Ok, so is it a Cheat Meal or Cheat Day
igovern
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I like to enjoy 2 donuts on Sunday. Am I cutting myself short on a cheat window. I would love to have 2 donuts & pizza in the same day. 😊
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Work it into your calorie goal and you can eat whatever you want, whenever you want!8
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Work it into your calorie goal and you can eat whatever you want, whenever you want!
That is what I like about calorie counting. And, the advance planning causes better food choices. If I am going to have a big bowl of popcorn this afternoon, there won't be any potato chip on my lunch plate.3 -
Neither. It's eating 2donuts, or 2 donuts and a pizza
You decide how you want to tackle the caloric deficit which will determine your weight-loss. As long as it's still a caloric deficit (in this case, for the week).
"Cheat windows" are not magic time frames in which calories don't count. You can have 2 donuts and a pizza on 2 days of the week if you want, provided that you compensate for it the rest of the 5 days.4 -
I mean, your body is going to process the calories even if you attach a name to it. If you have room for two donuts and a pizza, eat two donuts and a pizza. If you don't have room for it, your body will certainly let you know.5
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There aren't any rules or anything like that...you have free will to do as you please.4
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I would have both.
inb4 "What are you cheating"0 -
janejellyroll wrote: »I mean, your body is going to process the calories even if you attach a name to it. If you have room for two donuts and a pizza, eat two donuts and a pizza. If you don't have room for it, your body will certainly let you know.
This.0 -
Remember your body doesn't understand concepts like "cheat meal" or "cheat day". It understands calories in vs. calorie out. So while many people find it an effective strategy to under eat their goal by a bit for most of the week so they can overeat it by a certain amount and still meet their goals, the concept of "eat good for 6 days and then whatever you want for the 7th day" is pretty outdated and not effective if you completely binge on your "cheat day".
That being said, the benefit of CICO is that you can have plenty of foods you like, even those that others may consider "cheats" as long as they are within your goals. So it is totally possible to maintain a CICO diet while eating Pizza and donuts occasionally. You just have to balance it with everything else you are eating.5 -
When I was losing weight, I would have a cheat ITEM. If I've stayed within my normal calorie range & burned a certain amount of calories that will result in weight loss for the week, why would I mess it up by eating excess calories? So I would schedule cheats into my meal plan. I had to be strict because that is the only thing that worked for me. You can arrange your cheats however you see fit. The most important thing is that your intake calories are structured in a way that helps you to continue to lose the weight you desire. So if you want pizza and donuts, have them! You can even find low calorie recipes for both.
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I fit in high calorie/low satiety foods by exercising more.1
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So then it comes down to the calories. If you can eat all those "extras" and still have a calorie deficit for the week, have at it if you want But if you eat enough extra cals on your cheat day to negate the deficit you created throughout the week, you will not lose weight. Many people here do look at their weekly calorie total rather than daily, and may "save" 100 or so calories throughout the week so they have an extra 600 to eat on the weekend or something like that. 5 -
Sounds like gainz day to me💪🏻1
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Like today, I ended up with 1139 calories with a target of 1750. So, I'll have half of a Hersheys chocolate bar and a cup of coffee with milk for another 200 calories just so I do not miss the goal by so much. I'm not hungry because dinner was 6 oz of fresh trout sauteed and a half cup of fettuccine. But, I just add in the cheat food to even things out a little.1
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wilson10102018 wrote: »Like today, I ended up with 1139 calories with a target of 1750. So, I'll have half of a Hersheys chocolate bar and a cup of coffee with milk for another 200 calories just so I do not miss the goal by so much. I'm not hungry because dinner was 6 oz of fresh trout sauteed and a half cup of fettuccine. But, I just add in the cheat food to even things out a little.
How is it a "cheat" if you are still way under on your calories?2 -
wilson10102018 wrote: »Like today, I ended up with 1139 calories with a target of 1750. So, I'll have half of a Hersheys chocolate bar and a cup of coffee with milk for another 200 calories just so I do not miss the goal by so much. I'm not hungry because dinner was 6 oz of fresh trout sauteed and a half cup of fettuccine. But, I just add in the cheat food to even things out a little.
Your profile says you're male. If this is accurate, then you're undereating. You may have some logging errors (i.e., solid food needs to be weighed rather than measured in cups), but in general, men need a minimum of 1500 calories per day; depending on your stats, you may need more. Eat the whole Hershey bar.3 -
wilson10102018 wrote: »Like today, I ended up with 1139 calories with a target of 1750. So, I'll have half of a Hersheys chocolate bar and a cup of coffee with milk for another 200 calories just so I do not miss the goal by so much. I'm not hungry because dinner was 6 oz of fresh trout sauteed and a half cup of fettuccine. But, I just add in the cheat food to even things out a little.
Your profile says you're male. If this is accurate, then you're undereating. You may have some logging errors (i.e., solid food needs to be weighed rather than measured in cups), but in general, men need a minimum of 1500 calories per day; depending on your stats, you may need more. Eat the whole Hershey bar.
Yea, its a little worse than that. As a former food products research lab tech, and a bit OC, I log and count everything. I have cough drops on the log. I have two good food scales and every type of measuring device you could imagine. And, at 240 pounds, and no activity, I get 2310 calories minus 500 for a pound a week or 1810. I wasn't losing weight at 1810 even though I was mostly around 1500 so I dropped it just a little bit but now I'm hitting 1200, 1300 and 1400 per day or thereabouts. Hence the supplements.2 -
wilson10102018 wrote: »wilson10102018 wrote: »Like today, I ended up with 1139 calories with a target of 1750. So, I'll have half of a Hersheys chocolate bar and a cup of coffee with milk for another 200 calories just so I do not miss the goal by so much. I'm not hungry because dinner was 6 oz of fresh trout sauteed and a half cup of fettuccine. But, I just add in the cheat food to even things out a little.
Your profile says you're male. If this is accurate, then you're undereating. You may have some logging errors (i.e., solid food needs to be weighed rather than measured in cups), but in general, men need a minimum of 1500 calories per day; depending on your stats, you may need more. Eat the whole Hershey bar.
Yea, its a little worse than that. As a former food products research lab tech, and a bit OC, I log and count everything. I have cough drops on the log. I have two good food scales and every type of measuring device you could imagine. And, at 240 pounds, and no activity, I get 2310 calories minus 500 for a pound a week or 1810. I wasn't losing weight at 1810 even though I was mostly around 1500 so I dropped it just a little bit but now I'm hitting 1200, 1300 and 1400 per day or thereabouts. Hence the supplements.
How long did you eat 1500-1810 before you dropped even further?
And 1200-1400 per day is not enough for a 240 pound male.2 -
It was just a couple of weeks. I did add a multi vitamin. And, I am really sedentary. I mean my indoor cat gets more exercise than I do. Hahaha!0
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wilson10102018 wrote: »It was just a couple of weeks. I did add a multi vitamin. And, I am really sedentary. I mean my indoor cat gets more exercise than I do. Hahaha!
Yeah, you need to give it more time before dropping even further - bodies are weird and don't instantly react to what you are doing. Give it a month or so before deciding it's not working.
But I hear you on the cat. Racing from room to room chasing imaginary mice is exhausting! Or at least it is for my cats!
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Thanks for the encouragement. I'll be sure to get up to 1500 every day. I can easily do that because I can eat 1000 calories of unsalted roasted peanuts if I put my mind to it.0
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