i WILL be cheating today.

Lil_Leah

i'm going to see the new harry potter tonight and i'm more excited than you can even imagine! :happy:

therefore. i'm allowing myself some popcorn, AND some sour patch kids (my worst addiction, ever!) because i'm getting the applebee's weight watchers garlic chicken meal for dinner. i'll probably be over by about 200 cals today, and i'm ok with that. i'll just have to work out hard tomorrow at the gym! :bigsmile:

cant wait for tonight!! gah!! :blushing:

moujie

You have to cheat from time to time. I'm going to see HP tomorrow and I can't wait! You'll have to let me know what you thought of it.

metalpalace

If you are going to cheat, cheat good It's not like its going to matter if you are two hundred calories over or a thousand calories over.

Lil_Leah

If you are going to cheat, cheat good It's not like its going to matter if you are two hundred calories over or a thousand calories over.

oooooh! i LIKE this.

nikki4ever

If you are going to cheat, cheat good It's not like its going to matter if you are two hundred calories over or a thousand calories over.

Is this really true? I mean, what if you just cheat with a small bag of m & m's? Would it be the same to go over with a mcdonalds value size? I'm just a little bit confused with this one!!
thankss

jmdolan

I LOVVVVEEEE Sour patch kids!

Mishy

Enjoy your treats! We're also going to see the Potter movie tonight and can't wait either! I want more books!!

kpnuts23

HARRY POTTER NEXT MONDAY - Pick n Mix here i come!!! :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:

MaryinBflo

If you are going to cheat, cheat good It's not like its going to matter if you are two hundred calories over or a thousand calories over.

Wellthat' not true! It woujld be better to be only 200 over than 1000 over. with 200 over you might be up able to maintain your weight 1000 over would be a lot more than that!! It's all about cal in cal burned.

metalpalace

If you are going to cheat, cheat good It's not like its going to matter if you are two hundred calories over or a thousand calories over.

Is this really true? I mean, what if you just cheat with a small bag of m & m's? Would it be the same to go over with a mcdonalds value size? I'm just a little bit confused with this one!!
thankss

It's totally true. What counts is how often you cheat. If you cheat good when you do cheat then you are more likely to cheat less frequently. If you are a thousand calories over in one isolated meal most of that is just going to be pee'd out of you. So if you are going to cheat just get it out of your system and don't cut yourself off. Tomorrow you get back on the wagon, no real damage has been done, and you continue to progress and even loose more weight. Tis a beautiful thing :drinker:

SatelliteCrush80

Oooh..HP...I can't wait either! We have to wait 2 more weeks for it in IMAX, so I am bummed about that. Hope you love it and enjoy your popcorn and candy!

jbwegner

You guys, it was really good. As good as fabulous book adaptation into a movie can be! I cheated big time and enjoyed every bite. Then, I was a pound lighter this morning. What the heck? I haven't lost in a week and a half. Weird. We'll be going back on the 29th for Imax 3D!

Enjoy it!

Iceprincessk25

I wish cheating wouldn't get such a bad rap. I like what Dave used to say ~ He called it Treating.....not cheating.

What matters is how often you do it. A cheeseburger or popcorn or sourpatch kids every now and then aren't going to hurt you.

metalpalace

I wish cheating wouldn't get such a bad rap. I like what Dave used to say ~ He called it Treating.....not cheating.

What matters is how often you do it. A cheeseburger or popcorn or sourpatch kids every now and then aren't going to hurt you.

Right on! And I love calling it treating instead of cheating. I don't know why I don't call it treating more often :flowerforyou:

ivykivy

I'm going to wait out the crowds. Hopefully I can see it the week. Then again I might go see it tomorrow and next week too.

Lil_Leah

FIRST THINGS FIRST: HARRY POTTER WAS FREAKIN AWESOME!!!! :happy:


i have to update everyone...

i cheated BAD! :noway:

i mean... i was gonna get the garlic chicken weight watchers meal, so i only went over my cals by about 150.. but.. i overindulged i think. :grumble:

i ended up getting the parmesan chicken crispers (basically chicken tenders with parmesan melted on top, with marinara to dip) and a side of fries. :sad:

i must say though, i didnt eat the entire thing. i ate just over half of the chicken and my friend helped with my fries. PLUS! i got a michelob ultra, so that was a smarter beer choice. :drinker:

not to mention the bag of sour patch kids i bought at target and snuck into the movie (hehe) was larger than normal. :frown: but my bf ate about half of those too. i dont DARE look up the calorie content of my dinner last night, but i just know i am super excited to get to the gym and feel the burn, baby! :bigsmile:

foxyforce

If you are going to cheat, cheat good It's not like its going to matter if you are two hundred calories over or a thousand calories over.

