I crave my cheat meal all week

DekuPapi
DekuPapi Posts: 3 Member
edited December 2024 in Health and Weight Loss
Monday-Saturday I have 2400 calories eating my normal sushi, pasta, steak and salad you know the normal boring stuff

Sunday’s I eat my 3200 calorie double beef burger with onion rings and cheese sticks in it with coleslaw fries with bbq sauce and i’m losing 1 pound a week still

I do work out though

i’m just craving it a lot right now that’s why I made this post <_<

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  • paperpudding
    paperpudding Posts: 9,426 Member
    does one burger have 3200 calories??
    ( I dont eat burgers but that seems extraordinarily high) - or do you mean you have one day a week at 3200 calories for the days total, including the burger??

    anyway, you may find it helpful to look at weekly calories, rather than daily - that way you can fit it into weekly total.

    Set your week to start at Monday so Sunday is last day in week - and eat slightly less than your allocated net calories Mon - Sat - so, say, your allowance is 2400 then eat 2300, for example - voila! 600 extra calories for Sundays splurge!
  • LyndaBSS
    LyndaBSS Posts: 6,964 Member
    Eat it. Enjoy it. Log it. <3
  • lynn_glenmont
    lynn_glenmont Posts: 10,147 Member
    edited June 2019
    paperpudding wrote: »
    lynn_glenmont wrote: »
    paperpudding wrote: »
    does one burger have 3200 calories??
    ( I dont eat burgers but that seems extraordinarily high) - or do you mean you have one day a week at 3200 calories for the days total, including the burger??

    anyway, you may find it helpful to look at weekly calories, rather than daily - that way you can fit it into weekly total.

    Set your week to start at Monday so Sunday is last day in week - and eat slightly less than your allocated net calories Mon - Sat - so, say, your allowance is 2400 then eat 2300, for example - voila! 600 extra calories for Sundays splurge!

    OP is losing a pound a week already while having this burger, slaw, and fries meal once a week. Why do you think it's necessary to cut another 600 calories a week?


    No I dont think it is neccesary to cut another 600 calories per week - sorry if my post read that way.

    I just suggested, instead of seeing it as a cheat meal, it might be easier to look at weekly calories and allow for the splurge meal by fitting it into the week.

    FOR EXAMPLE, by eating that much less 6 days a week to fit in 600 extra calories on Sunday.

    Or if what you are doing is working - fine.

    was just a suggestion ( "you may find it helpful" ) to account for the numbers more accurately.

    OK. It just seems like advice that, while generally good and appropriate for someone who is looking for a way to accommodate a weekly splurge while continuing to lose weight, doesn't really apply to this OP who is losing weight at what is generally considered a reasonable rate (at least until you're getting into the "vanity weight" range), and who didn't express any dissatisfaction with their rate of loss.

    Maybe you're seeing something different in the OP from what I am. This just struck me as a "hey this is where I'm at" kind of post rather than someone who is looking for or needs a new strategy.

    I guess I'm just trying to say, as you do at one point, that if what OP is doing is working (which it seems to be), no need to feel like there's a need to change things. Whatever OP's daily goal is, it apparently already leaves enough room for some extra calories once a week.

    There's all kinds of ways to do this, and while I naturally believe my way is best (omnivore with no concerns about "clean" eating, although more plant-centered and heavier on whole foods than the average SAD WOE, with no time restrictions, great flexibility on daily calories and macros, and no more likely to skip logging than I am to skip brushing my teeth) :smile: I know it's not necessary to do it my way.

    ETA: 'm not crazy about the term cheat meal, which can load a lot of moral baggage onto eating choices, and that's what you're aiming at with your advice, to give the OP a way of thinking about the burger without the baggage, just ignore my post. :smile:
  • aokoye
    aokoye Posts: 3,495 Member
    LyndaBSS wrote: »
    Does that really work though, saving calories for a day later in the week? Doesn't seem logical to me since we're dealing with daily macros, not weekly. Am I missing something? I always sucked at math. 😳

    Yes it works - plenty of people do or have done it successfully, myself included. Mind you, it's typically easier for me to do if I've gotten a fair amount of exercise on one day, only eat back a small portion of those calories the day of, and leave the rest of them for later. Mind you, of the reasons that I have for working out/doing sports, weight loss is the smallest reason. That said, even without more than my usual amount of amount of exercise, banking calories is doable.

