One cheat day a week?????????

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  • ilovedeadlifts
    ilovedeadlifts Posts: 2,923 Member
    If I'm going to cheat, i usually just do one meal. I'll make it after a hard training session and just pig out for the last meal of the day.


    My most recent one was a 1/3 pound burger with cheese and jalapenos, topped with an egg, with 2 grilled cheese sandwiches for the bun.
  • Roxanne_Hennessy
    Roxanne_Hennessy Posts: 130 Member
    I usually save them for family functions/special occasions. I still log them in though
  • emilycarr71404
    emilycarr71404 Posts: 176 Member
    I don't have a cheat day. I eat what I want when I want as long as it fits my numbers. I just watch portions and/or adjust my other meals accordingly.

    This.

    Plus, I don't do a cheat day at all. I do a cheat meal. The day I chose to eat an extra large meal, I plan what it will be and what I want to indulge in. I then exercise harder that day and enjoy my meal. I don't spaz out at all. I plan to eat more and count every calorie.
  • elkahallick
    elkahallick Posts: 1,138 Member
    What and when I eat is determined by my macros not by my cravings... Meal planning allows me to eat an occational burger or waffle with syrup
  • RhonndaJ
    RhonndaJ Posts: 1,615 Member
    Rewarding myself with food is part of what got me where I am, so it's something I'm trying to break myself of.

    You can do a whole cheat day, or one meal, or whatever you like, so long as what you eat doesn't completely overwrite, calorie-wise, what you did during the rest of the week.

    In other words, if six days of the week you had a deficit of 500 calories, and the seventh day you went over your usual number by 3500, then you'd be breaking even and it kind of misses the point of the rest of the week's work.

    But if you, instead, eat what would be your maintenance figure instead, you'd just have a slightly lower expected loss overall.

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