Weekend Warrior

Everyone pat yourselves on the back for making it through another week!  The weekend it is here and although everyone loves the weekend, the weekends do not always love us.  Weeks are hard enough when you are trying to stay fit and healthy, but over the next 3 days you will have to deal with some temptations.  Think: birthdays, dinner parties, drinks with the girls.  Everyone uses the weekend to relax and wind down, but when you are trying to be fit it is important to try to still be active.  But everyone deserves a little R&R, so to deal with the next 3 nights of eating and drinking, step up your activity level during the week.  Try to push yourself during the week so you can enjoy yourself during the weekend.  Run that extra mile, walk on the treadmill at a higher incline, increase your exercise reps.  The harder you push yourself during the weekend, the less guilty you will feel about relaxing more during the weekend.  Also, be smart when you go out.  Drink low calorie drinks with water in-between each, and eat a healthy meal before you go out so you are not tempted to eat that big piece of chocolate cake.  Just remember, work hard during the week so you can play hard during the weekend!  Staying healthy is hard, but when you are smart it can be such easier!