Cheat days
georgiamaxine1
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Hi everyone! I'm new to this, I have been on my diet for just under a month and I have lost 29 lbs. I started at 15 stone 4 and now at 13 stone 3. I still have another 3 stone to lose and I'm currently eating 1,000 calories a day.. do people have cheat days and still lose weight? I think it's the only thing that is going to keep me motivated if I have a little treat where I can eat chocolate or some pizza lol!
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Why is your calorie goal so low?5
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Why are you eating so little? You're doing a great job of losing muscle at the moment so when you get to goal weight you'll still be squishy.2
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My family has pizza night most Friday nights...
Also, super low calories isn't really very good for you...3 -
It's so low as I have a rubbish metabolism:/ I don't do 1,000 calories each day, some days I will have 1,400 calories1
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georgiamaxine1 wrote: »It's so low as I have a rubbish metabolism:/ I don't do 1,000 calories each day, some days I will have 1,400 calories
Have you had your metabolism tested?1 -
I am 150% against the concept of "cheat days" or "cheat meals". Log everything and eat within your calories every day.
I also don't believe in rubbish metabolisms, but it sounds like you're eating enough.
My personal opinion is, don't have a cheat day or cheat meal as opposed to eat a slice of pizza within your calorie goals, log it, and move on. Detatch special treatment from food. But that's what works for me.9 -
I know it's rubbish as I've always gained weight from eating the correct amount of calories, if I eat more than 1,000 I seem to gain weight rather than lose.. everyone's metabolism is different and I just seem to have a very slow one1
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georgiamaxine1 wrote: »It's so low as I have a rubbish metabolism:/ I don't do 1,000 calories each day, some days I will have 1,400 calories
If you've lost 29 pounds in under a month, then 1,000 calories is likely a steep deficit for you. That doesn't really track with you having a "rubbish metabolism." Generally, 2 pounds a week is considered to be a fast rate of loss and you are losing much faster than that.12 -
I eat pizza and chocolate quite regularly. The key is moderation, not restriction.
On another note: 1000 calories is probably too little for your body's needs. If you increase your calorie goal to something that will allow you to lose at a more reasonable rate, you're less likely to lose motivation, as you mentioned, because you'll have more energy and more room to eat the foods you enjoy.
It's not a race, and as @TavistockToad mentioned, you don't want to lose muscle during this process.
ETA: You might gain water weight after increasing your calorie goal - that does not mean that you gained fat.5 -
georgiamaxine1 wrote: »I know it's rubbish as I've always gained weight from eating the correct amount of calories, if I eat more than 1,000 I seem to gain weight rather than lose.. everyone's metabolism is different and I just seem to have a very slow one
You lost 29lbs which is a really unhealthy amount to lose in one month. There is no need to eat so little to lose weight. Sounds like you're confusing normal fluctuations and water weight with 'gaining weight'.3 -
Before I started my diet I was sometimes eating around 10,000 calories a day, that's why I thought I was losing weight so fast?0
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georgiamaxine1 wrote: »Before I started my diet I was sometimes eating around 10,000 calories a day, that's why I thought I was losing weight so fast?
Weighed and logged 10,000 calories?1 -
CassondraKennedy wrote: »I eat pizza and chocolate quite regularly. The key is moderation, not restriction.
On another note: 1000 calories is probably too little for your body's needs. If you increase your calorie goal to something that will allow you to lose at a more reasonable rate, you're less likely to lose motivation, as you mentioned, because you'll have more energy and more room to eat the foods you enjoy.
It's not a race, and as @TavistockToad mentioned, you don't want to lose muscle during this process.
ETA: You might gain water weight after increasing your calorie goal - that does not mean that you gained fat.
Thank you, I'll try that1 -
georgiamaxine1 wrote: »Before I started my diet I was sometimes eating around 10,000 calories a day, that's why I thought I was losing weight so fast?
No. You're losing weight so quickly because you aren't eating nearly enough. Just eat a normal amount (use the website to figure out a reasonable goal) and you can have chocolate and pizza sometimes without having to worry about a cheat day.5 -
TavistockToad wrote: »georgiamaxine1 wrote: »Before I started my diet I was sometimes eating around 10,000 calories a day, that's why I thought I was losing weight so fast?
Weighed and logged 10,000 calories?
Yes I used to eat ridiculous amounts of food after I stopped smoking
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janejellyroll wrote: »georgiamaxine1 wrote: »Before I started my diet I was sometimes eating around 10,000 calories a day, that's why I thought I was losing weight so fast?
