Cheating

alisonmarytuck

Cheating is just so negative and punishing in tone and potentially makes one feel bad and a failure. I don't ban any food, I just cut to small portions of anything I fancy. I also think before eating it whether the pleasure is worth the potential consequences in calories; sometimes it is , sometimes it isn't! There are some things I just no longer bother with whereas something like my favourite home made cake is worth every calorie in a small slice!

bassclef19

I cheat Fridays to Sundays. I've always done this.. but there were some points that I was starting to not lose weight or gain because I was just eating too much bad stuff on the weekends and not exercising enough.

So, now I still have my cheat weekends and continue to lose weight. I try not to put myself in a food coma by eating like crap throughout the whole weekend and increase exercise both during the week and on weekends.

I find when I exercise during my cheat weekends I am less likely to eat as poorly.

mitch16

I don't really consider it cheating--it's just part of my lifestyle. During the week I am pretty disciplined. Weekends, due to family obligations, are a bit looser--we tend to eat at restaurants and yard work or a family bike ride/golf outing tends to replace my normal intense workout. I don't go crazy with the food, but I don't hold myself to the same restrictions. I suppose I could lose more, faster, if I was disciplined every single day, but this way doesn't really seem like a big compromise. It seems to work for me--started gaining weight back when I treated every day like my weekend though!

ninav1980

How often do ya'll have a cheat meal? Do you cheat the entire day or just one meal? How is this working for you?

Sorry if this has been posted before. Somewhat new here.

Here is how it went for me

Started out eating right mon-thursday cheated Fri-Sun, that didnt work, no loss

Switched it up to only only one day-Saw slight improvement, so got a little more motivivated

Switched again to only a cheat meal-saw much more improvement-again, got even more motivated

These days, even when I have a cheat meal, its pretty healthy. For instance, I had salmon and a baked potato at my favorite steak place Saturday night. I figure I could do a lot worse than Salmon and baked potato.

In time once you see results, its easy to scale down on cheat meals/days

If you consider salmon and a baked potatoe to be cheating, you are doing it wrong!

You dont know whats on my baked potato, do you

mstripes

My eating plan is not so rigid that I consider my going over cheating. Sometimes I go over in excess of 1000 calories, sometimes a bit more. Going over by 1000 calories if my logging is accurate enough just means I'll not lose weight that day. When I go over I realize I'll just have to exercise more to pay for it in the coming days. I try to think in positive terms, it works for me.

asdowe13

How often do ya'll have a cheat meal? Do you cheat the entire day or just one meal? How is this working for you?

Sorry if this has been posted before. Somewhat new here.

Here is how it went for me

Started out eating right mon-thursday cheated Fri-Sun, that didnt work, no loss

Switched it up to only only one day-Saw slight improvement, so got a little more motivivated

Switched again to only a cheat meal-saw much more improvement-again, got even more motivated

These days, even when I have a cheat meal, its pretty healthy. For instance, I had salmon and a baked potato at my favorite steak place Saturday night. I figure I could do a lot worse than Salmon and baked potato.

In time once you see results, its easy to scale down on cheat meals/days

If you consider salmon and a baked potatoe to be cheating, you are doing it wrong!

You dont know whats on my baked potato, do you

Doesn't matter !

asdowe13

My eating plan is not so rigid that I consider my going over cheating. Sometimes I go over in excess of 1000 calories, sometimes a bit more. Going over by 1000 calories if my logging is accurate enough just means I'll not lose weight that day. When I go over I realize I'll just have to exercise more to pay for it in the coming days. I try to think in positive terms, it works for me.

Look at it week to week not day to day!

bciloveme2014

I never "cheat". I fit items into my macros.
Like Hershey's kisses today. And a slice of homemade birthday cake last night. Moderation is key, and it's not necessary to label foods as "good" or "bad", so that you have to feel like "cheating" to eat them.

Just eat the cookie, pizza, or burger, and balance it with the rest of your day!

this ^

Mischievous_Rascal

I never "cheat". I fit items into my macros.
Like Hershey's kisses today. And a slice of homemade birthday cake last night. Moderation is key, and it's not necessary to label foods as "good" or "bad", so that you have to feel like "cheating" to eat them.

Just eat the cookie, pizza, or burger, and balance it with the rest of your day!

This exactly (she says as she licks the lemon buttercream frosting from her fingertips...)

ninav1980

How often do ya'll have a cheat meal? Do you cheat the entire day or just one meal? How is this working for you?

Sorry if this has been posted before. Somewhat new here.

Here is how it went for me

Started out eating right mon-thursday cheated Fri-Sun, that didnt work, no loss

Switched it up to only only one day-Saw slight improvement, so got a little more motivivated

Switched again to only a cheat meal-saw much more improvement-again, got even more motivated

These days, even when I have a cheat meal, its pretty healthy. For instance, I had salmon and a baked potato at my favorite steak place Saturday night. I figure I could do a lot worse than Salmon and baked potato.

In time once you see results, its easy to scale down on cheat meals/days

If you consider salmon and a baked potatoe to be cheating, you are doing it wrong!

You dont know whats on my baked potato, do you

Doesn't matter !

wow, chuckling, please carry on, no advice needed from someone that thinks topping on food dont matter...

Mr_Bad_Example

I'm going to the Rock's house for my next re-feed day... or cheat meal/day if you must call it that.

yo_andi

All's I'm saying is "cheat meals" or "days" have a way of becoming "cheat all the times". How about structuring your nutrition in such a way that you don't feel deprived of anything therefore never having to resort to "cheating."

Jacwhite22

How often do ya'll have a cheat meal? Do you cheat the entire day or just one meal? How is this working for you?

Sorry if this has been posted before. Somewhat new here.

What is this cheating? I try to eat food that fits into my daily calorie and macronutrient goals.

Mr_Bad_Example

All's I'm saying is "cheat meals" or "days" have a way of becoming "cheat all the times". How about structuring your nutrition in such a way that you don't feel deprived of anything therefore never having to resort to "cheating."

Not really. I can have a massive "cheat day" and it's out of my system - it doesn't roll into eating like that all of the time That said, I work foods I like into my day to day diet, so I never really feel deprived. Different strokes for different folks.

ShellF415

I don't consider it cheating but I give myself a free day every now and then. I don't schedule it once a week because I don't always feel like doing it but when there is something special going on, I allow myself to eat normally and drink a few beers without counting calories. That being said, I don't go nuts eating and it's a free day, not a free weekend or week. And the scale is affected for a day or two. But it keeps me from getting burned out and I work out the next day no matter how lousy I feel .

Timelordlady85

I don't really have cheat days. If I want something special like some ice cream or we plan to go out for dinner I just give myself enough calories or workout more to adjust for the extra calories. been working great so far for me.