http://www.timeshealth.co.uk/5_468_0.html times health forum thread - One Bad Day a Week Tue, 05 Feb 2008 14:55:55 +0000 http://www.timeshealth.co.uk/5_468_0.htmlI tend to relax my diet on a Friday night. I may go to the gym during the day and be fairly good but in the evening I will generally eat and drink more. However, I do find that since being careful I just cannot eat too much without feeling ill and bloated. Fortunately that hasn't affected my drinking....http://www.timeshealth.co.uk/5_468_0.htmlTue, 05 Feb 2008 14:55:55 +0000http://www.timeshealth.co.uk/5_468_0.htmlFor many of us, the important thing is not to give up if we have a binge day of unhealthy eating. Accept that we will have lapses. Or, like yesterday, a day where no matter what I did and what I ate, I was starving all day. I like Chris D's proposition of thinking of calorie intake over a week rather than a day. Seems more sensible. Same with exercise - if you miss the odd day, you immediately go back to square one....http://www.timeshealth.co.uk/5_468_0.htmlTue, 05 Feb 2008 14:50:47 +0000http://www.timeshealth.co.uk/5_468_0.htmlI lost a lot of weight on Slimming World diet a couple of years ago and the one thing that spurred me on was that every Monday after my weekly weigh in I would have a binge evening. Obviously had been good in the day running up to the weight in then after the weigh in whether I had lost/stayed the same or put weight on I would have a binge for instance usually consisted of a chinese takeaway, bottle of wine and large packet of maltesers and I lost 2stone 6lbs in eight months. I would not...http://www.timeshealth.co.uk/5_468_0.htmlTue, 05 Feb 2008 12:42:42 +0000http://www.timeshealth.co.uk/5_468_0.htmlI agree that so long as you balance calories over a week, it's fine to go a bit over your allowence on one or two days (you just need to be correspondingly under on other days!) I'm "good" during the week in the office, then relax at weekends -- I usually have at least one meal where I eat whatever I darn well like. Even if it means you lose weight a little bit more slowly, it's worth it if it helps you (a) enjoy your life and (b) not give up after a couple of wee...http://www.timeshealth.co.uk/5_468_0.htmlTue, 05 Feb 2008 12:01:06 +0000http://www.timeshealth.co.uk/5_468_0.htmlI do a bad day each week - it usually is a Sunday with a few pints in the pub replaces the water I usually drink followed by a roast with lots of roast spuds and maybe a chocolate inbetween. No exercise as such either(should this be on the confessions board?). Then I compensate on the Monday by doing a bit more exercise, or I may have already compensated on the Saturday before - this makes me even stevens and I am guilt free without feeling deprived and so far - it works!...http://www.timeshealth.co.uk/5_468_0.htmlTue, 05 Feb 2008 09:15:51 +0000http://www.timeshealth.co.uk/5_468_0.htmlA few years ago, I read an article in a slimming magazine which said that you shouldn't just count calories on a daily basis, but that you should look at the total over a week. If you are trying to stick to 1500 calories a day, then you need to eat no more than 10,500 calories in a week and if you think of it that way, you can save up some calories each day so you can have eat a few more at the weekend. You don't have to be counting calories to make this work for you and you ...http://www.timeshealth.co.uk/5_468_0.htmlTue, 05 Feb 2008 06:19:14 +0000http://www.timeshealth.co.uk/5_468_0.htmlAt the moment I'm having a bad day per week, or at least one bad meal. It's inevitable, being invited our for a work dinner or celebrating a birthday or whatnot and I don't want my 'health kick' to completely ruin any enjoyment of my social life! I try and be 'well behaved' about it though and not splurge on the wine or eat anything deep fried, for example, but I certainly let myself indulge more than I would ordinarily. The reason I eat so healthily an...http://www.timeshealth.co.uk/5_468_0.htmlMon, 04 Feb 2008 21:08:47 +0000http://www.timeshealth.co.uk/5_468_0.htmlI think it all depends on how 'good' you are during the week and how 'bad' the splurge will be. For example if you're super strict during the week, perhaps eating quite a low calorie diet, but then at the weekend completely binge, the slip up will up the pounds considerably. However, if your eating healthilily and consuming the right amount of calories, a few splurges (not a complete binge) might be just what you need. There is the possibility though that you might p...http://www.timeshealth.co.uk/5_468_0.htmlMon, 04 Feb 2008 19:58:08 +0000http://www.timeshealth.co.uk/5_468_0.htmlSuppose during the week you eat healthily but on the weekend you have a splurge on bad stuff - will that completely undo your good work? Or can you get away with one bad day a week?http://www.timeshealth.co.uk/5_468_0.htmlMon, 04 Feb 2008 18:27:05 +0000