No. You're losing weight so quickly because you aren't eating nearly enough. Just eat a normal amount (use the website to figure out a reasonable goal) and you can have chocolate and pizza sometimes without having to worry about a cheat day.
Okay I will do, thank you for your help0 -
Pizza: I make my own, it has a thin crust from a dough ball of 140 grams, and some tasty toppings. It totes up to about 500 calories. Earlier this week my family ordered pizza from Papa Johns, it had thin crust and my wife's favorite toppings. 2 slices from a large pizza toted up to 500 calories.
There wasn't a cauliflower in sight.
Why people insist on believing that pizza is an extravagance is receding from my view.5 -
georgiamaxine1 wrote: »TavistockToad wrote: »georgiamaxine1 wrote: »Before I started my diet I was sometimes eating around 10,000 calories a day, that's why I thought I was losing weight so fast?
Weighed and logged 10,000 calories?
Yes I used to eat ridiculous amounts of food after I stopped smoking
Well that's why you gained weight then isn't it. Not because of some slow metabolism, because of over eating.
You've received all the information you require to lose weight in a sustainable and healthy manner.
What's more to be said?6 -
georgiamaxine1 wrote: »TavistockToad wrote: »georgiamaxine1 wrote: »Before I started my diet I was sometimes eating around 10,000 calories a day, that's why I thought I was losing weight so fast?
Weighed and logged 10,000 calories?
Yes I used to eat ridiculous amounts of food after I stopped smoking
So to combat that you eat a ridiculously small amount instead? That's sad.6 -
It really depends on your appetite and how you plan cheat days. I have an incredible appetite, so I can destroy weeks of deficit in a single cheat day. When I first started, I would do cheat days when I reached certain milestones rather than time. For example, lose 10 lbs. and do a cheat day. Then get to the next 10 lb. loss (after losing the 5-8 lbs. gained during that cheat day again) before allowing another cheat day. That way, it doesn't totally ruin the deficit. Since I lost slowly anyway, that was only a planned cheat day around 4 times per year at first. Now it is down to twice per year and will soon be once per year. If you find that your planned cheat days are small enough to only wipe out a few days or a week of deficit, then you can stand to have them more often. Those things are all going to be specific to you as an individual.2
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georgiamaxine1 wrote: »TavistockToad wrote: »georgiamaxine1 wrote: »Before I started my diet I was sometimes eating around 10,000 calories a day, that's why I thought I was losing weight so fast?
Weighed and logged 10,000 calories?
Yes I used to eat ridiculous amounts of food after I stopped smoking
Well that's why you gained weight then isn't it. Not because of some slow metabolism, because of over eating.
You've received all the information you require to lose weight in a sustainable and healthy manner.
What's more to be said?
Obviously I gained weight eating that amount, I'm not stupid.. my question was do people have cheat meals whilst on a diet, not what people's opinions are of my calorie intake..
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georgiamaxine1 wrote: »georgiamaxine1 wrote: »TavistockToad wrote: »georgiamaxine1 wrote: »Before I started my diet I was sometimes eating around 10,000 calories a day, that's why I thought I was losing weight so fast?
Weighed and logged 10,000 calories?
Yes I used to eat ridiculous amounts of food after I stopped smoking
Well that's why you gained weight then isn't it. Not because of some slow metabolism, because of over eating.
You've received all the information you require to lose weight in a sustainable and healthy manner.
What's more to be said?
Obviously I gained weight eating that amount, I'm not stupid.. my question was do people have cheat meals whilst on a diet, not what people's opinions are of my calorie intake..
Eat a decent amount of calories and you won't need a cheat day.6 -
midwesterner85 wrote: »It really depends on your appetite and how you plan cheat days. I have an incredible appetite, so I can destroy weeks of deficit in a single cheat day. When I first started, I would do cheat days when I reached certain milestones rather than time. For example, lose 10 lbs. and do a cheat day. Then get to the next 10 lb. loss (after losing the 5-8 lbs. gained during that cheat day again) before allowing another cheat day. That way, it doesn't totally ruin the deficit. Since I lost slowly anyway, that was only a planned cheat day around 4 times per year at first. Now it is down to twice per year and will soon be once per year. If you find that your planned cheat days are small enough to only wipe out a few days or a week of deficit, then you can stand to have them more often. Those things are all going to be specific to you as an individual.
Thanks, this was very helpful! If I do have a cheat meal I don't go all out, just a few slices of pizza and a bit of chocolate1 -
TavistockToad wrote: »georgiamaxine1 wrote: »georgiamaxine1 wrote: »TavistockToad wrote: »georgiamaxine1 wrote: »Before I started my diet I was sometimes eating around 10,000 calories a day, that's why I thought I was losing weight so fast?
