Cheat Days
skinnieminnie007
Posts: 6 Member
So I realised after a few weeks of tracking properly (ie logging EVERYTHING, EVERY DAY not just on days when I stick to eating clean/am a saint/eat chicken breast and spinach until I think I might actually start clucking or turn into Popeye but also when I go out with friends/ enjoy a takeaway/glass of wine/cheeky nacho/mini cupcake) that my "cheat meals" were actually more like a cheat 2/3 days!
I get up at 6am on most days to work out hard and I spend a lot of time and effort buying and cooking healthy food. So what was I doing wasting my time those 4/5 days a week only to ruin it all at the weekend?
It’s finally CLICKED how much every “little extra” adds up and about how I can’t “fully commit” “75% of the time” and give up every time there’s an excuse (work is bad/there’s a party/we have takeout) if I want the results I want. I have to fit this plan into everyday life or I'll keep yo-yo ing up and down.
So from now on, I’m in this 100% and I'm not going to give up. Because I want my flat stomach, toned legs and clear skin back 100%!
I get up at 6am on most days to work out hard and I spend a lot of time and effort buying and cooking healthy food. So what was I doing wasting my time those 4/5 days a week only to ruin it all at the weekend?
It’s finally CLICKED how much every “little extra” adds up and about how I can’t “fully commit” “75% of the time” and give up every time there’s an excuse (work is bad/there’s a party/we have takeout) if I want the results I want. I have to fit this plan into everyday life or I'll keep yo-yo ing up and down.
So from now on, I’m in this 100% and I'm not going to give up. Because I want my flat stomach, toned legs and clear skin back 100%!
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Hi! Sorry, this slipped through the cracks so to speak.
Thank you for the insight. It really is inaccurate tracking that causes issues much of the time. Much of the time it is not intentional, just unknown errors. Even with accurate logging, people often do not look to the average for the week to see if they really are at a deficit.0 -
OP - this has happened to me too - I found I often wiped out a week's effort by overdoing things on the weekend - and not with a binge, but a lot of slow-creeping-intake - a nibble here and a nibble there,because I felt martyred during the week and thought I "deserved" to relax during the weekend. This despite logging everything.
I think, now, I will instead allot myself a smallish treat instead on Sunday, so that there is some relaxation with a designated time/meal, and not an across-the-board relaxation for 2 days.
I was also reminded of Gretchen Rubin's post on "abstainers versus moderators".
http://www.happiness-project.com/happiness_project/2009/01/quiz-are-you-a-moderator-or-an-abstainer/
Of course, I do better with abstinence, it seems easier to say "no chocolate for 1 month", than it is to say "one square per Saturday" - but I am also more crotchety with that, so I am not sure which path is really appropriate for me.0
