Your diet is not a test, DON'T CHEAT!
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I love the title of this thread. But for me its more about not cheating myself. Learning to eat healthy and also have balance. I don't want to feel guilty If I eat something thats not so good for me. But I have to learn to "earn it". Exercise has to be a part of my daily life and healthy foods all day is a must!
Good luck to everyone out there trying to live better, be smaller, and make it stick this time!
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I'm not emotionally involved in any of my friends' eating habits, other than worry if someone doesn't eat enough.
Same here. I find it confusing when people get angry at their friends' food intake. If having friends was causing me this kind of emotional stress, I wouldn't have friends on the site.0 -
I'm not on a diet, this is my life, and eating out of my normal healthy range of calories is going to happen sometimes. It's not a cheat or a test.
Hasn't seemed to affect my weight loss at all.0 -
I think there's a big difference between a "cheat" day and BingeFest2012!!!
For me, cheat day usually means the Bengals are playing and I'm going to eat some pizza OR wings OR a burger OR something. It doesn't mean I'm going to raid the pantry like I used to. I don't want to do something that I can't maintain, and restricting myself from touching a single slice of pizza or a single bottle of beer seems downright miserable.0 -
Once or twice a week I devour food. It keeps me on track.0
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I see a lot of people on my friends list who have trouble with bad eating on the weekends. And it kind of aggravates me. Because they have so much potential and they could do so well with their weight loss if they just stayed on track. Sure, everyone has bad days, but the weekend is not a "get out of jail free" card! You can't just do well all week, and then say "oh it's okay to have a snack today, or it's okay to go to a chinese buffet tonight". I'm not sure what kind of diet everyone is on, but on my diet, cheating all weekend is not allowed. So I stick to the plan, and when my Tuesday weigh in comes around, I always see amazing results. Because this is a lifestyle change. This is my lifestyle change, it has become a habit. It is not something that I cheat on, and it is definitely not a test. I just don't get why you would waste a whole week of good work for one weekend of bad meals because it's what you want in the moment, but it's not doing your body any good.
It all comes down to one simple question: HOW BAD DO YOU WANT IT?
Idk if i took this post different then others, but there is a difference between having a cheat meal or day then being good all week and then taking those 3 days over the weekend going way over cals and stalling their progress, i definitely believe these are two different things. I took her post as meaning the latter. A cheat meal/day in moderation should not harm your weight loss effort, but i believe DAYS of binging may have you in a vicious cycle of gaining and losing the same few pounds. I dont think she meant she deprives herself of these things all the time. Just my thought lol
I agree! I can eat what I want. What I want more is not to be fat and unhealthy. For me personally a few binge days turn into a few more and soon enough I have gained back 70lbs(2006lost/2007 gained). I do have ice cream and other treats in moderation but I plan my day so that the calories, fat and carbs fit. As for what the rest of you do. That is your business and if works for you great.
Before i start, congrats on your success thus far, so awesome!!
Your right on! There is a difference having treats that fit in your "daily budget" and ones that put you about 1000 or 2 over your daily allowance. I thought that was what she meant by the post, which in the i understand, and if those friends were constantly saying they cant lose, they cant figure out why, then i would politely give my advice. I do understand some people getting frustrated by these things, but i dont judge my friends by their eating habits, im there for support, end of story. Not everyone is goingto eat the same, and it doesn mean u cant support someone the binges all the time, maybe they just need a bit of help. Sometimes it just comes down to breaking bad habits. I myself have a hard time allowing "cheat meals or days" just because i still have an issue w control and i once i get the stuff, sometimes hard to stop! Lol i have been at this a long time so i have definitely way better then i was in the past and if i do have a bad day i dont beat myself up about, just do better tomorrow or the next meal.
OP, my advice would just be to try to support those people in other ways, give them props on their work outs or any successes they have, just stay away from their diaries if they bother you. I have friends that are all doing different things, we wont all be the same ever. I think your post got miscontrude a bit but in the cases of people who binge and complain after all you can do is offer your words of wisedom and support them. We all have to walk our own journey, and mqny for different reasons, best to just support in the positive as much as you can.0 -
Sounds like your "diet" sucks! I'll stick with mine.I'm not sure what kind of diet everyone is on, but on my diet, cheating like that is not allowed.
I mean for two to three days straight or one cheat snack every day.... My diet doesn't suck, I have a cheat day, but Friday, Saturday, Sunday, is still part of your week, and you can't just give up your lifestyle change because you want all of this yummy food that's thrown in front of you. I was just sharing my opinion. I wasn't trying to make anyone feel bad.
