Weekend Reflections

Weekends pose the biggest risk for over-indulging as far as I'm concerned. From Friday through Sunday evening I'm extremely tempted to snack my way through those hours instead of eating foods that are better for me, in particular corn chips with salsa.

Part of that is alcohol consumption. I tend to binge drink on the weekend, especially Friday and Saturday evenings. The rest of the week I'm dry, but I let it hang out on those 2 evenings. Sometimes that's with friends at my favorite watering hole, other times it's at home with friends just relaxing. If I'm out I do not drive - that's firm. My mainstays are scotch & soda and rum & diet coke. Occasionally I may have a beer evening, but that's rare.

This past weekend was unusual in that Friday and Saturday evening meals were eaten out. Friday at a steak house with my wife and son and Saturday out with friends at a fundraiser. As I indicated earlier, my unconscious eating was after I returned home with the drinks helping me right along.

The weekend was also rainy which kept me from walking. I think I would have felt better about it had I been able to have my evening walk (or mid day since I was out Saturday evening). I did manage to get a 50 minute one in on Sunday and was predictably hungry this AM. I had to find a new walk route since road and sidewalk construction has started again on the main route I'm used to taking.