Every man has a right to a Saturday night bath. ~Lyndon B. Johnson

As the aftermath of waffles fill the air and the girls and I watch Princess and the Frog for the second time this morning, the refrigerator still haunts me. Overeating on the weekend is a common issue amoung emotional eaters. Unlike the stress of the work week, weekends are a time of relaxing and filled with happiness. As I stated before emotional eating is associated with happiness and boredom as well.
I actually feel as if I have my weekdays under control. I only eat Yoplait Yogurt from the preportioned container even though we have a beautiful yogurt bar that I created. I conciously make choices not to try every dish that my chefs prepares and limit to only new creations (even though I see the disappointment in their eyes). I still limit my drinking to only drinks with little calories (unsweet ice tea, coffee with spenda, water). I have a pack of gum at my desk while I budget, pay bills, work on performance appraisals to limit stress eating. My coworker brings in a Lean Cuisine everyday to control portions of her meals, but as the Director of Nutrition that is not an option since I must show my support to my staff and to those eat in retail area. Could you imagine how you would feel if the owner of a restaurant was eating a Lean Cuisine in their dining room? So basically I eat half my meal given to me or eat the heart healthy meal. I actaully do eat a Lean Cuisine type meal at supper to help control calories with little effort.
So how do you control the unpredictable weekend? You just work on it! Make concious decisions with every meal you eat. We tend to think "I already ate a bad breakfast the rest of the day it shot"...but it's not! Try to give yourself one meal on Sat and Sun that you can eat guilt free. Doesn't matter which meal. Personally I like to make breakfast on Saturday mornings, and then we might go out to lunch or dinner on Sundays. Limit your snacking and do an activity if you have a desire to snack. I personally blog, facebook, color with the girls. All activites are associated with a lazy weekend and take little effort. This helps because it keeps my hands busy and my trigger is I like hand/mouth motion, ie..eating grapes, pretzels, baby carrots, m&ms, sunflower seeds. I also no longer eat on the couch. If I have to sit at the table everytime I eat, it's another step I have to do which helps detour me.
The refrigerator does not have to haunt you, short of not grocery shopping and never having food in the refrigerator (tempting and unfortunately sometimes accomplished in my household). The key here is that controlling emotional eating is not a diet, it's controlling a behavior. At this point I also control calories to help lose the weight. Once I get closer to my goal weight, I will begin to add back the yogurt bar at work because I simply love it. I already have 5 out of 7 days under complete control, so weekends are the icing on the cake.