Treat days?

callsitlikeiseeit

i eat what ever the heck i want as long as i can make it fit in my calories

Hollywood_Porky

mch2829 wrote: »

Different things work for different people. There's a big psychological component to weight loss.

Some people find it easier to have a strict, clean diet. Some people find it easier to have a special cheat meal once in a while. Some people find it easier to have cheat days and eat what they want some days.

I've tried all of those things and they don't work for me. What does work for me is to just eat like a normal person. Smaller portions than I would normally eat, but not obsessed with calorie counting. Some days I do eat more than I probably should, but that's life. I basically eat like a perfectly average person at my ideal weight. And eating that way has made it easier to stick to and I've lost 50 lbs so far.

Do what works for you. If you try something and it doesn't work out, then change it.

I agree.

If you are accepting of your food intake - there's no such thing as a "treat" day. Treat days to me means "deprivation" - some where I didn't have the necessary foods that would necessitate a "treat" day.

Consistency is key - you'll never go wrong being consistent.

G33K_G1RL

I have 1-2 "treat" meals in a week. Often poutine or pizza where I know I'll bust my calories. I schedule them to social events, just makes my life easier if I can sit down with friends and not worry about calories for a meal. It hasn't affected my weight loss goal of 1 lbs/week (I'm actually closer to 1.2), but if it ever does I'll consider reducing them or being more aware of calories.

salembambi

I dont really have treat days ..sometimes I knowingly blow my calorie goal and dont care about it at all though

for my birthday coming up ill be taking at least 4 days off of logging & eating what i want.I just consider that taking a break from it all and enjoying my birthday like i do with other holidays

BigMamaLynsey

My treat day is in Sunday, I treat myself to pasta bolognaise (my fave meal) instead of a takeaway or something. I'm so excited for it tomorrow, I look forward to it every Sunday lol. I eat no junk food at all anymore. And I'm losing weight

Lasmartchika

callsitlikeiseeit wrote: »

i eat what ever the heck i want as long as i can make it fit in my calories

I LOVE THIS!! So simple and to the point. This is exactly what I do as well.

gothchiq

I do not do this because it would erase all my hard work. However, I have a low calorie limit. People with higher limits may be able to plan things out so that they can do it, within reason.

Zedeff

For me, I think that scheduled cheat days are a really bad idea. We all have days of weakness or social obligation that cause us to cheat. You know the ones: birthdays, congratulatory dinners, weddings, reunions with out of town friends. You're going to cheat on those days anyways because who wants to count calories at a celebration?

So if you're cheating on a schedule, those are cheats that are in addition to the random days above. For me, that's just not necessary.

I cheat. I cheat when I have social obligations and I cheat when I just can't summon the willpower not to. I don't cheat because the calendar says it's cheat time though.