Wellthat' not true! It woujld be better to be only 200 over than 1000 over. with 200 over you might be up able to maintain your weight 1000 over would be a lot more than that!! It's all about cal in cal burned.

i completely agree with you. only 200 is nothing, considering most of us are at a deficit anyway and 200 would still keep us there. if you go 1000 over on each of your cheat days you are guaranteed to put weight back on. i don't trust a lot of 'factual' information when it is really just an opinion...i do however trust SHBoss for some reason, he should shed some light on this.

hasiangirl

*wish i could cheat* :sad: :sad: ...lol

baughana

I ate very bad yesterday. I had 4 beers and a McDonalds dinner. I'm so upset about it today.

OhLaceyOh

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Is this really true? I mean, what if you just cheat with a small bag of m & m's? Would it be the same to go over with a mcdonalds value size? I'm just a little bit confused with this one!!
thankss
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iT WOULDNT ACTUALLY BE THE SAME AS GOiNG TO MCDONALDS OR SOMETHiNG BECAUSE UD ONLY BE CHEATiNG BY ABOUT 200 CALOrIES.
BUT i GUESS WHAT THEY MEAN iS. IF UR GUNNA CHEAT ATLEAST MAEK iT COUNT. BECAUSE THERES ALWAYS TOMORROW

Iceprincessk25

It doesn't matter what you ate when you cheated. What matters is what you do after or the next day. So many people get on her and say "OMG I ate so much yesterday I am so upset!!!!" Ok....so now what are you gonna do??

Get to the gym and does something about it the next day. Don't get upset at yourself. You fell off the horse.....now get back on it.

Lil_Leah

guys.. really.

he's not saying 200 cals over is the same thing as 1000 cals over.

he's saying if you're going to cheat, cheat GOOD, so you're less likely to do it again. 200 cals is obviously better than 1000 cals over. but either way, you've gotta pay for what you decide.
:huh:
sheesh.

adopt4

If you are going to cheat, cheat good It's not like its going to matter if you are two hundred calories over or a thousand calories over.

NOOOOO!!! It does matter! If you are 200 calories over, one night, it's not going to effect your weight loss. 1000 calories over, you'd gain nearly half a pound!!!

That's why I hate the "cheat" idea. It's not cheating, it's treating. You're treating yourself and yet you're staying within reasonable limits. That's great! Enjoy!

ETA now i read thru everyone else's replies, and here's my thought on treating "good" - on a normal day, I might have a 60 cal dark chocolate bar if it's within my calories. but a good treat is a Hershey's with almonds, love those... that's really treating myself, as long as I dont' get the 5 pound bar and eat it all in one sitting. Which I've done in the past. And yes, it does matter....

As far as losing weight the next day, as least with my body, the sodium hits the next day, if I am way over on sodium, I puff right up. But the actual meal doesn't seem to hit for a day or two, and then sometimes not at all.

SherryRueter

I love the idea of treating, not cheating.

I treated yesterday...it was soooo gooood....until I went to bed with an overly full stomache and tossed and turned all night long. That's a lot of motivation to eat clean for a while again. I shouldn't eat after 7:30pm and I remember why now.

So, what did I do today? I woke up at 5:30am and did an intense workout, and I did a little more of a workout at noon. I'll probably do a little walk or something tonight also...more for the mental part of a treat day. I think mentally a treat day can mess with you. You have to rebound as quickly as you can after you treat.

metalpalace

I'm reading some of these posts, the guilt full ones over a cheat meal, and I cant help but to think why TREAT yourself if you are not even going to enjoy it? Just do it and don't worry about the calories.

Seriously its a personal choice in how you look at treating yourself but I'm telling you as a matter of physiological fact that it does not matter if you go over a couple hundred calories or a cool thousand calories. If you do not treat yourself to extra calories often enough in a context of QUANTITY OF TREAT DAYS to impede on your progress then ENJOY those treat days and go over by a thousand calories if you want to.

But, heed this fair warning... If you are going to feel guilty about treating yourself afterwards then don't bother treating yourself because you are setting a psychological stage to sabotage your results and that is not what anyone wants.

metalpalace

I love the idea of treating, not cheating.

