further proof that I am just making this up as I go

I have real trouble staying on track on the weekends. I know why this is--there are too many options, too many variables. My weekdays are very structured--I wake up at around the same time, pack the same stuff, leave at the same time, sit at the same desk all day. It's very easy to work a fitness routine into the rest of that. It's also easy to make a Rain Man-esque dependency on routine work in my favor.

Not so much on the weekends. Except for the spinning class-breakfast routine on Saturday and church on Sunday, there's not much structure to my weekend days. Sometimes I do laundry, sometimes I run errands, sometimes I nap. Next week, we're going out of town for our anniversary. Maybe because of this lack of structure, I find myself grazing all weekend. And then on Mondays, I find myself staring in horror at the number on the scale. This is usually followed closely by scale-kicking and grumbling.

So, this needs to change. In order to really get to goal, or even just out of the freakin' 180s, I need a food plan just as much on Saturday and Sunday as I do on Monday and Tuesday. I'm not really sure how I'm going to accomplish this without turning my weekends into absolute drudgery, but I'm sure I can work something out.

For now, I'm just going to add two things:

1. Bring my laptop home on weekends so I can stay consistent with the fitday logging throughout the weekend.

2. Post daily stats 7 days per week, instead of 4-5.

Even if it doesn't help me get things under control, it will give me a better idea of how badly my weekends impact my progress.

I can completely relate. On Saturdays I sit around and read through four different newspapers, and eat. And eat some more. Thank goodness I don't have a two day weekend...