Weekend Calories Don't Count

How To Stop Starting Again Every Monday

You’re not stuck because your plan’s broken.

You’re stuck because you keep flipping between two versions of yourself.

You have a curious case of the Jekyll and Hydes.

One version shows up Monday through Thursday.

You track.
You train.
You try.

Friday night hits…

The other version comes out to play.

The one who treats every meal like it’s their last, chanting the “liquid calories don’t count” mantra while digging a hole in the sand big enough to stick their head in until Monday.

You behave as if there are separate rules for weekdays and weekends.

God forbid you have pizza on a Tuesday.

Or a glass of wine on a Wednesday.

(Glass. Not bottle.)

Instead, you wait.

You have to earn it.

To permit yourself to undo it.

If your goal is to lose some timber, and you’re trying to slowly move away from your weekend alter ego, try this:

You can still eat your roast dinner—take off a couple of spuds.

You can still drink—swap pints for spirits (with a diet mixer).

(Unless you drink like a fish, then sticking with pints might be the safer option.)

Use the weekend to catch up on steps—not to walk off guilt or prep for Monday’s reappearance of your “fresh start” self.

Here are a few tools that could help shift you away from your all-or-nothing routine:

• Prioritise a high-protein, high-fibre meal before a social event
• Move or train on the days when tasty food and drink are likely to be in abundance
• Track habits like protein, fibre, hydration, and steps over the weekend
• Use a weekly calorie range target to allow for higher and lower days

And if that’s not you anymore…

If you’ve stopped self-destructing every weekend…

Maybe you’re just bored.

Tired of eating the same meals.
Tired of logging the same steps.
Tired of doing the same workouts.

You’re not inconsistent.

You’re remarkably consistent.

At coasting.

At finding ways to “freshen it up” every week.

Your Task For Today

What would happen if you didn’t start over again next week?

If you just…

Lean into the boredom?

Embrace it.

On the next one: Why exercise isn’t punishment for eating and why trying to earn your calories is keeping you stuck.

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