What cheat day does to you

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  • WinoGelato
    WinoGelato Posts: 13,454 Member
    OP as others have said, I don't really have cheat days. I fit the foods I love into my daily alotment, in moderation.

    Also if you aren't counting calories of your homemade food how do you know you eat around 1200 normally and that you ate 2000 yesterday?
  • cafeaulait7
    cafeaulait7 Posts: 2,459 Member
    That's the day to pick up the iron, because you weren't in a deficit :)

    I'm in maintenance/recomp/mini bulk, so I can eat what I like, within limits. I'm trying to add muscle now.

    But when I was losing, I had a nice dessert or a piece of real lasagna, etc, in non-diet portion sizes about every 10 days. Sometimes once a week, sometimes over two weeks. I didn't know if I could stick to it without planning for my cravings. I also ate things like counted-out Hershey's kisses during my regular period of trying to lose weight. But I used to look forward to having a nice (still reasonable) dessert in a few days when my cravings hit, lol.

    But at maintenance that's all it takes for me, too: just not indulging too often.

    I never did cheat days. It could easily be a whole cheat meal if at a festival or party, but on those days I didn't eat a pastry for breakfast, too, or anything :D
  • kathrynjean_
    kathrynjean_ Posts: 428 Member
    cafeaulait7 wrote: »
    That's the day to pick up the iron, because you weren't in a deficit :)

    That is definitely one of the best things I've heard around here in a while! :)
  • lindaloo1213
    lindaloo1213 Posts: 283 Member
    edited September 2015
    I consumed probably 4-5000 calories today. Had a crappy breakfast, ruby tuesday salad bar, raspberry tea, and shrimp pasta, tons of junk in between there and dinner which was chicken nuggets and tater tots. I am currently paying the price of all the sodium with swollen hands and feet but Starting with work tonight is a new day. Moving on. Im not perfect but Ive learned to not let a bad day ruin a good thing.
    I dont call this a cheat day. I call it having an off day. (Off meaning I just dont feel satisfied not a day off )
  • Machka9
    Machka9 Posts: 25,557 Member
    PinkPixiexox wrote: »
    Machka9 wrote: »
    doralim1990 wrote: »
    @PinkPixiexox i recently increase my food intake as long as its homemade and wholefood i never really count it.

    Homemade and wholefood still have calories.

    Believe me ... some of the stuff I used to bake had CALORIES. There was this one carrot cake ... WOW.

    Can I try some! :D

    :grin:

    I think about that cake now and then, and just shake my head. But it was good. Really good. With good ingredients ... it had something like 3 or 4 cups of shaved carrot. Carrots are good for us. :grin: Of course there was a small mountain of sugar too ...
  • cafeaulait7
    cafeaulait7 Posts: 2,459 Member
    kathrynjean_ wrote: »
    cafeaulait7 wrote: »
    That's the day to pick up the iron, because you weren't in a deficit :)

    That is definitely one of the best things I've heard around here in a while! :)

    Hey, when life hands you lemons, make Limoncello and enjoy! :)

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  • cafeaulait7
    cafeaulait7 Posts: 2,459 Member
    To be clear on mine, I didn't make it fit. It was a treat. So that 400 calorie treat could be 400 calories over what I was allowed one day , but I'm the patient sort, so the (theoretical) slower rate of loss didn't bother me. I can't say I always noticed it in my weigh-ins, so that was an extra plus :)
  • honkytonks85
    honkytonks85 Posts: 669 Member
    Be less restrictive and you won't have as many cheat days. You can incorporate any food into your daily calories.
  • KittensMaster
    KittensMaster Posts: 748 Member
    Just work it off

    You only ate calories, that are fuel for your body. So just burn them off.

    Nothing mystical going on

    No dirty food

    No cheat meals

    You ate a bunch of fuel so just own it and burn it off.

    There is no need for a special day or term. If there is, then that would seem you have a relationship issue with food.
  • 2bfit_2015
    2bfit_2015 Posts: 42 Member
    I had at least 3-5 cheat days last month where I ate what I wanted and still managed to lose 8 lbs that month (but also didn't gain any weight). I go 2000- 3,500 at most with my cheat days but with the amount of exercise I do during the week and my normal activity level that 3,500 doesn't do anything to me. I don't gain any weight quite the contrary actually because I still continue to lose weight. However I don't think I could keep it up for too long because if I did that everyday I'd probably start gaining eventually. Although I'm cutting down on the whole binging thing because I'm approaching my last 40 lbs and I really want to avoid any possibility of plateaus. But once a month from now won't hurt and I'm planning an epic cheat day beginning of October hehe

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