Less calories in the week leaving more for the weekend?

[Veryveryouting]

I need to stick to 1500 calories a day to slowly lose weight. I stick to healthy eating well throughout the week but once it's the weekend and DP has treats I can't resist.

So I thought 7×1500 gives me a weekly total of 10,500 calories.

If I stuck to 900 Monday - Friday that would leave me with 6000 at the weekend. So I can eat well and indulge a bit without feeling like I've fallen off the wagon.

I'm thinking of giving this a trial but wondered if anyone does or has done similar, or if it's seems like a terribly unhealthy idea. Is it basically a form of binge eating?!

[silverystream]

You'd be better off not indulging. Once you form a habit of not eating junk food it is easier to resist. Take yourself off if need be for the minute or two they'll realistically take him to eat them.

[Msgiggles30]

I lost 2.5 stone doing 1500 cals in the week and still indulging at weekends 🤷‍♀️ but i was about 25 then 😂. 900 per day would not be sustainable I would maybe aim for 1200 in the week and then choose one day to have you're indulgence on the weekend say saturday and then eat normally on sunday.

[Msgiggles30]

*your!

[Herocomplex]

I think there’s a Gizzi Erskine recipe book on that very subject.

[BuffaloCauliflower]

I do this not completely consciously and basically what happens is I lose 2-3lbs during the week, then put it back on at the weekend. Over and over.

[Herocomplex]

‘Skinny weeks, weekend feasts’ is the name of the book.

[BernadetteRostankowskiWolowitz]

Reduce the time you have treats. Maybe do an "eat what I like Fri eve and then also a treat breakfast on either Sat or Sun"

[CodenameVillanelle]

You can do that but not to the extent you're planning. 900 x 5 days and 3000 x 2 days is really unhealthy, both mentally and physically.
You could do 1200 x 5 and 2250 x2.

[Veryveryouting]

Yes you are all right! I'll be sensible and continue the healthy eating from the week into the weekend but allow myself one or two non-restrictive meals as suggested as I cannot eliminate junk food completely!

Thanks for the head wobble MN!

[MadisonMontgomery]

I do one treat meal per week - try to save about 150-200 cals per day and then Friday evening have a pizza or something. Really helps keep me on track the rest of the time as if I’m craving something I can tell myself I can have it on Friday.

[Veryveryouting]

MadisonMontgomery good idea. This is what I need to stick to!

[iamyourequal]

900 a day is very difficult to stick to (especially on a Friday!) I think I would try 1200 Monday to Thursday and increase a bit at the weekend to max of 1800cals. This would keep you under 1500 daily average. Good luck.

[HiGunny]

What I do as well is allow myself a treat meal but a smaller portion. This often allows me to stay within my calorie limit. So for example I'll have half a pizza instead of a whole one. Or I'll have something like duck breast or steak in a nice sauce but with salad and no carbs.

If we're having a glass of wine in the evening we'll put crisps etc in a small bowl and just have that (generally too lazy to get up for more 😁)

I do find though that once I start losing weight I'm less inclined to eat junk and undo all my good work!

[1300cakes]

It's not that crazy of an idea. It's basically the idea behind the very popular 5:2 diet - cut back on certain days, eat more on other days.

[FindaPenny]

I was doing 1200 calories a day and if I wanted a treat I would have it (Aldi Toffee Cream Tart❤️) and just eat less the rest of the day so I didn't go over the target. Doing it like that started to make me realise the treat wasn't actually worth it. Another tip is that I changed my target to 1340 and somehow mentally that makes it easier to keep to my actual target of 1200....since I've changed my target to 1340 I have hardly gone above 1200, whereas before I sometimes did.

[Foreverlexicon]

I do this.
I eat 1500 mon-fri then 2000 at weekends.

Both are still a normal ‘range’ of calories - 900 and 3000 seems a bit excessive but there’s enough difference that I can look forward to a treat and a more indulgent dinner etc. Also makes socialising much easier!

It’s doing a great job at keeping me on track too as I start to get a bit fed up by Friday. I’ve lost 10lb doing this