in a while turns into gorging on food Friday and Saturday nights. Of course that slice of pizza on Friday night is fine, but when you add in Grandma's cake the next night, and McDonalds after church and late night snacks the next, you've blown it for the week all in a matter of  48 hours. I find it hard to cut myself off of sugar because I love to bake on the weekends, but I bake healthier things now to avoid the unnecessary sugar and calories (Such as my 35 calorie pumpkin pie that I'll be telling you about in a later blog) It's all about moderation and finding a happy medium. It might take a while to get there, but when you do, it'll be one step in the right direction of forming good habits.