Weighed and logged 10,000 calories?
Yes I used to eat ridiculous amounts of food after I stopped smoking
Well that's why you gained weight then isn't it. Not because of some slow metabolism, because of over eating.
You've received all the information you require to lose weight in a sustainable and healthy manner.
What's more to be said?
Obviously I gained weight eating that amount, I'm not stupid.. my question was do people have cheat meals whilst on a diet, not what people's opinions are of my calorie intake..
Eat a decent amount of calories and you won't need a cheat day.
If you read my posts above I said I was going to eat more calories
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georgiamaxine1 wrote: »
Thanks, this was very helpful! If I do have a cheat meal I don't go all out, just a few slices of pizza and a bit of chocolate
A few pieces of pizza and some chocolate is not cheating!. There is absolutely no reason why you can't fit this into your diet on a weekly basis.
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georgiamaxine1 wrote: »midwesterner85 wrote: »It really depends on your appetite and how you plan cheat days. I have an incredible appetite, so I can destroy weeks of deficit in a single cheat day. When I first started, I would do cheat days when I reached certain milestones rather than time. For example, lose 10 lbs. and do a cheat day. Then get to the next 10 lb. loss (after losing the 5-8 lbs. gained during that cheat day again) before allowing another cheat day. That way, it doesn't totally ruin the deficit. Since I lost slowly anyway, that was only a planned cheat day around 4 times per year at first. Now it is down to twice per year and will soon be once per year. If you find that your planned cheat days are small enough to only wipe out a few days or a week of deficit, then you can stand to have them more often. Those things are all going to be specific to you as an individual.
Thanks, this was very helpful! If I do have a cheat meal I don't go all out, just a few slices of pizza and a bit of chocolate
A few slices of pizza and some chocolate can be a regular day for me
I agree with several others here - moderation is key. I doubt your metabolism is rubbish. It's more likely (and no offense intended, I mean this seriously!) your logging is rubbish and you are really eating more than you think when dieting. It's happened to the best of us at one point or another.
Eh, I missed the part about 29 pounds in 1 month, so forget what I said about bad logging. Caught skimming
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georgiamaxine1 wrote: »georgiamaxine1 wrote: »TavistockToad wrote: »georgiamaxine1 wrote: »Before I started my diet I was sometimes eating around 10,000 calories a day, that's why I thought I was losing weight so fast?
Weighed and logged 10,000 calories?
Yes I used to eat ridiculous amounts of food after I stopped smoking
Well that's why you gained weight then isn't it. Not because of some slow metabolism, because of over eating.
You've received all the information you require to lose weight in a sustainable and healthy manner.
What's more to be said?
Obviously I gained weight eating that amount, I'm not stupid.. my question was do people have cheat meals whilst on a diet, not what people's opinions are of my calorie intake..
I never had "cheat" days. It's too easy for me to not lose weight if I have them. For me a "cheat" day is around 5,000 calories. If I'm gonna eat, I'm gonna eat.1 -
i work at an italian restaurant, pizza and chocolate gelato is an often thing. Dont consider it cheating, I fit it in i walk to work to burn the calories for it (8 miles round trip) and its delicious and so worth it. Cheating on a diet only cheats yoursef. Make it fit3
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georgiamaxine1 wrote: »georgiamaxine1 wrote: »TavistockToad wrote: »georgiamaxine1 wrote: »Before I started my diet I was sometimes eating around 10,000 calories a day, that's why I thought I was losing weight so fast?
Weighed and logged 10,000 calories?
Yes I used to eat ridiculous amounts of food after I stopped smoking
Well that's why you gained weight then isn't it. Not because of some slow metabolism, because of over eating.
You've received all the information you require to lose weight in a sustainable and healthy manner.
What's more to be said?
Obviously I gained weight eating that amount, I'm not stupid.. my question was do people have cheat meals whilst on a diet, not what people's opinions are of my calorie intake..
I never had "cheat" days. It's too easy for me to not lose weight if I have them. For me a "cheat" day is around 5,000 calories. If I'm gonna eat, I'm gonna eat.
Fair enough!
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JaydedMiss wrote: »i work at an italian restaurant, pizza and chocolate gelato is an often thing. Dont consider it cheating, I fit it in i walk to work to burn the calories for it (8 miles round trip) and its delicious and so worth it. Cheating on a diet only cheats yoursef. Make it fit
Thanks I'll think more like that
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