    Mind you, I don't pay attention to macros to a large extent. I think banking macros would be more difficult for me to figure out though I suppose it would involve cutting out a percentage of your daily macros and adding those numbers to a later date.

    There was a thread earlier this year or maybe late last year discussing this.
  • NovusDies
    NovusDies Posts: 8,940 Member
    LyndaBSS wrote: »
    Does that really work though, saving calories for a day later in the week? Doesn't seem logical to me since we're dealing with daily macros, not weekly. Am I missing something? I always sucked at math. 😳

    For nearly 17 months I have banked enough calories to eat my full maintenance on Sunday and I have lost an enormous amount of weight doing it. My weight loss has always been a little ahead of my logging (I tend to log high).
  • paperpudding
    paperpudding Posts: 9,426 Member
    lynn_glenmont wrote: »
    paperpudding wrote: »
    lynn_glenmont wrote: »
    paperpudding wrote: »
    does one burger have 3200 calories??
    ( I dont eat burgers but that seems extraordinarily high) - or do you mean you have one day a week at 3200 calories for the days total, including the burger??

    anyway, you may find it helpful to look at weekly calories, rather than daily - that way you can fit it into weekly total.

    Set your week to start at Monday so Sunday is last day in week - and eat slightly less than your allocated net calories Mon - Sat - so, say, your allowance is 2400 then eat 2300, for example - voila! 600 extra calories for Sundays splurge!

    OP is losing a pound a week already while having this burger, slaw, and fries meal once a week. Why do you think it's necessary to cut another 600 calories a week?


    No I dont think it is neccesary to cut another 600 calories per week - sorry if my post read that way.

    I just suggested, instead of seeing it as a cheat meal, it might be easier to look at weekly calories and allow for the splurge meal by fitting it into the week.

    FOR EXAMPLE, by eating that much less 6 days a week to fit in 600 extra calories on Sunday.

    Or if what you are doing is working - fine.

    was just a suggestion ( "you may find it helpful" ) to account for the numbers more accurately.

    OK. It just seems like advice that, while generally good and appropriate for someone who is looking for a way to accommodate a weekly splurge while continuing to lose weight, doesn't really apply to this OP who is losing weight at what is generally considered a reasonable rate (at least until you're getting into the "vanity weight" range), and who didn't express any dissatisfaction with their rate of loss.

    Maybe you're seeing something different in the OP from what I am. This just struck me as a "hey this is where I'm at" kind of post rather than someone who is looking for or needs a new strategy.

    I guess I'm just trying to say, as you do at one point, that if what OP is doing is working (which it seems to be), no need to feel like there's a need to change things. Whatever OP's daily goal is, it apparently already leaves enough room for some extra calories once a week.

    There's all kinds of ways to do this, and while I naturally believe my way is best (omnivore with no concerns about "clean" eating, although more plant-centered and heavier on whole foods than the average SAD WOE, with no time restrictions, great flexibility on daily calories and macros, and no more likely to skip logging than I am to skip brushing my teeth) :smile: I know it's not necessary to do it my way.

    ETA: 'm not crazy about the term cheat meal, which can load a lot of moral baggage onto eating choices, and that's what you're aiming at with your advice, to give the OP a way of thinking about the burger without the baggage, just ignore my post. :smile:

    yes, absolutely if what OP is doing is working, stick with it. if it aint broke, dont fix it.

    But there did seem a bit of 'is this alright?' in OP's post- which, sure, could just be way I am seeing it, that is true - but since I did see it that way, I responded with the suggestion, that may or may not be helpful for OP, and he is welcome to ignore it if it isnt, - that looking at weekly calories and seeing by the numbers that you can fit in a weekly splurge MAY be better than seeing it as a cheat meal.

