Comments on Cranky Fitness: Weekends: Whoops!

Wiggle room is vitally important. If someone wants...

2008-07-08T22:47:00.000-04:00

Wiggle room is vitally important. If someone wants to be skinny for the rest of there lives then that means they need to eat right for the rest of there lives which means that they need a diet that they can follow for the rest of there lives, and there arn't many people who can go the rest of there lives without there treats.

Crabby (and Merry),You have a mention in my blog t...

2008-07-08T15:36:00.000-04:00

Crabby (and Merry),

You have a mention in my blog today.

Best wishes,
Sharon

I agree with what many of the other commenters hav...

2008-07-08T12:26:00.000-04:00

I agree with what many of the other commenters have said - during the week, I have a schedule and I'm away from home. To eat healthy I've planned my food and bring it with me (therefore providing myself with limited options). At home, I don't have to worry trying to answer a phone with food in my mouth, or only eating when on break etc. since I don't plan the weekend as well, I don't eat as well. Sucks... but I'm working on it. I'm going back to a food journal as well - even if I only write the names of teh food items, and not the amounts etc., I find I'd really rather not see that I ate three candy bars (it's much easier to forget if it isn't written down).

"Rats don't have weekends the way people do," comp...

2008-07-08T07:28:00.000-04:00

"Rats don't have weekends the way people do," complained one of the researchers.

Rats don't have to do meal prep either.

And if that researcher thinks rats don't party, obvs he doesn't get to NYC much.

It's their world. We just live in it.

I find it way harder on weekends than during the w...

2008-07-08T02:58:00.000-04:00

I find it way harder on weekends than during the week. I'm mostly on my own weekdays and can usually keep on track. Weekends - friends visit, neighbours socialize with drinks and hunger strikes at different times and usually packs more of a punch. I gain nearly every time.. even when I think I've done alright. Weekdays are the time to lose for me.

The days where I eat the best are my 12 hour workd...

2008-07-07T19:18:00.000-04:00

The days where I eat the best are my 12 hour workdays. I bring food to work and that's all I get to eat - there's nothing else and no chance to buy more.

The days I eat the worst are the ones when I go out and do something fun with my hursbend, because we always end up eating somewhere.

It's called the Rat Race for a reason... :) Durin...

2008-07-07T19:02:00.000-04:00

It's called the Rat Race for a reason... :) During the week we have the rat routine, eating included. But weekends are usually much less routine.

In my opinion, a lot of us (aka me sometimes) over-restrict on a regular basis. During the week is when this usually happens because we make restriction a normal part of our routine (again, i'm talking about myself obviously, but i don't think i'm the only one, so i'm just generalizing-- sorry if i offend anyone).

The over-restriction routine means we are actually NOT eating enough regularly, believe it or not. So when we do have some free/weekend time and allow the wiggle... we might actually finally eat enough... and also too much. My too much eating happens about every 6-8 days, and it sometimes falls on the weekends. Sometimes not. It just ends up being a day where my body must need food more than I realize, but I of course go overboard, like how a lot of people describe their weekends. So this actually isn't necessarily a break from routine, but rather a consequence of the routine itself.

THis is hilarious, Crabby!I think those researcher...

2008-07-07T17:48:00.000-04:00

THis is hilarious, Crabby!

I think those researchers from the university of BORES -- Bleeding Obvious Research Scientists -- have come up with a brainwave: rats don't have weekends!

Yep -- and guess what else -- rats don't have monthly mood swings, boyfriends who let them down, stressful jobs, temptation at the cookie counter and money to buy with .....

Yeah rats are completely USELESS for research -- why on earth were we ever using them ?!

Yes, I think Wiggle Rooms are welcomed additions f...

2008-07-07T16:52:00.000-04:00

Yes, I think Wiggle Rooms are welcomed additions for many people, as long as they're small, cozy Wiggle Rooms, and we don't stay in them too long. Kind of like a formal room, but this one holds only a soft chair and antique table next to a bay window - with cushions. Gotta have the cushions!

I love the wiggle room - I have to leave the wiggl...

2008-07-07T15:18:00.000-04:00

I love the wiggle room - I have to leave the wiggle room. I do have a few toes out the door, but it is hard.

Saturdays are hard for me because that's my "date"...

2008-07-07T14:55:00.000-04:00

Saturdays are hard for me because that's my "date" day with my husband. But I allow for the extra eating by doing a lot of extra exercising.

Problem solved. :-)

as long as i'm still living at home with the paren...

2008-07-07T14:47:00.000-04:00

as long as i'm still living at home with the parents (so ... for the next few months, at least), wiggle room will be all the time. it's extremely difficult to try to plan foods when the family says, "we're doing this" and you don't want to offend anyone.

granted, i do the best i can, but it's hard.

I've got to come down on the side of not finding w...

2008-07-07T12:10:00.000-04:00

I've got to come down on the side of not finding weekends more difficult, but that's basically because at least one of those days, I'm also taking a rest day, so need to scale back somewhat on the ol' cal intake to compensate.

We have a Zumba class late Sunday afternoon. There...

