I think I'm going to be sick....

love22step

Oh for the body of a teenager with a high metabolism....eat..eat.. eat.. and it doesn't seem to hurt them.

Have you looked at teenagers lately? The schools I go to have an abundance of overweight teens. It's sad.

marzahl68

About 3-4 weeks into changing my eating habits, I had a 2 cheeseburger meal from McD's. Felt sick afterwards, too much food, too greasy. The thought of all the grease made me sick! Not gonna do that again!

chatterbox3110

I don't have a 'cheat' day, I have an 'easy' day, which is always the day I've weighed in.

I don't go mad now like I did initially, but I'm just more relaxed, and if I fancy another piece of chocolate I'll have it. I DO still log my calories though - It's interesting to look back on, and I'm now seeing that on my easy day I'm eating nowhere as much as I used to on my first easy days! Maybe I'm learning! When I think back on what I used to stuff into my mouth - blergh!

It's working for me - it may not work for everyone!

Melanienowillpower

I can't be trusted with a cheat day. One cheat day for me leads to another and then another and then.....well, that's how I got to the weight I am now!!! I wish I could do it, but no can do for me.

mallie233

Well on second thought.... I did whatever I wanted today. I walked a mile today instead of running, simply because I wanted to (didn't log it) I ate kiddie cereal and pizza and birthday cake, a cookie and ice-cream , etc. And I feel like crap. The funny thing is, I didn't eat as many calories as I thought I would. But I can feel those bad decisions moving around uneasily in my stomach. I really thought to myself, this is so uncomfortable I wish I could just throw it up so I don't have to deal with it anymore. Of course I won't, I can't even force myself to do that, but truly I think this is proving a lesson to my body. I didn't notice that I started feeling better until I started feeling bad again. This is really something I won't soon forget!

Speedy89

I had a cheat day once (not by choice, but went to a party and couldn't turn down food at risk of appearing rude/awkward) ...I felt nauseous afterwards because of all the oil in my stomach, I wasn't used to it. I was also dehydrated from all the sugar. Oddly enough, the day after my body was craving fats and sugars...making eating healthy an effort, when it normally is not.

I find it's better not to have them. It confuses your body too much, and makes dieting more of an effort rather than a simple lifestyle change.

If you think of it as a diet, then you're already making it harder for yourself. Just stop looking at unhealthy foods as options, and the concept of a cheat day will make no sense whatsoever, just like it doesn't for me.

bllowry

Apparently I can't even 'cheat' correctly! :laugh: We rode just a bit over 6 miles today with some pretty steep hills my poor old arthritic knees will complain about tomorrow, so we decided to go to Olive Garden for the first time in 5-6 years. I had the parmesan steak with garlic mashed potatoes and basalmic asparagus, with two glasses of pinot noir. When I logged my food and exercise for today I still have 1078 calories left :noway: AND that after eating two Ghirardelli 72 % dark chocolate squares. I try to eat 1550 calories a day but with morning aerobics and the bike ride I was supposed to eat 2916 today and its just not going to happen 'cause I'm full. And I thought I was being really, really bad with two glasses of wine, my one indulgence as I'm not a cake/cookie type of sweet eater.

Jesung

I only had like 1k calories today compared to my usual 3-3.5k... so it's a reverse cheat day? lol

Raf702

Anyone out there believe in "cheat" days? I got this idea from a friend. Today was my first entire cheat day. While it might be the key for some, I think I might stick with a cheat meal instead of a cheat day. I didn't even eat that much today, but the quality of foods I ate was so terrible that I feel sick to my stomach. I learned my lesson!

I definitely believe in the concept of cheat day/meals. It's been used for so long mainly to train your brain from binging on your diet days or when your following a calorie deficit. The way I look at it, is if you don't exceed or hit 3,500 calories(1lb) in a week of excess calories on top of your maintenance. Then you WON'T gain weight. BUT if you do exceed or reach 3,500 calories then you will gain that 1lb. So if your eating at a calorie deficit of 1,500 cals 6 day's a week, and your maintenance cals is 2,000. But on the 7th day you ended up eating 1K calories on top of your 1500 consuming a total of 2500. Your only 1,000 cals in excess and 2,500 calories short of 3,500 cals(1lb). So your not even close to gaining even 1lb.

GkMusic

Anyone out there believe in "cheat" days? I got this idea from a friend. Today was my first entire cheat day. While it might be the key for some, I think I might stick with a cheat meal instead of a cheat day. I didn't even eat that much today, but the quality of foods I ate was so terrible that I feel sick to my stomach. I learned my lesson!

I definitely believe in the concept of cheat day/meals. It's been used for so long mainly to train your brain from binging on your diet days or when your following a calorie deficit. The way I look at it, is if you don't exceed or hit 3,500 calories(1lb) in a week of excess calories on top of your maintenance. Then you WON'T gain weight. BUT if you do exceed or reach 3,500 calories then you will gain that 1lb. So if your eating at a calorie deficit of 1,500 cals 6 day's a week, and your maintenance cals is 2,000. But on the 7th day you ended up eating 1K calories on top of your 1500 consuming a total of 2500. Your only 1,000 cals in excess and 2,500 calories short of 3,500 cals(1lb). So your not even close to gaining even 1lb.

THANK YOU for this info! That makes much more sense to me than when it was explained to me the first time.