  • lynn_glenmont
    lynn_glenmont Posts: 10,147 Member
    paperpudding wrote: »
    lynn_glenmont wrote: »
    paperpudding wrote: »
    lynn_glenmont wrote: »
    paperpudding wrote: »
    does one burger have 3200 calories??
    ( I dont eat burgers but that seems extraordinarily high) - or do you mean you have one day a week at 3200 calories for the days total, including the burger??

    anyway, you may find it helpful to look at weekly calories, rather than daily - that way you can fit it into weekly total.

    Set your week to start at Monday so Sunday is last day in week - and eat slightly less than your allocated net calories Mon - Sat - so, say, your allowance is 2400 then eat 2300, for example - voila! 600 extra calories for Sundays splurge!

    OP is losing a pound a week already while having this burger, slaw, and fries meal once a week. Why do you think it's necessary to cut another 600 calories a week?


    No I dont think it is neccesary to cut another 600 calories per week - sorry if my post read that way.

    I just suggested, instead of seeing it as a cheat meal, it might be easier to look at weekly calories and allow for the splurge meal by fitting it into the week.

    FOR EXAMPLE, by eating that much less 6 days a week to fit in 600 extra calories on Sunday.

    Or if what you are doing is working - fine.

    was just a suggestion ( "you may find it helpful" ) to account for the numbers more accurately.

    OK. It just seems like advice that, while generally good and appropriate for someone who is looking for a way to accommodate a weekly splurge while continuing to lose weight, doesn't really apply to this OP who is losing weight at what is generally considered a reasonable rate (at least until you're getting into the "vanity weight" range), and who didn't express any dissatisfaction with their rate of loss.

    Maybe you're seeing something different in the OP from what I am. This just struck me as a "hey this is where I'm at" kind of post rather than someone who is looking for or needs a new strategy.

    I guess I'm just trying to say, as you do at one point, that if what OP is doing is working (which it seems to be), no need to feel like there's a need to change things. Whatever OP's daily goal is, it apparently already leaves enough room for some extra calories once a week.

    There's all kinds of ways to do this, and while I naturally believe my way is best (omnivore with no concerns about "clean" eating, although more plant-centered and heavier on whole foods than the average SAD WOE, with no time restrictions, great flexibility on daily calories and macros, and no more likely to skip logging than I am to skip brushing my teeth) :smile: I know it's not necessary to do it my way.

    ETA: 'm not crazy about the term cheat meal, which can load a lot of moral baggage onto eating choices, and that's what you're aiming at with your advice, to give the OP a way of thinking about the burger without the baggage, just ignore my post. :smile:

    yes, absolutely if what OP is doing is working, stick with it. if it aint broke, dont fix it.

    But there did seem a bit of 'is this alright?' in OP's post- which, sure, could just be way I am seeing it, that is true - but since I did see it that way, I responded with the suggestion, that may or may not be helpful for OP, and he is welcome to ignore it if it isnt, - that looking at weekly calories and seeing by the numbers that you can fit in a weekly splurge MAY be better than seeing it as a cheat meal.

    Yeah, I can see reading it that way, and you may be right. I can't tell from OP's follow-ups, which seem kind of hit and miss in terms of engaging on advice.

  • LyndaBSS
    LyndaBSS Posts: 6,964 Member
    Thanks to those who answered my question about banking calories. ☺
  • missysippy930
    missysippy930 Posts: 2,577 Member
    Cheating is counter productive for me. I just stay in my calorie budget and enjoy the foods I like through moderation and portion control. On special occasions and/or holidays, I may go over, but I try to stay close to my calorie budget. Definitely a new way of eating for me. Allowing myself to cheat has led to making “I’ll just start over again tomorrow “, a slippery slope, that has led to years of “starting over tomorrows”. This is just the way it has to be for me. I envy those of you who can hold to one cheat meal or one cheat day. It’s very difficult for me.
  • kshama2001
    kshama2001 Posts: 28,055 Member
    missysippy930 wrote: »
    Cheating is counter productive for me. I just stay in my calorie budget and enjoy the foods I like through moderation and portion control. On special occasions and/or holidays, I may go over, but I try to stay close to my calorie budget. Definitely a new way of eating for me. Allowing myself to cheat has led to making “I’ll just start over again tomorrow “, a slippery slope, that has led to years of “starting over tomorrows”. This is just the way it has to be for me. I envy those of you who can hold to one cheat meal or one cheat day. It’s very difficult for me.

