First Cheat Meal

midlomel1971

Geez. Eat a half a pizza or something. When you said "cheat meal" I was expecting that you'd eat a bowl of bacon or something fantastic.

TavistockToad

midlomel1971 wrote: »

Geez. Eat a half a pizza or something. When you said "cheat meal" I was expecting that you'd eat a bowl of bacon or something fantastic.

Just half?!

livingleanlivingclean

midlomel1971 wrote: »

Geez. Eat a half a pizza or something. When you said "cheat meal" I was expecting that you'd eat a bowl of bacon or something fantastic.

Or some icecream like she said she wanted in another post!

OP - don't demonise food. Like I said in another post, just because it's something you may not ordinarily fit in a normal day due to lack of caloric availability, doesn't make a food bad. You didn't cheat. You decided that you wanted more carbs.

Your calories are likely too restrictive anyway, so perhaps consider planning a higher cal day where these foods fit in just fine, along with some actual icecream or anything else you feel like. Plan it, log it, make it fit and know you'll still be achieving your goals.

jenilla1

Somebody flagged the OP? For what?

cbl40

I am constantly reading about how members say you can eat whatever you want, as long as it fits into your calories. But those of us who eat very low calories to begin with cannot fit pizza, ice cream, etc., into our daily meals. Hence, we have "cheat" meals to do that. If I regularly ate pizza, wings, cheese, or other high calorie items, I would not have much room left over for anything else. So, I understand what OP is saying. There are some of us who are on here who are already quite lean and want to get leaner. Therefore, we need to be very careful with our daily nutrition. At 1300-1400 cals daily, we need to be very choosy in what will satisfy and keep up full. So yes, quinoa and couscous and feta and full fat dressing could possibly be a "cheat" meal.

estherdragonbat

I've just been cut to 1400, but with daily walks of at least an hour and/or 50 minutes on a fitness glider, I typically get 500-700 calories extra, of which I try to eat back half. No need for cheat meals. I just make room for extras within my calories.

ndj1979

cbl40 wrote: »

I am constantly reading about how members say you can eat whatever you want, as long as it fits into your calories. But those of us who eat very low calories to begin with cannot fit pizza, ice cream, etc., into our daily meals. Hence, we have "cheat" meals to do that. If I regularly ate pizza, wings, cheese, or other high calorie items, I would not have much room left over for anything else. So, I understand what OP is saying. There are some of us who are on here who are already quite lean and want to get leaner. Therefore, we need to be very careful with our daily nutrition. At 1300-1400 cals daily, we need to be very choosy in what will satisfy and keep up full. So yes, quinoa and couscous and feta and full fat dressing could possibly be a "cheat" meal.

If you are lean and still eating an insane low amount of calories you need to reasses your goals and look into maintenance, bulk/cut etc...

And you can incorporate wings, pizza, etc and still hit body comp goals.

janejellyroll

cbl40 wrote: »

I am constantly reading about how members say you can eat whatever you want, as long as it fits into your calories. But those of us who eat very low calories to begin with cannot fit pizza, ice cream, etc., into our daily meals. Hence, we have "cheat" meals to do that. If I regularly ate pizza, wings, cheese, or other high calorie items, I would not have much room left over for anything else. So, I understand what OP is saying. There are some of us who are on here who are already quite lean and want to get leaner. Therefore, we need to be very careful with our daily nutrition. At 1300-1400 cals daily, we need to be very choosy in what will satisfy and keep up full. So yes, quinoa and couscous and feta and full fat dressing could possibly be a "cheat" meal.

I got to 108 pounds eating things like quinoa, couscous, and pizza. Maybe not in the portions I ate before counting calories, but it can be done. I understand why someone might want to limit more calorie-dense items so they can have more volume -- but if your plan has you feeling like you can't have quinoa unless it is a "cheat day," I think it's time to consider that your goals may be too aggressive.

It's not like reasonable portions of quinoa or full fat dressing are going to crowd out other things you need -- in and of themselves they supply necessary nutrients. We need protein, fiber, and fat.