Cheat days

kurumikosaki
kurumikosaki Posts: 2 Member
in Food and Nutrition
Please help, is cheat day effective or not? Whenever I have a cheat day/meal I always go to a eat all you can resto and eat over 8000 calories a day, will I gain weight if I continue it? I do cheat day every sunday thou.

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  • pinggolfer96
    pinggolfer96 Posts: 2,248 Member
    If it puts you in a surplus then yes it will hurt you. If it's not and you're fine with hindering your progress then that's on you. I would rather eat more during the week and not focus on a cheat day
  • malibu927
    malibu927 Posts: 17,562 Member
    Depending on the size of your deficit, that would blow it for the week and then some.

    I've never seen the purpose of cheat meals/days. I eat the foods I love and fit them into my goals as I can.
  • amgaylord
    amgaylord Posts: 9 Member
    I think the worst thing about cheat days is that they don't help you to overcome cravings. In my experience, I had to learn to limit the bad foods, even eliminate them in order to make this a lasting change. Cheat days sabotaged my efforts at changing my food patterns.
  • cebreisch
    cebreisch Posts: 1,340 Member
    My dad loved cheat days. Sunday was his cheat day. He found that somehow the things he was waiting for to taste so good didn't seem to fill the bill sometimes. He also felt like that he wouldn't go completely wild with it - that he wouldn't eat as much as if he would binge otherwise.

    I can't have a cheat day because I would totally go crazy wild eating everything. I'll have a cheat item from time to time....but not an entire cheat day.

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