Cheat Day Weight... When Will it Leave?

hedwighigh

Alright, I've found with my life it's easier to take a couple days off so that I can eat normally with my friends and family. Anyway, I did just that on Tuesday and Wednesday. I ate everything and I gained 10 pounds.
Alright, no biggie. I know a majority of it is water weight especially since my stomach was still getting upset on Friday because of the damage I did.
My question though is this ... for those of you that have cheat days, how long does it take you to lose the gain?
I've only lost about 3-4 pounds. I was 153 before, 162-163 after, and 159-160 right now.
Last time I did this I gained about 5 pounds and lost it and more by the end of the week. It's going a little differently this time.

rileysowner

Usually a week, sometimes less and sometimes up to one and a half weeks. It depends on how much sodium I consumed and how much water I drink in the days following.

dg09

4-5 days for me.

judypriv

well, I cheated a little on vacay and gained back 5 of my 7 pounds. It took me 1 month and 12 days to actually lose the whole 5 lbs and today lose a little more but I think I am the exception. Usuallly if I eat too much I gain 2 lbs, and lose it in a week but not this time.

kfunkyfresh

Usually takes me about 4-5 days

feb06momma

My cheat/relax day is on the same day as my weigh in day (Sunday). I do NOT look at my scale any other time except for Sundays, so its gone by then along with a little bit more.

karanmwk

My cheat/relax day is on the same day as my weigh in day (Sunday). I do NOT look at my scale any other time except for Sundays, so its gone by then along with a little bit more.

Very smart!!!!!!!!!

hedwighigh

Awesome so hopefully that means that it'll go away by Monday or Tuesday. Although, I would be happy for it to go away (and hopefully more) by the time Spring Break is over.
I have noticed that it seems like my biceps have become more defined since my cheat days.... That's a plus.

maf66

After a cheat day I make sure I eat a lot of fiber, around 30g and make sure to drink more, way more than the 8 glasses of water to help push the fiber and the rest of the junk through and out of my system.

hedwighigh

My cheat/relax day is on the same day as my weigh in day (Sunday). I do NOT look at my scale any other time except for Sundays, so its gone by then along with a little bit more.

That is a good idea.... I'm just too curious to see what damage I did though. :blushing:

axman19

For me it depends on the amount of water I drink the days after. Most of mine leaves in the first 36hrs if I drink a ton of water. So the more water the quicker it leaves, this is me however and all people are different.

AZKristi

I only do a cheat meal and I normally weigh less the day after.

hag101108

After my cheat day..sometimes it's just a meal....I make sure to get double my water in for the next two days. Typically I drink 3-4 liters a day. After that...I try to do 6-7 liters for the next two days. It typically leaves pretty quick after that.

DorothyR87

I have cheat days however I still watch what I eat. My husband and I only have Tuesdays off and we always use that for our "date nights." Because I know we will be going to dinner I am careful with what I eat the rest of the day. I usually only gain about 1 or 1.5 lbs and within 2 days it is gone. I would suggest that on cheat days you don't over indulge and eat whatever. Perhaps if you know you will be going out to dinner you can eat less for your other meals that day and that way you won't go way over and put on a lot of extra weight.

skinnylove00

its always different, but i gained 10 lbs this week too. 2 sachets of green tea in each cup and pack on those veggies (fiber fiber fiber)

flush the fat out!

faythe

My current plan doesn't allow for cheat days but when I as taking them, it was always like one or two cheat meals, not a whole day, and always right after recording my official weight for the week. Usually it would push the scale up a couple pounds. I weigh in on Monday, and usually by Thursday the cheat weight was gone and by Sunday I was down a pound or so.

Hope this helps! As long as you get back on track right away and like everyone says, drink lots of water, you'll be fine. :drinker:

hedwighigh

I have cheat days however I still watch what I eat. My husband and I only have Tuesdays off and we always use that for our "date nights." Because I know we will be going to dinner I am careful with what I eat the rest of the day. I usually only gain about 1 or 1.5 lbs and within 2 days it is gone. I would suggest that on cheat days you don't over indulge and eat whatever. Perhaps if you know you will be going out to dinner you can eat less for your other meals that day and that way you won't go way over and put on a lot of extra weight.

I only do this once a month to every other month though. I probably will not eat so much next time though.

hedwighigh

its always different, but i gained 10 lbs this week too. 2 sachets of green tea in each cup and pack on those veggies (fiber fiber fiber)

flush the fat out!

Glad I'm not the only one that gained so much. lol.
Seems like most of the people that do that much damage are body builders or just men. Glad to hear that another woman gained this much too. Don't get me wrong, I'm not glad for the stress that came with it.

shakybabe

I just have a cheat meal and its usually allowing carbs like rice or chips as I don't usually.. I'm usually low carb/wheat free. the next day I will be really low carb, no cereals, no bread either, lots of water, its usually gone in 2 days if I did gain any.

marbly

Depends on what you mean by "cheat".

On the ones where I ate anything I liked but was still under my cal goal for the day, I gained about 3lbs and it went away within 3 days. On the times where I binged the whole day up to 5000 cals or more and I gained weight on that and it would be around 5-7lbs where I need to work hard the next two weeks to lose the weight. Binge days WILL slow progress but should be okay if you did it only once a month or once every alternate month.

tlinval

A few weeks ago it was my birthday. I gave myself 3 pounds for my 38th birthday...booo!! :grumble: It took me all week to lose it, but by the next week's weigh-in I had lost it plus -.6 . I really worked hard and was diligent about my water intake, that seems to be the key with me. Don't sweat it too much, it'll be gone sooner than you think! :flowerforyou:

llkilgore

My cheat/relax day is on the same day as my weigh in day (Sunday). I do NOT look at my scale any other time except for Sundays, so its gone by then along with a little bit more.

My cheat day, if I have one, is usually on the same day I weigh in and the day after my rest day. That gives my body a week to let go of salt related water retention and a day to let go of some of the exercise related water retention before I step on the scale.

firedragon064

3-4 days for me.
The good thing about cheat day, I would stick to my diet real good after the cheat day.

fearlessbetz

A week for me, and then into the next to see more downward progress. I really did myself a disservice this month by taking 3 cheat days. On those days I ate well until dinner then ate and drank alcohol. I feel like I've been losing the same 3 pounds all month. Last night was the first Friday I haven't taken advantage and this morning I finally broke through my self-imposed plateau. I'm thinking of maybe relegating myself to once a month.

darkchoc73

i only have a cheat meal once a week and since i generally workout or walk everyday, the impact is minimal. i try to not go overboard with the cheat meal so i don't suffer a serious setback.