Cheat/Treat Days

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  • Kyrosh
    Kyrosh Posts: 238
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    Keep this in mind. Some will say they work all week so they can enjoy their weekend. Well............your weekend is essentially 30% of your progress. How do you just throw that out?

    Most of the trainers/nutritionists that I have talked to have all said, rather than having "cheat days", instead make 10-20% of your DAILY calories, "yummy" calories. Is that a muffin? chocolate bar? maybe a frozen yogurt with fruit? The health of that is up to you. But it's easier to spread those out when you need them, then try to take it all in a "cheat day" and then end up spending all week trying to work from behind to burn it off again.

    But in the end, it still comes down to calories in/calories out. So if you make those "yummy" calories, still keep them within your allotment, just 10-20 pct of your allotment.

    That is exactly what I do! I have a treat day every day, but it's calculated in :) That why I can eat whatever I want, when I want it :) I try to eat it in the morning though, so I can still burn it off the rest of the day!

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