Am I cheating??

MightyMandrella
MightyMandrella Posts: 5 Member
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So, I have my 1/2 cup of ice cream, then a couple hours later, I lose self-control and go have another 1/2 cup. Seeing as how this is around 3-4 am, I add the 2nd helping to the next day's food diary. Is this considered bad practice, or "cheating"?
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  • RaspberryKeytoneBoondoggle
    RaspberryKeytoneBoondoggle Posts: 1,349 Member
    that is not cheating. That is just brilliant!!! :) I look at my intake on a weekly average most of the time anyway.
  • JAllen32
    JAllen32 Posts: 991 Member
    As long as your adding it, and staying in your cals for the day it really doesn't matter. I for one, like to see that I stay under my goal for the week anyway, instead of always daily. Because some days I'll go over, but other days I'm way under. It all evens out in the end, so just keep logging it. And eat it in moderation. You'll be fine.
  • MightyMandrella
    MightyMandrella Posts: 5 Member
    So true! Thank you!
  • MightyMandrella
    MightyMandrella Posts: 5 Member
    Awesome! Thanks! Some days definitely ARE under, and as long as I am honest with myself - I know I can be successful. This is my first real concentrated, dedicated effort - of my whole LIFE! The tools provided with this Godsend of a website are what I've needed all along. It's the educating of the self. I can't turn my back on knowledge - once you know - you KNOW! And I've always wondered about my nutritional guidelines. No more of this, "it's just one meal at a mexican restaurant!". Now I KNOW how and where the unhappiness is coming from - EXACTLY. And, I can still have that meal - as long as it is planned for. And not every day, LOL. Thanks soo much for all y'alls support, kind words, and stories of encouragement!!
  • mschicagocubs
    mschicagocubs Posts: 774 Member
    Yep, do yourself a favor and care more about your weekly totals. They are like hidden surprises.

    When it is Friday and I want that extra vodka/club soda drink ... I look at my weekly goals and say hey...I can have that cuz I rocked this week!
  • monstergirl14
    monstergirl14 Posts: 345 Member
    Trial and error my friend! I'm sure it'll be fine! :D
  • devil_in_a_blue_dress
    devil_in_a_blue_dress Posts: 5,214 Member
    Total cheating, might as well quit now.
  • jdb3388
    jdb3388 Posts: 239 Member
    I might be a little bit old school, but ice cream is cheating no matter how you slice it.
  • devil_in_a_blue_dress
    devil_in_a_blue_dress Posts: 5,214 Member
    I might be a little bit old school, but ice cream is cheating no matter how you slice it.

    "Old school" doesn't mean "wrong".

    There is nothing wrong with ice cream. The idea that some foods should be eliminated so you can lose weight is why most people fail.

    Moderation.
  • wannakimmy
    wannakimmy Posts: 488 Member
    Everyone logs their days starting and ending at different times. Whatever works for you, long as you are logging it, I say go with it.
  • melinda11587
    melinda11587 Posts: 16 Member
    I work nights so I do the same kind of thing...and with exercise also....and like last Sunday I splurged bc I had extra calories from the whole week! I don't think its cheating!
  • Soapfan777
    Soapfan777 Posts: 82
    No, you are not cheating because you are recording it. I do the same with a nice glazed donut one in a while. You are allowed a treat while losing weight...accountability and moderation are the keys.
  • an0nemus
    an0nemus Posts: 149 Member
    So, I have my 1/2 cup of ice cream, then a couple hours later, I lose self-control and go have another 1/2 cup. Seeing as how this is around 3-4 am, I add the 2nd helping to the next day's food diary. Is this considered bad practice, or "cheating"?

    I don't know if its cheating, but its what I do.

    As long as the calories are deducted somewhere, that's all that really counts. A few times I'l have a PBJ sandwich in the middle of the night and I count that as breakfast.
  • Pathend2
    Pathend2 Posts: 142
    Something something something don't eat after 9pm or whatever, blah blah blah.

    Screw it, you gotta work on your emotional health as well as your physical health. So ice cream it up! But uh, yeah... moderation and stuffs. As long as you get right back on that horse again, that's all that matters.
  • jackielou867
    jackielou867 Posts: 422 Member
    Nope lol. If you eat it at 3am it is tomorrow's food.
    Cheating is when I drove home late one night, felt peckish but had no calories left. I got a drive thru and logged it as next day. It was about 400 calories and really regretted it the next day, I wanted those 400 calories back.
  • Crateria_
    Crateria_ Posts: 253 Member
    Nahh haha. One night I waited until 12am to eat my girl scout tagalong so I'd feel better about the roll over. lmao
  • Spooky_Scully
    Spooky_Scully Posts: 73 Member
    I work nights so I do the same kind of thing...and with exercise also....and like last Sunday I splurged bc I had extra calories from the whole week! I don't think its cheating!

    I'm exactly the same! When I'm on night shifts I'm sometime having lunch at 1am! So I tend to look at my weekly deficit, and just use my daily calories to make sure I'm on the right track!

    And I don't think there is anything wrong with fitting some ice-cream into your day as long as you hit your calorie target! I save up a few calories for a glass of red wine a few nights a week, am still losing weight and don't feel like I'm missing out on the things I love! :drinker:
  • SLLRunner
    SLLRunner Posts: 12,942 Member
    I might be a little bit old school, but ice cream is cheating no matter how you slice it.
    No way.

