That = maintenance for me. If I'm on plan all week and veer off on the weekends my weightloss comes to a standstill!

I think I need someone to smack me in the face with this a few more times before I get it.

I have been apart of 3FC for 4 years now. In the beginning I lose 50 pounds in 10 months, I tracked everyday - had one cheat meal a week.

For the last 3 years I have tracked during the week and not on the weekends. I am the same weight now as I was when I reached my 50 pound mark. I have even gone up and down 10 pounds over and over and over.

I don't want to admit that weekends are my problem; even though they are. And I don't even over do it - but I allowed a treat here or there and don't count.

This method DOES NOT WORK. At least not for me. And I have been trying it for 3 years!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I keep telling myself that two days worth of not tracking can not out do a whole week of eating good, but it does it really does.

Thank you Glory - hopefully your post was what I needed to started losing again.

This is what really hits home to me when I think about the 80/20 thing. Esp. with restaurant food, that hidden fat and all the extra calories sneak in there - a couple of pieces of bread with butter, a glass or two of wine, a "normal" entree (it's what's served on the plate, so that's normal, right? Even though it's usually about 3x my measured portions). It adds up SO quickly!

See, I could do this besides the Special Day thing. Because I could make any day "special", in my world of justification. This is the reason I gained weight in the first place.
I'd have a special day because I failed a test, a special day because I did well on a test, a special day because it was my birthday, a special day because it was a sister's birthday, a special day because I was traveling...and so on and so forth. Every special day would ruin my calorie deficit.

I feel like this might be able to work in combination with calorie counting. But on its on, it seems slippery