Cheat meals?

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  • mindfulmama1977
    mindfulmama1977 Posts: 24 Member
    CrabNebula wrote: »
    I call it a cheat meal. I calorie bank, so it can be difficult for me to do any real damage on cheat day. Also complicating cheat day is that I can't eat as much as I used to and don't even prefer to eat as calorie dense items as I used to. I don't really like deep dish meat lovers pizzas from Pizza Hut anymore. I really like thinner crust veggie or Margharita pizzas I make myself. I use fresh mozzarella, feta, or goat cheese which has less calories than most regular shredded cheeses (70 compared to 90-110) and I simply use less of it. Goat cheese is very flavorful and you don't need to drown a pizza in it! I prefer eating Baked Lays to regular fried chips. My favorite ice cream right now is 120 calories a serving and light chocolate syrup tastes fine to me. I like spiced rum and diet coke as much as beer.

    On the occasions I have logged these meals, I find they around 1500-2000 calories. My TDEE is 2100-2200 and I have usually not had more than 500-600 calories before the feasting starts. Again, the damage is limited. I find the further you get into the weight watching lifestyle, the more (sometimes unconsciously) self-correcting it becomes.

    This is exactly what I'm finding! My. "cheat " meal is getting healthier and healthier :)
  • jakkrk
    jakkrk Posts: 54 Member

    mindfulmama1977 wrote: »
    This is exactly what I'm finding! My. "cheat " meal is getting healthier and healthier :)

    This is what will happen when you actually care about what you put in your body. What starts out as a diet or trying to eat better just becomes the status quo. A lifestyle.

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