When you're cheating, what are you eating?

amandastardust89
amandastardust89 Posts: 26 Member
in Food and Nutrition
We all cheat on our diets from time to time, so when you DO cheat...what do you eat?

I am a huge snacker. Namely, Cheetos. Even more specifically, Hot Cheetos! I'll at them with anything and everything.

What is your favorite cheat food?
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  • Grimmerick
    Grimmerick Posts: 3,342 Member
    edited March 2018
    My first answer is nothing thats worth it, my second is cheese and dukes mayo sandwich, sometimes with horseradish if I'm feeling spry. Add a spicy v8 to that or some doritos on the sandwich and I'm in heaven. When I say cheat for this example it's because it doesn't fit my macros.
  • mjy7478
    mjy7478 Posts: 60 Member
    Buffalo Wild Wings Thia Curry Traditional wings with a Tall Budweiser
  • psychod787
    psychod787 Posts: 4,099 Member
    TavistockToad wrote: »
    I don't cheat, I eat whatever I want and fit it in my weekly cals and macros.

    Sometimes I eat stuff that doesn't fit, and that's not cheating either, it's just eating yummy things...

    Amen!
  • Tacklewasher
    Tacklewasher Posts: 7,122 Member
    If I cheat, it's on the quantity of something. So I'll have salt & vinegar chips. Weigh out a serving (or even just a 1/2 serving) and enjoy slowly. A cheat for me would be a *kitten* this and eat the family sized bag.
  • Momepro
    Momepro Posts: 1,509 Member
    Usually something ridiculously sweet.
  • lemurcat12
    lemurcat12 Posts: 30,886 Member
    edited March 2018
    I don't "cheat," but if I am going to have an "eat whatever I want and don't worry about calories" kind of treat day, it's Indian food, with naan. Or maybe tapas or Mexican. Or maybe something else -- generally it's restaurant food of a type I can't do justice to at home, and savory rather than sweet.
  • Crafty_camper123
    Crafty_camper123 Posts: 1,440 Member
    It's not what I eat, it's how much. I can usually fit tasty treats within my calorie goal, and at least be at or under maintenance. But sometimes, a girl just wants to eat and feel full! So "cheating" would be having a second helping at dinner, or having another cookie, or something to that effect. Or, it would be eating whatever I want and not paying attention to portion control or logging it. I haven't done that one in a little while though!
  • Suly09
    Suly09 Posts: 88 Member
    Pastries are my weakness. :'(
  • L1zardQueen
    L1zardQueen Posts: 8,753 Member
    IPA ‘s and veggie pizza
  • glassyo
    glassyo Posts: 7,741 Member
    It's not cheating if you're still logging it.

    So basically, for me, it's handfuls of food like mini marshmallows or pistachios or a cracker or two or bread that calls my name that I don't weigh and/or log and even then I give myself a couple hundred discretionary calories a day for things like that (subject to change depending on how much I ate/didn't weight/didn't log).
  • steveko89
    steveko89 Posts: 2,223 Member
    I'm not big on calling them "cheat" days or meals but I'm certainly capable of choosing to eat closer to maintenance rather than sticking to my calorie cut. I've also gotten really picky about what I'm willing to eat if it goes outside my calories; it's going to be on something that I unequivocally enjoy. My in-laws eat too much of a southern-style, carb-heavy diet for my taste and my sister-in-law is a vegetarian (I am not, I don't understand why anyone would willfully follow that WOE). They're also catholic so we've got meatless Fridays going on now too. I'm often met with bewilderment from my wife when I say things like "It's not worth it calorically to eat pizza without meat on it."

    Short list:
    Quality Pizza
    Tacos
    Taco Bell
    A really good burger
    Slow-smoked pulled pork
    single-malt scotch
    Breakfast foods
  • Cassidy95c
    Cassidy95c Posts: 28 Member
    Funny I just posted about takis lmao I think that’s my cheat meal or some bomb ice cream
  • alealehandraa
    alealehandraa Posts: 23 Member
    Cake! Cake! Cake! Basically everything creamy with vanilla <3
  • seltzermint555
    seltzermint555 Posts: 10,740 Member
    Momepro wrote: »
    Usually something ridiculously sweet.

    This. Coconut cake, macarons, cookies, old-fashioned or blueberry cake donuts.
    With coffee and/or tea.



  • Kelkat405
    Kelkat405 Posts: 166 Member
    The only “cheat” thing I have is alcohol. That’s so caloric that it usually pushes me over so I don’t indulge often. I’d rather eat than drink my calories.
  • PWRLFTR1
    PWRLFTR1 Posts: 324 Member
    I've been training for an upcoming comp and keeping my nutrition on point, but after the comp, I'm getting some chicken and waffles. The restaurant is already on speed dial, I'll be calling it in as soon as I leave the event.
  • fitoverfortymom
    fitoverfortymom Posts: 3,452 Member
    When I say *kitten* it, it's usually pizza or burgers and a very, very special occasion. And also cake.

    Or, after a race, I always go out for breakfast and in that case, it's pancakes.
  • Mikkimeow
    Mikkimeow Posts: 139 Member
    I try to keep "cheats" fairly decent, but holy *kitten* this was good
  • fitoverfortymom
    fitoverfortymom Posts: 3,452 Member
    aeloine wrote: »
    MacrosandMacaroons wrote: »
    I try to keep "cheats" fairly decent, but holy *kitten* this was good

    That's not a cheat *to me*.
    That's just lunch.

    Exactly. That's any given day's food.

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