I treated yesterday...it was soooo gooood....until I went to bed with an overly full stomache and tossed and turned all night long. That's a lot of motivation to eat clean for a while again. I shouldn't eat after 7:30pm and I remember why now.

So, what did I do today? I woke up at 5:30am and did an intense workout, and I did a little more of a workout at noon. I'll probably do a little walk or something tonight also...more for the mental part of a treat day. I think mentally a treat day can mess with you. You have to rebound as quickly as you can after you treat.

Haha, that is exactly what keeps me from drinking beer the day of or even day before a work out. I know that if I have a beer or two then my workout is going to suck and I'm not going to feel good. So it's very motivating to just not drink beer at all except on rare occasion :laugh:

foxyforce

I'm reading some of these posts, the guilt full ones over a cheat meal, and I cant help but to think why TREAT yourself if you are not even going to enjoy it? Just do it and don't worry about the calories.

Seriously its a personal choice in how you look at treating yourself but I'm telling you as a matter of physiological fact that it does not matter if you go over a couple hundred calories or a cool thousand calories. If you do not treat yourself to extra calories often enough in a context of QUANTITY OF TREAT DAYS to impede on your progress then ENJOY those treat days and go over by a thousand calories if you want to.

But, heed this fair warning... If you are going to feel guilty about treating yourself afterwards then don't bother treating yourself because you are setting a psychological stage to sabotage your results and that is not what anyone wants.

my bad, i reread what you posted about the moderation. cause calories do matter. or else the idea of this site would be pointless.

hasiangirl

I'm reading some of these posts, the guilt full ones over a cheat meal, and I cant help but to think why TREAT yourself if you are not even going to enjoy it? Just do it and don't worry about the calories.

lol and thats why i try not to "treat" myself or as i say cheat myself...because i only enjoy it a little and then want to go throw up afterwards (I dont) but then i fall off the wagon normally and puff back up to where i started if not bigger...soooo therefore i dont do it atleast not until im down to my goal weight and then can figure out what treat food calories i can have that fit with the exercise regimen to maintain my weight :bigsmile:

metalpalace

I'm reading some of these posts, the guilt full ones over a cheat meal, and I cant help but to think why TREAT yourself if you are not even going to enjoy it? Just do it and don't worry about the calories.

Seriously its a personal choice in how you look at treating yourself but I'm telling you as a matter of physiological fact that it does not matter if you go over a couple hundred calories or a cool thousand calories. If you do not treat yourself to extra calories often enough in a context of QUANTITY OF TREAT DAYS to impede on your progress then ENJOY those treat days and go over by a thousand calories if you want to.

But, heed this fair warning... If you are going to feel guilty about treating yourself afterwards then don't bother treating yourself because you are setting a psychological stage to sabotage your results and that is not what anyone wants.

my bad, i reread what you posted about the moderation. cause calories do matter. or else the idea of this site would be pointless.

Right on. With consistency calories always matter.

Ahmee2034

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Wellthat' not true! It woujld be better to be only 200 over than 1000 over. with 200 over you might be up able to maintain your weight 1000 over would be a lot more than that!! It's all about cal in cal burned.
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See, that's what I always thought. Cal burned more than cals taken in is good, right? Okay, well, I've been burning almost 1/2 my daily calories for over a week now and I haven't seen any difference. In fact, the scale says I've gained 7 pounds...I never thought I'd get discouraged again. I was doing so well. I only had the last 20 pounds to go! :sad:

metalpalace

Wellthat' not true! It woujld be better to be only 200 over than 1000 over. with 200 over you might be up able to maintain your weight 1000 over would be a lot more than that!! It's all about cal in cal burned.
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See, that's what I always thought. Cal burned more than cals taken in is good, right? Okay, well, I've been burning almost 1/2 my daily calories for over a week now and I haven't seen any difference. In fact, the scale says I've gained 7 pounds...I never thought I'd get discouraged again. I was doing so well. I only had the last 20 pounds to go! :sad:
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Don't be discouraged, look at it in a truthful way for what it is. In truth it is a huge opportunity to learn how to change things up so that you continue to loose weight and get to where you want to be. If you are still working hard and eating right and still putting weight back on then it's because your body has adapted to whatever you are doing and is handling the work load so efficiently that you are not burning fat for energy. Change up your exercise routine every two or three weeks. Re introduce your body to a new stimulus every two or three weeks. Make your body re learn / re adapt so that it has no choice but to burn more and more fat for energy.