    The term "cheating" relates to that old diet mentality where certain things were considered "fattening" and therefore to be avoided. In the new age of moderation, its is really A-okay to have ice cream and any other food you want as long as you stay within your calorie goals.
  • whatthedeuce23
    whatthedeuce23 Posts: 63 Member
    My sleep schedule has been funky all week because of university, so when my stomach is growling at midnight I've been simply eating part of my breakfast for the next day. As long as it gets logged it'll all add up in the end!
  • SezxyStef
    SezxyStef Posts: 15,267 Member
    I might be a little bit old school, but ice cream is cheating no matter how you slice it.

    Yah old school and wrong.

    Cheating indicates doing something wrong and bad...ie cheating on a test...

    Eating ice cream is not wrong, it has calcium which is good for you etc.

    You shouldn't demonize food...food is not what makes you fat....too much food is what makes you fat.
  • knra_grl
    knra_grl Posts: 1,566 Member
    I work nights so I do the same kind of thing...and with exercise also....and like last Sunday I splurged bc I had extra calories from the whole week! I don't think its cheating!

    I'm exactly the same! When I'm on night shifts I'm sometime having lunch at 1am! So I tend to look at my weekly deficit, and just use my daily calories to make sure I'm on the right track!

    And I don't think there is anything wrong with fitting some ice-cream into your day as long as you hit your calorie target! I save up a few calories for a glass of red wine a few nights a week, am still losing weight and don't feel like I'm missing out on the things I love! :drinker:

    I never thought about looking at it weekly until I recently seen posts about it - I honestly relate to the shift work thing and pretty much found it harder to meet my calorie goals on night shifts - especially coming off nights into my days off - my first day off I could have literally been satsified with about half my calorie goal (due to when I would wake up and when I would eat my first meal for that day). I was eating when I wasn't hungry just in to meet my goal.
  • Zomoniac
    Zomoniac Posts: 1,169 Member
    Personally I see sleep as the point the day changes, not midnight, but YMMV. Actually it really annoys me that if I'm doing active stuff after midnight but before sleep then I can't tell my Fitbit to add it to the previous day and to use sleep as the reset point.
  • AbsolutelyAnnie
    AbsolutelyAnnie Posts: 2,695 Member
    The term "cheating" relates to that old diet mentality where certain things were considered "fattening" and therefore to be avoided. In the new age of moderation, its is really A-okay to have ice cream and any other food you want as long as you stay within your calorie goals.

    This. And the comment about demonizing food. Exactly.

    I would love to see the word "cheat" removed from our collective vocabulary here. I feel the same way when people talk in terms of cheat days.

    For me a rough day is when I eat to sooth my emotions (fear, anger, grief) or when I eat myself into an unconscious stupor.

    A cup of ice cream is fine and is not something that must be eliminated from your diet. Personally, I don't keep it in the house because my self-discipline muscle is not as strong as I'd like, but that's me.

    You are fine.
  • Pirate_chick
    Pirate_chick Posts: 1,216 Member
    I might be a little bit old school, but ice cream is cheating no matter how you slice it.

    "Old school" doesn't mean "wrong".

    There is nothing wrong with ice cream. The idea that some foods should be eliminated so you can lose weight is why most people fail.

    Moderation.

    This! you can't expect to succeed and cut out everything you love permanently . This is a lifestyle change not a diet with an end date. learning moderation is the key!
  • eslcity
    eslcity Posts: 323 Member
    It's not cheating if you are still losing weight.... that is the real goal of all this..... right..

    You may want to stop it if you find yourself at the end of the week 10 lbs heavier....:noway:
  • 1daylate1dollarshort
    1daylate1dollarshort Posts: 45
    I don't think that's "cheating" if you do still lose weight.

    However, that was honestly how I fell off the wagon on my last diet. Not trying to freak you out, just a word of caution with that. I did fine with it for a while, but eventually, I just kept rolling them over and was over my goal every single day thinking I'd make it up somehow and I never did.

    Hopefully you're more disciplined than I am! I won't do it this time because of that. And it's not that I would caution anyone against it at all. Just for me, personally, that was a slippery slope :/

    I wish I could do that and not get back into bad eating habits.

    Just my experience. Like I said, if you (or anyone) can be responsible with this, go for it!
  • SLLRunner
    SLLRunner Posts: 12,942 Member
    It's not cheating if you are still losing weight.... that is the real goal of all this..... right..

    You may want to stop it if you find yourself at the end of the week 10 lbs heavier....:noway:
    No, because it would not be the ice cream per se that is making her fat, the cause would be eating well over her TDEE, which would include ice cream. Food is food and none is good or bad for you,unless you have intolerances, allergies, or your doctor tells you that you cannot eat certain foods due to a medical conditions.
  • eslcity
    eslcity Posts: 323 Member
    Joke.... SLL...:wink:
  • Sugarbeat
    Sugarbeat Posts: 824 Member
    Its only cheating if you only log 1/2 cup. Otherwise its just calorie counting.
  • bobkat80
    bobkat80 Posts: 347 Member
    There is no cheating in this unless you aren't logging the calories. Since you are logging the ice cream then it isn't cheating.

    No food is bad, only too much food is bad.

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