Dr Oz says people who cheat lose more weight

CallmeSbo

On that note, let me have a bite off my top deck chocolate.

epurucker82

I agree...once in while I crave some Ben and Jerry or some chips and dip...it's life and your not going to only eat your allowed calories every day for the rest of your life. That would be nuts!!! It just makes me work harder the next day....:drinker:

thurberj

Ok..maybe I need to watch that show because all I got from these posts is that everyone cheats with a guy named Spike. I'm sure he's getting all the exercise he needs.

Lol....too funny!! I would like to understand this spike thing....

modgirlrachel

If anyone on here has ever been to bodybuilding dot com forums, they talk about this all the time, "cheat meal" is what they usually call it. You're not going to hinder your goals by having one high calorie meal now and then

Prettypiglett

Ok..maybe I need to watch that show because all I got from these posts is that everyone cheats with a guy named Spike. I'm sure he's getting all the exercise he needs.

ha ha

Upanddown

Lost 43 pounds in 6 months splurging on weekends! I eat very "clean" Mon to Fri
Then on Saturday I eat a healthy breakfast and lunch on and Saturday night I usually have a couple of beers or wine and eat what I want.
Typically Sunday mornings we go out for breakfast and I eat in moderation (not really clean) and dinner is usually whatever I want. Then on Monday morning.....it's right back to "clean eating". I'm usually down in weight by Tuesday if not already!!!
I think one has to kind of play with this concept and see whether your body is good with "one day" or if you can pull it off with a wknd or perhaps even just one meal. But it does seem to work for most.
It's that 20% payoff for being good the other 80% of the week!!! Enjoy!!! =-)

pitboss59

Dr. Oz has nailed the problems with obesity want a new life style and not a new diet or fad .
Must reads YOU ON A DIET and YOU An Owners Manual

Lina300

Thats reassuring cause I certainly spiked yesterday.

Sidesteal

I incorporate higher calorie days during my cuts, typically once per week and between maintenance and +500 or so kcal.

But having said that, I think this picture sums up my opinion of pretty much any nutritional advice Dr. Oz has:

DiannaMoorer

I saw the episode. I'm glad to hear it works.

ericapage

This is true... a little shock to the body does the body good.

It worked for me! The first month on my fitness plan I lost 12 lbs. The second month the scale just wouldn't budge the first 2 weeks. I went out with some friends and ate "bad" then jumped back on the bandwagon. When I weighed myself 4 days later I had lost 3 lbs! That night I was over 2000 cal. and about 80g of fat. Ick! I felt like crap the next day. It was almost like a food hangover. Ughhhh.... I'm on a 1200 calorie a day plan and so now I go to 1400-1500 once or twice a week and it's working great. I lost another 3 pounds last week. This is crazy!

Boingo1

I watched the episode, and the thing is, he's not encouraging eating WHATEVER on a spike day. He made more healthy suggestions but eating more of them. not chips, chocolate, beer, fat-laden foods.

Did anyone else actually watch it?

littlelily613

On every Tuesday, I take my daughter to Weight Watchers to get weighed in. We end up at Denny's for supper, so that is my splurge meal. Last couple times, I had the the Ultimate Skillet and the other week was Western Skillet. I don't agree with having egg whites in place of real eggs. I have scrapped their chocolate shake for their cup of coffee. I end up with about 800 calories for the meal. :glasses:

My Mom and I used to go to Weight Watchers several years ago. We would go early Saturday mornings, weigh in, then go out for breakfast and eat whatever the heck we wanted to without ever adding the points or even bothering to count them just to see how many points or calories would be in the meal. We didn't care. Then after breakfast we would go back into WW mode, and lose by the next Saturday morning.

