Weekend Fat-Loss Strategies

People go out to eat a lot more often over the weekend, and there are often parties and other social gatherings that often times don't include the healthiest food choices. You can still have fun without sabotaging all your hard work.
The key is to strike a good balance between effective, so you get good results, and enjoyable so that you'll stick with it in the long-run and to plan this"effective/enjoyable" balance a head of time.

Here are some good tips and strategies for the weekend.

Keep a water bottle with you.
This will serve as a good reminder to continue drinking water and will help you stay hydrated, prevent you from becoming too hungry, as well as help you resist the temptation to reach for a soda or sugar-packed beverage.

Set some "weekend specific" goals that you'd like to accomplish, such as three cardio sessions for at least 30 minutes each.

If you plan on being on the go, put together some healthy snacks and place them in convenient places, such as the glove compartment of your car, your purse, or gym bag. Cut up vegetables and put them in zip lock bags. You might also put some peanut butter, cottage cheese, or humus into small containers as well. This way you'll always have a healthy, convenient snack ready to eat whenever you start to feel hungry. This also helps to keep energy level up, your metabolism working efficiently, and will help you from getting so hungry that you lose control and make unwise food choices later in the day.

Load up on vegetables first.
At almost every social gathering there are vegetable trays and other veggie options. Eat a good size portion of these first before you tackle the potluck or buffet line.