​5 Quick tips to not let the weekend ruin your progress

1. Plan dinner choices ahead
            Weekend eating is generally ruined by social events. Regardless if it’s a party or restaurant with the family or friends you still have the option to plan ahead and not each terrible. Pick the food you plan to eat ahead of time and plug it into your my fitness pal  or your preferred method of tracking and work backwards throughout the rest of the day to make sure you do not go over your calorie budget.

2. Allow for 1-2 drinks max
            Again if you plan ahead and account for this you can fit it in. Its when you don’t plan and you “wing it” you get into trouble. You have 1 and before you know it you are on your 4th or 5th and grabbing dessert. Don’t let that be you, plan ahead!

3. Keep busy. The biggest challenge is the change in normal routine or schedule. Too many times we make poor decisions based out of boredom, not true hunger!

4. Get a workout in (ideally with one of the best personal trainers on long island AB Fitness Center) to offset some of those extra calories you might take in. The biggest issue for most is fitness becomes out of site out of mind on the weekend. Still getting your workouts in keeps fitness at the top of your mind.

5. Enjoy yourself but keep going! Just because it’s the weekend doesn’t mean your goals need time off!

5 Quick Tips from AB Fitness Center! Home of the best personal trainer on long island