2008-07-07T11:45:00.000-04:00

We have a Zumba class late Sunday afternoon. There's as much wiggle in that room as one guy can take :-)

I always knew I was assbackwards, but this proves ...

2008-07-07T11:34:00.000-04:00

I always knew I was assbackwards, but this proves it. I'm much better when I'm home on the weekends. When I'm at work, there are so many land mines -- the vending machines, bagel wednesdays, birthday cake -- that I don't always dodge them.

Weekends are definitely harder for me to stay on t...

2008-07-07T11:28:00.000-04:00

Weekends are definitely harder for me to stay on track. I guess, during the week, I run on automatic. I have have a schedule that you can set your clock to. Eat breakfast @ this time, snack @ that time, lunch...you get the point. On the weekends, there is no schedule. Just go with the flow. That can be dangerous when it comes to staying on the healthy track, especially when the boredum induced munchies attack!

I think a bit of extra once on a weekend is OK, ...

2008-07-07T11:09:00.000-04:00

I think a bit of extra *once* on a weekend is OK, but if you go at it all weekend...well It kind of defeats the purpose of being good all week. You need to have a bit of room though...just not get carried away.
I find it harder when things are not "normal" to keep up on good eating. Last week during house renos all sense of good eating and regular meals went out the window...

I can handle weekends just fine: it's really a mat...

2008-07-07T10:48:00.000-04:00

I can handle weekends just fine: it's really a matter of planning, to some extent, the healthy part and assuming that the unhealthy part will happen naturally.

I'm a stay at home mother.I don't have weekends. ...

2008-07-07T10:32:00.000-04:00

I'm a stay at home mother.

I don't have weekends. I don't have sick time. I don't get vacations. I am on call all the time, 24/7/365.

That being said, it's harder to plan and cook when you have two someone's underfoot all weekend. Easier when I can get the daughter involved in some project or other and go cook before the husband gets home from work...

And weekends have more social activities. But we build that into our planning. For the most part, husband and I save our "flex points" for the weekends so we can do more and be more flexible about eating than we can during the week.

Its harder if I just have too much time on my hand...

2008-07-07T10:18:00.000-04:00

Its harder if I just have too much time on my hands and am bored with lots of food around. Doesn't matter so much what part of the week it is! And MizFit, I like that about keeping our bodies confused. Not a bad idea!

While weekends are a bit more challenging (why? I...

2008-07-07T10:16:00.000-04:00

While weekends are a bit more challenging (why? I work from home, one day is the same as the next!), I find I'm really challenged when I'm only cooking for myself.

Should be the easiest time. But that "weekend" mentality kicks in of: freedom? laziness? letting loose? Who knows. It comes back in about 2 days. Just like a weekend. And it's often not eating enough, and not eating often enough and not drinking water. It's the not as well.

Wiggle room - or permission to eat lazy once in a while - is the hallmark of a lifestyle decision as opposed to a temporary action. If I'm "on a diet", no wiggle room. If I'm "making choices for my 40 year plan", both wiggle room and responsibility.

The Bag Lady needs to stay out of the Wiggle Room ...

2008-07-07T10:15:00.000-04:00

The Bag Lady needs to stay out of the Wiggle Room and just wiggle more.....

I have more trouble on the weekends because that's...

2008-07-07T10:05:00.000-04:00

I have more trouble on the weekends because that's normally when I eat out (if I do). I generally eat the most unhealthily when eating out, as I eat what I want to (not normally something really bad like fried chicken or something, but I did have steak and eggs for breakfast yesterday (and I'm not talking healthy steak, I'm talking fatty greasiness). I'm all about wiggle-room, but it's only because I work out so much that I can get away with that. I eat plenty of desserts, but on a day-to-day basis I eat "healthy" desserts, like popsicles or low-fat ice cream sandwiches. I second the motion that many people have said that weekends are harder because there's isn't the same routine - at work, I have the routine to drink lots of water and have two low-calorie snacks plus lunch. Then on the weekends, I eat more snacks (or skip them and then get really hungry and eat more), and don't drink water which turns into terrible dehydration.

I definitely wasn't healthy this weekend for the holiday. I had so many cookies and drinks and fatty things, but as it was a holiday I figured what the hell? One nice thing was that I was eating a cookie (one of many I had that evening), and one girl said to me "whenever I see you you're eating a cookie, how do you do that and look like you do?" This kind of floored me, because while I know I have a good figure because I work out, I've never considered myself "that girl" - the one that people think eats all she wants and still looks thin. And no they're not seeing all the insane exercise I'm doing all the time, but I've never seen myself that way, so it was kind of startling. But it's also probably because I eat healthy most of the time too, and eat all natural, whole grain food that I've cooked myself probably 80% of the time.

The Wiggle Room is my favorite room.Terrie

2008-07-07T09:57:00.000-04:00

The Wiggle Room is my favorite room.

Terrie

I am a weekend eater. Not that I mean to be but I...

2008-07-07T09:48:00.000-04:00

I am a weekend eater. Not that I mean to be but I'm def. one of those who feels restricted by eating clean all week and then blows it on Saturdays:( Well, at least I'm not alone!