How to Stop the Weekend Sabotage

Do you work hard every week staying on track with your eating and working out only to blow it on the weekends?  Weekends take up a 1/3 of the year.  You could be undoing all your hard work 1/3 of the year!!  Here are my top three tips to help you maintain control while still feeling like you enjoyed yourself.

1.  Workout two of the three days for at least 45 minutes.  This doesn't have to be an intense workout, but you do need to get your heart rate up and feel as if you've really worked for that long.  This could be lifting, going for a longer run, going for a walk at a quick pace or taking a group fitness class or exercise video.  This will help you negate some the added calories you most likely are taking in.

2.  Indulge.  Yes, indulge, it's the weekend!  It's okay to let loose and have fun and feel like you're not tied to your more strict regimen during the week.  Just be smart about it.  If Friday night is pizza night, enjoy it.  Maybe add a little salad with that pizza, just stay in check the other two days.  You're tailgating for a football game?  Bring something you know you can eat that won't throw your day off, but feel free to eat the other snacks too.  Just again, keep the rest of the weekend in check.

3.  Drinking alcohol.... I love a cocktail just as much as anyone else (some of you prefer beer), so if you really want to drink, you should.  Just balance it out.  Trade of a beer or cocktail (wine counts too) for a glass of water. The water will keep you hydrated, and will help you feel more full so you're more likely to mindlessly snack.

Enjoy the weekend, I believe that's what they are for.  Just don't let you're weekends make you feel sorry when Monday rolls around.