Stop The Weekend Splurge!
Brandy Golden, ACSM Health Fitness Specialist
So you have worked hard all week and stuck to your diet flawlessly. Its Firday morning and you’ve stepped on the scale in your bathroom and you are two pounds down. Yes! Tonight you are going to go out and you will be able to slip on your favorite jeans that you’ve been waiting to wear again. You go out with the best intentions of sticking to your diet for the most part, but of course you will allow yourself a few drinks and some pizza. You deserve it right?
Wrong! The mentality of a night of splurging to reward yourself for a week of discipline is flawed. Yes, its good to treat yourself occasionaly, perhaps one treat a week. But, when you splurge for an entire night on pizza and beer for example, one week of hard work is easily lost. One pound consist of 3500 calories and 3500 calories can be consumed easily at a pizza buffet. So, instead of splurging for an entire night, allow yourself one treat a week. Whether it be a drink, a dessert, or a slice of pizza, enjoy it. But, for the rest of weekend, practice the same discipline that caused you to lose weight during the week.
