Last weekend I was out on both Friday night and Saturday. Nothing special in that ... no there isn’t ... but what is important to me, is that I know the impact a heavy weekend has on my weight.
How do I know?
Because I monitor my weight in a very regular way. And here is what it looks like for that weekend (wt in Kg's):
The snippet from my weight log tells you what exactly caused the spike. A heavy weekend with the boys. A lot to eat ... in fact ... all we could eat, along with several beers on Friday night, followed by a few more on Saturday night down the local with a couple of mates.
There is absolutely nothing special in this ... people do this every weekend ... but that is exactly my point. You can still get slim and stay slim living in the real world.
The secret is pretty much learning about what you can get away with. Yes I am careful the majority of the time. I take good care of myself.
Could I do better?
Of course I could. I could treat my body like a temple, not assault it with a massive Chinese meal and too much to drink in a weekend, work out at 6 in the morning, before a small bowl of muesli with a drop of skimmed milk, but then I would have little enjoyment with friends (note:- confession, I do actually like muesli, but I think you get the point).
Life is about the balance between what you have to put up with and what you can get away with.
Note what happened to my weight after that heavy weekend. After I put on that 1.5Kg, 3.3lbs in a weekend, it melted away and I ended up back down at my normal weight. I knew it would do this.
How did I know ... I have been watching my weight do this type of thing for years. Around seven years now. I know I can ‘get away with’ enjoying a weekend like this because of the care I take the rest of the time.
I give my body a chance to recover from this sort of weekend. I do this far less than I used to, but I still do enjoy it occasionally.
The critical factor is watching my weight. I learnt what I could do, how I could live and what I needed to do to be able to enjoy weekends like this without guilt and without creating another weight mountain to climb.
Your body gives you the clues ... you just have to look for them and then pay attention to them by reacting accordingly.
I may have lost weight years ago now and maintained for around five years but I still have a weight problem. I have to be prepared to accept that I may have a problem for life. More on that next time.
If you want to know more about how I manage my weight, or watch my weight, just sign up to follow my postings and visit me at http://www.slimmersecrets.com/. I have a lot of experience now about weight loss and maintenance – I may be able to help you too.
Feel free to drop me line anytime. Until next time take care of yourself ... and don’t forget to enjoy yourself too!
Ian
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