How "naughty" should you be?

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  • LiminalAscendance
    LiminalAscendance Posts: 489 Member
    You can be "naughty" ever day if you want..just make sure that you fit it into your calorie deficit for the day..

    the other day I had about 100 calories left so I had half serving of ice cream and a few chocolate chip cookie chip thingies...

    Sometimes I know that I am going to have pizza or some beers or whatever, so I have less for breakfast and lunch and just fit it into my day....IMO this is better than the "cheat" meal mentality where you just gorge/blow out on foods for a day and then try to go back to normal patterns....

    that is my two cents....

    A whole half-serving of ice cream? You're a wild man!
  • bcattoes
    bcattoes Posts: 17,299 Member
    For me, it really depends. Usually, I'd just indulge in the cake and snacks or dinner at the party and then get back on track. But if we decided to go away for the weekend or week or something, there would probably be a little indulging every day. I'm not a binge eater and l like healthy food, so it wouldn't be something crazy that I'd spend the next 2 months getting over. But there might be a pound or two extra at the end of it.

    This has always been my life. Gain a few, lose a few.. Keeping a consistent weight is foreign concept to me.
  • elenathegreat
    elenathegreat Posts: 3,988 Member
    Naughty? if I have to use this term to describe what I'm doing, then I've already crossed
    a line that I drew myself.

    One thing I'm STILL learning is to disassociate myself from the emotional attachment to food...

    and I don't *reward* myself with food
    or *punish* myself for being "bad"
    I'm not a dog.


    But one thing I'd suggest to anyone- make this a doable lifestyle you can maintain the rest of your life.
    While I was trying to drop the excess weight, I steered clear of things that would tempt me to overeat.
    Once I get back into maintenance mode, I'll be better able to eat them in moderation.

    ^^^ Spot on!!
  • JoRocka
    JoRocka Posts: 17,525 Member
    You can be "naughty" ever day if you want..just make sure that you fit it into your calorie deficit for the day..

    the other day I had about 100 calories left so I had half serving of ice cream and a few chocolate chip cookie chip thingies...

    Sometimes I know that I am going to have pizza or some beers or whatever, so I have less for breakfast and lunch and just fit it into my day....IMO this is better than the "cheat" meal mentality where you just gorge/blow out on foods for a day and then try to go back to normal patterns....

    that is my two cents....

    A whole half-serving of ice cream? You're a wild man!

    god a half?

    that's what 30 grams? maybe? I think mine is 47 grams a serving- for 150 calories. Yeah no. at least 2 servings.
  • bcattoes
    bcattoes Posts: 17,299 Member
    and I don't *reward* myself with food
    or *punish* myself for being "bad"
    I'm not a dog.

    Meh, different strokes for different folks.

    I reward myself with food sometimes. In fact, sometimes I exercise JUST to 'earn' calories for a favorite high calorie food. And if I spend all day weed eating and working outside burning tons of calories, I will absolutely eat a favorite high calorie food that I don't have calories for on a normal day.

    And, while I wouldn't use the word "punish", I feel guilty when I overeat. It is this guilt that keeps me from doing it often.

    I'm not a dog and doing this doesn't make me feel like one. It just keeps me from being overweight.
  • thekyleo
    thekyleo Posts: 632 Member
    not really, today's my birthday and I had a peanut butter snickers. that's it
  • NovemberJune
    NovemberJune Posts: 2,525 Member
    Do whatever fits your goals :smile:
  • ironanimal
    ironanimal Posts: 5,922 Member
    Zero fuarks given.
  • naydene_w
    naydene_w Posts: 18
    I go to WW meetings as well as MFP. I weigh in on Saturday mornings and then go have lunch or buy some special stuff for the evening. I used to go hog wild, with dips and sweets and stuff, and still lost, but am finding that lately even my after meeting meal is healthy, although sometimes go over calories for the day. Last weeks meal was at Cracker Barrel and it was meatloaf and I even brought half home. My splurge had been the mac and cheese that was worth every calorie. So while you can lose by having a cheat meal or day even, I am finding the more I lose, the more I want to not put junk into me.
  • littlesis1962
    littlesis1962 Posts: 13 Member
    I work with a registered dietitian and she swears by the 80--20 rule. If you eat well and within your healthy lifestyle choices 80% of the time, you should be okay to play around with the other 20% (common sense rules, of course).
  • Broderick50
    Broderick50 Posts: 842 Member
    well my bday is coming up in 2 1/2 weeks i plan on not working out that day i thinking of taking the 2nd and the 3rd off also the 2nd would be a scheduled day off so i'd only be missing the 3rd and 4th i don't think i'll deviate from the meal i've told my boss no pizza that day i'd rather have a veggie and fruit tray so i guess not that naughty
  • ndj1979
    ndj1979 Posts: 29,136 Member
    You can be "naughty" ever day if you want..just make sure that you fit it into your calorie deficit for the day..

    the other day I had about 100 calories left so I had half serving of ice cream and a few chocolate chip cookie chip thingies...

    Sometimes I know that I am going to have pizza or some beers or whatever, so I have less for breakfast and lunch and just fit it into my day....IMO this is better than the "cheat" meal mentality where you just gorge/blow out on foods for a day and then try to go back to normal patterns....

    that is my two cents....

    A whole half-serving of ice cream? You're a wild man!

    yup that's me ..one wild and crazy guy ..!

    That was just one example....sometimes I will et like 20 buffalo wings and house them down with some beers..if I do that I usually have pretty small breakfast ...just saying you can eat what you want and still be in a deficit...you don't have to have a 1000 calorie over maintenance blow out and then feel like crap ...
  • nafiatjohn
    nafiatjohn Posts: 9 Member
    I am prone to go ahead and eat whatever, whenever, with that little voice in my head reminding me to do it in moderation. I love all kinds of food and my normal day-to-day diet does not include red meat, although at a cookout a couple of weeks ago I had a pretty good helping of brisket, along with the other comfort foods on the big table.
    And I never try to miss the random potluck going on in this tiny village!
    Having said that, I have to admit I put in a bit more workout time after.

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