    I think your strategy is actually the most common strategy I've seen among long term successful posters here :)
  • lynn_glenmont
    lynn_glenmont Posts: 10,147 Member
    lynn_glenmont wrote: »
    paperpudding wrote: »
    lynn_glenmont wrote: »
    paperpudding wrote: »
    lynn_glenmont wrote: »
    paperpudding wrote: »
    does one burger have 3200 calories??
    ( I dont eat burgers but that seems extraordinarily high) - or do you mean you have one day a week at 3200 calories for the days total, including the burger??

    anyway, you may find it helpful to look at weekly calories, rather than daily - that way you can fit it into weekly total.

    Set your week to start at Monday so Sunday is last day in week - and eat slightly less than your allocated net calories Mon - Sat - so, say, your allowance is 2400 then eat 2300, for example - voila! 600 extra calories for Sundays splurge!

    OP is losing a pound a week already while having this burger, slaw, and fries meal once a week. Why do you think it's necessary to cut another 600 calories a week?


    No I dont think it is neccesary to cut another 600 calories per week - sorry if my post read that way.

    I just suggested, instead of seeing it as a cheat meal, it might be easier to look at weekly calories and allow for the splurge meal by fitting it into the week.

    FOR EXAMPLE, by eating that much less 6 days a week to fit in 600 extra calories on Sunday.

    Or if what you are doing is working - fine.

    was just a suggestion ( "you may find it helpful" ) to account for the numbers more accurately.

    OK. It just seems like advice that, while generally good and appropriate for someone who is looking for a way to accommodate a weekly splurge while continuing to lose weight, doesn't really apply to this OP who is losing weight at what is generally considered a reasonable rate (at least until you're getting into the "vanity weight" range), and who didn't express any dissatisfaction with their rate of loss.

    Maybe you're seeing something different in the OP from what I am. This just struck me as a "hey this is where I'm at" kind of post rather than someone who is looking for or needs a new strategy.

    I guess I'm just trying to say, as you do at one point, that if what OP is doing is working (which it seems to be), no need to feel like there's a need to change things. Whatever OP's daily goal is, it apparently already leaves enough room for some extra calories once a week.

    There's all kinds of ways to do this, and while I naturally believe my way is best (omnivore with no concerns about "clean" eating, although more plant-centered and heavier on whole foods than the average SAD WOE, with no time restrictions, great flexibility on daily calories and macros, and no more likely to skip logging than I am to skip brushing my teeth) :smile: I know it's not necessary to do it my way.

    ETA: 'm not crazy about the term cheat meal, which can load a lot of moral baggage onto eating choices, and that's what you're aiming at with your advice, to give the OP a way of thinking about the burger without the baggage, just ignore my post. :smile:

    yes, absolutely if what OP is doing is working, stick with it. if it aint broke, dont fix it.

    But there did seem a bit of 'is this alright?' in OP's post- which, sure, could just be way I am seeing it, that is true - but since I did see it that way, I responded with the suggestion, that may or may not be helpful for OP, and he is welcome to ignore it if it isnt, - that looking at weekly calories and seeing by the numbers that you can fit in a weekly splurge MAY be better than seeing it as a cheat meal.

    Yeah, I can see reading it that way, and you may be right. I can't tell from OP's follow-ups, which seem kind of hit and miss in terms of engaging on advice.

    Well, never mind on that response of mine, because I just realized that the person whose responses made me think they were the OP isn't the OP, and it doesn't look like the OP has come back at all.
  • Justin_7272
    Justin_7272 Posts: 341 Member
    If you're craving it throughout the week, maybe only eat half of it on Sunday and save the other half for later in the week (if possible; I know that may be sacrilegious to some, may cause willpower issues, etc.). This would still put you at the same total calories per week but allow you to enjoy it twice a week.
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