Cheat day?
Sam101my
Posts: 128 Member
Wondering who allows themselves a cheat day? Mine is usually on Sunday. It is a day I do not workout (normally) and cheat on my diet. I might have seconds at dinner, get a Starbucks, eat a sweet, drink a soda, or eat a sugary bowl of cereal. Sometimes all of the above..Just wondering what your opinions are? Should one do this or not?
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A cheat day to me means going a whole day without logging. I've personally stopped doing this because I can undo my weekly deficit in that one day. However, I do occasionally allow days where I go over my calorie limit so I can enjoy a special occasion. My one year wedding anniversary is coming up... I'm thinking sushi and sake!0
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Sugary bowl of cereal???? No way does that count missy0
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I work things like that in during the week, as I see fit. A cheat day or meal, unlogged, could put me over too much for the week.0
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I don't have a cheat day. I have a set number of calories I can have in a day. I do not deny myself--last week for dinner one night I had an enchilada platter, strawberry margarita and half a flour tortilla. As long as my 7 day average is under the set calorie limit I'm good. I have lost 8 pounds since 9-8-2015. It's all psychological with me - if it is a cheat day then I am denying myself. If I'm denying myself then I want everything fattening I can think of in one meal. I know I am going out to dinner in a few days. I'm already watching my calories so that they are below the set number and then the day after dinner I will do the same....it's all about the 7 day average. When I stop losing I will lower the set number of calories.0
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Sugary cereal is a no-no for me....
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It'd definitely a yes yes....just have to go a little extra hard in the workout routine to fit captain crunch, toucan Sam or Tony the tiger into your diet and reeeeaaallly hard to fit in boo, count chocula and frankenberry.... 0
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...I suppose in moderation..I really try to do Cheerios, Special K, or Honey Bunches of Oats. 0
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Do you really love cereal this much?;)
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I allow myself a meal out with my family or my wife each week. I think the best way is to "plan it in" by saving up calories during the week that you know you're going to blow on the cheat meal. If you don't account for it at all, it's amazing how much damage you can do in a single sitting or a single day.
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I have days where I eat more, maybe a 1000 calories more, but I don't consider it to be a cheat day. Just a hungry day. I eat very LCHF so to me, a cheat day to me would be eating too many carbs, and I won't do that because it will kick me out of ketosis. It's all or nothing for me.
If you think you can handle cheats, go for it. If you think it could derail you, it may not be worth it.0 -
I may cheat with high carbs but i still try to keep fats under control. I do more of a refeed.0
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I do not allow myself to do a "cheat day" anymore. I only allow myself with a "cheat meal". If I am craving Panda Express, I get orange chicken with rice in my cheat meal (which is every two weeks for me). I have learned the hard way in my cheat days, because I end up compromising a lot of things.0
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Too funny on the cereal...
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I don't cheat, I just eat. If I had to "cheat" then I would be doing it wrong. If I order something, like Chinese in the example above, and I know it's going to be high in calories, I just log it and move on. I probably have 2-4 days a month where I go a bit too far over my calories and there's really nothing wrong with that at all. I don't plan them (unless it's a holiday coming up or something where I know there will be lots to eat), I just go with the daily flow.0
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"Cheat day" is too cute a word for it. Why not call it what it really is, a failure day.0
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When eating good food becomes failure, I don't want to live on this planet any longer.0
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It is if you go way over your calories for the day. That's what most people mean when they have a cheat day.0
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I "cheat" every Saturday. I try not to go WAY over my TDEE, but if I do, it's no biggie. I still have enough of a deficit during the week with diet and exercise that I still lose 2 pounds a week.0
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Had a hi calorie weekend. Gained 5 lbs
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I feel the same way, I know if I start eating any junk food or fry on the weekend , there is non stopping
, mentally it will mess me up. so no failure days / cheat days for me 
echmainfit619 wrote: »"Cheat day" is too cute a word for it. Why not call it what it really is, a failure day.
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echmainfit619 wrote: »"Cheat day" is too cute a word for it. Why not call it what it really is, a failure day.
lol. kinda funny.0 -
^^^ariana_eatsandlifts wrote: »A cheat day to me means going a whole day without logging. I've personally stopped doing this because I can undo my weekly deficit in that one day.
This. I do badly on cheat day. But of course to some it's what they need to keep going and that is fine. You gotta know yourself to know if it's for you or not. I will sometimes cheat, but planning a cheat day is calling for disaster for me. I cheat from time to time and it works best that way for me, and it often is on 1 meal instead of the whole day.
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echmainfit619 wrote: »It is if you go way over your calories for the day. That's what most people mean when they have a cheat day.
Nah. I went way over my calories (I think around 1,000) on Labor Day because we cooked out and had lots of good food. It wasn't a failure at all! The potato salad was excellent. I'd say, over all, the day was a huge success.
Here it is, the end of the month and I didn't starve myself after that, have gone over my calories a couple of times since then and I have lost weight since. Hmm, nope, not seeing any failures here.0 -
My cheats are usually days where I just relax and don't really track. Usually when I'm with family. I make sure to get protein and fats, but I don't stress about the nutrition info too much.0
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FrankWhite27330 wrote: »Had a hi calorie weekend. Gained 5 lbs
Half of that, at least, is water weight, I'm sure. Otherwise you had to overeat by 17000 calories.0 -
I don't think that 1 meal is going to make or break anything. I probably indulge too often, but I'm maintaining and happy where I'm at. When I do, I log it the next day and I usually make up most of the extra calories a day or two after.0
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A couple of years ago I lost about 15 lbs in a few months and had a "cheat" day every saturday. This means I would eat a donut for breakfast, sometimes fast food for lunch and out for dinner. I still ended up losing the weight it was just obviously at a slower pace. I realize now I really need to stop doing that. My goal is to lose about 7-10 lbs and not by a certain amount of time but maybe the beginning of the new year. I like the idea of letting yourself indulge and it not having to be on one specific day because then you really go crazy! I am really going to try and take this into account when I try and plan my meals (buying a food scale tomorrow!)0
Now I gotta less. Could still eat mountains of it if I was allowed!
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