Thanks Alex for your prompt reply. You’re right in that I’m probably being too restrictive during the week and I lose motivation at the weekends! I’ll try cutting out something small every day and see how I get on. I’ll let you know how it goes.

It sounds like you’re trying to restrict yourself too much during the week. If you follow a more sustainable approach, the feelings of deprivation won’t become too high, causing you to lose control on the weekend.

I suggest:
1) Start tracking your calories (if not already) for a normal week for you. You have to be honest with yourself.
2) Once you calculate the daily average for that normal week, you can reduce that number by 10% for the 2nd week (when the diet actually begins). Most diets reduce the calories by at least 20%!
Then after the 2nd week, slowly reduce calories as and when you need to, or as progress stalls.

On the other hand, if you really hate the idea of tracking everything, cut out 1 small thing every day. It could be a midday snack, evening snack, part of breakfast, whatever. Just stay consistent. You could replace it with more water or coffee for example if that helps.

No problem 🙂