CMmrsfloyd

I don't do it every week, but I do have the occasional high-calorie day. If there is a holiday, or family gathering, or date night, I go ahead and enjoy myself and don't stress over it. I might go 1000 calories over my goal (currently that would be 750 over maintenance since I'm set to 1/2 lb per week) but it balances out with the deficit I've maintained for the rest of the week. And I tend to suddenly drop extra weight that I wasn't expecting a day or two later. Sometimes if I'm planning ahead for one of those 'spike' days, I might go and extra 100-200 lower than my goal for 3-5 days beforehand and then REALLY enjoy myself on that day to the point where I can't even estimate my log. And it always works out just fine and I always still lose at least the amount of weight I normally would, even with all that extra food that day.

I had a family function 1 month ago where I saw a lot of people I hadn't seen in about a year, everyone knew I'd lost weight and commented on how great I was looking and of course they asked what I'd been doing - and I told them counting calories and exercising. I'd planned for that day to be a spike day b/c I knew I wasn't going to hold back on all that yummy family cooking, one person saw me get a huge slice of cocunut cake and asked 'is that on your diet?' like she was trying to get me in line - I loved being able to respond "It is today!". Then I lost like 1.5 lbs 2 days later when I got home from the trip. Priceless.

P.S. I'm not really concerned with whatever Dr. Oz recommended since it sounds like his cheat day isn't even a cheat day, I'm just sharing what has worked well for me. :-)

funkycamper

I watched the episode, and the thing is, he's not encouraging eating WHATEVER on a spike day. He made more healthy suggestions but eating more of them. not chips, chocolate, beer, fat-laden foods.

Did anyone else actually watch it?

While I agree that it's not necessary to go whole hog, why not enjoy a reasonable portion of chips, chocolate, or beer if that's what gives you some pleasure?

As for fat-laden foods, I don't believe in low-fat anyway. But that's for another discussion thread.

Boingo1

I agree with all of you and what has worked for you. I didn't know if anyone had watched the show. It was very misleading.

Pattinan

Love Dr. Oz

jkleon86

I read in the" body for life" book that he does 1 day a week of cheating with a dozon glaze doughnuts throughout the day along with other things.

Sandytoes71

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missjoci

I cheat every Friday and Saturday lol. It's worked for me too. :happy:

thelovelyLIZ

I'm certainly no saint when it comes to my diet (I eat chocolate almost daily... hahaha) but I've lost weight just fine. I actually just upped my calories because I think it's going to help me lose the last few pounds I need to get rid of.

Moderation really is key. Restriction leads to binging. Moderation allows you to enjoy everything in reasonable portions though, so there's never a need or desire to binge.

jenilla1

I'd imagiine....burn a lot of calories screwing other people....not to mention all the lies to cover, worry that you'll be found out, the anxiety of your original partner leaving you

:laugh:

jmg7781

My cheat is Starbucks every Thursday. It makes me happy and gives me something to look forward to.

goingmodern

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ninerbuff

love this theory!.. I'll keep sticking to my brandy and cokes and brownies then! :laugh:

It's not a theory. Many who practice eating this way (myself included) have maintained their weight for years. Hey the Europeans and Asia do it and as you can tell they don't have the weight issues the US has.


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StatutoryGrape

Since I've gotten a bit lax and have allowed myself 1-2 "cheat" days a week, the weight has been coming off pretty steadily. When I obsessed over every single calorie and worked out almost daily, I had a hell of a time losing. Now that I've stopped caring as much, I've had more luck. It's odd, but I don't mind it!

jsokolow3

Bump!

mailgirl147

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todaysanewday

Now question....do you all log your 'spike' days or would you rather not know. I feel guilty when I log it because I see how much I went over. I am wondering if I would feel better not logging because then I wouldn't know...

I don't log it because it's a pain in the *kitten* to record 3700 calories of food. I did the first time, but never again :laugh:

LMAO, so true!

Baylee0101

it has worked for me. so i nowadays use pms days as spike days :P

Ugh, and I was feeling so bad Friday night for having a piece of pizza that I beat myself up all day about it yesterday. I guess from what you all have said, I shouldn't be. But today was weigh in day for me and I lost nothing. Didn't gain though.