I can guarantee you people will be offended. Only got through the first page and saw several...the title of the thread is begging for drama to break out.
That being said, everyone finds something that works for them...maybe this will work for your "friends"...maybe it won't...if it doesn't,they are not hurting you-only themselves...so why should it offend you?0 -
Reading this thread has made me want to go eat the rest of the BBQ Chicken Pizza thats sitting my fridge.. and I think I just might!
As others have said, worry about you and you alone.
You may not think that you are being judgmental, but you are. Everyone on here is 18+(or at least should be) and knows what they need to do. They don't need you chastising them when they don't eat like perfect angels 24/7.0 -
pssst! Dude what did you get for "bacon"?0
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it's so sad to think a whole week of hard work could be ruined by one weekend meal. pout.0
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My diet is better than your diet and that makes me morally superior0
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I pre-earn my chinese buffet, sushi binge, ben and jerry night. I plan it and go hiking that day, eat light and save up for whatever. It is good to feel that you can eat anything your heart desires if you earn it.
If it is going to be long term everyone has to figure out what works for them.
^^^ This ^^^ Although I try not to eat too unhealthy too often, because i don't want it to feel like a habit. But if I exercise a lot, and save up... I'm not going to stress about an occasional treat.0 -
There are different schools of thought on this, but the bottom line is if you've seen one dieter, you've seen one dieter. We're not all alike. You have obviously done a fabulous job with losing weight and for that you should be proud! But some of us do fit snacks into our meal plans, albeit healthy ones. I agree the Chinese buffet is probably not a good idea, though.
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My brother and I made brownies and drank champagne yesterday as our cheat day and I thought it was fabulous. I think this was a bad thing to post on the forum because I doubt too many will agree with what you said. Everyone wants to eat brownies and drink champagne sometimes and that's ok:drinker:0
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that has been m excuse for far too long.. thanks for slapping sense into me. I want to friend you bc you seem to know what ur talking about!!0
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The problem is that people are just too smart to loose weight. Its stupid easy to loose weight but we over think it and go "well I was good the rest of the week I DESERVE it!" or "I ran an extra mile today so I'll have an extra cookie". You arn't working out harder so you can eat more, you are doing it to be fit.0
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My diet is better than your diet and that makes me morally superior
Lol.
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and thats why i dont call it cheating. because in my life, theres going to be all you can eat chinese buffets, and kids birthday parties and drunken binges on occasion. it is my lifestyle, im just more aware now and keep an eye on things instead of just doing stuff like that all the time.
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One cheat day or I like to call them a "refuel" day is actually great for your metabolism and works for many people. Has worked for me!0
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The problem is that people are just too smart to loose weight. Its stupid easy to loose weight but we over think it and go "well I was good the rest of the week I DESERVE it!" or "I ran an extra mile today so I'll have an extra cookie". You arn't working out harder so you can eat more, you are doing it to be fit.
Not sure where you've been, but I workout so I can eat more... as do a lot of others.
I could easily do just cardio and not lift weights and I'd prob. have lost weight a lot faster... but that also means I would have lost lean muscle mass, and thus had to settle for eating less instead of the same amount or even more.
I love food.. and if I can stuff my face, be fit and lose weight, then I'm happy!0 -
i'm not on a diet
i eat whatever i want and i still lose weight because i don't gorge myself anymore.
this is my new lifestyle
and if i don't eat the chocolate today,
i'll eat the entire chocolate cake tomorrow.
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i soooo agree with this!!!i'm not on a diet
i eat whatever i want and i still lose weight because i don't gorge myself anymore.
this is my new lifestyle
and if i don't eat the chocolate today,
i'll eat the entire chocolate cake tomorrow.
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I used to have the "I've been good all week, I deserve to splurge all weekend" mentality too and finally realized that I wasn't doing myself any favors. I look back on those days now and realize that I wanted to lose weight, but I just didn't want it bad enough. To those that are saying to the OP, "You do what works for you, I'll do what works for me!" I don't think the friends that she is referring to are doing something that "works" for them. They are probably like many that I see on MFP that eat whatever they want and don't exercise all weekend and then complain that they're not losing weight. These are not people that carefully plan, and eat at a deficit for several days before a family wedding so they can have a cocktail and a piece of cake. These are people that feel they need a vacation from their "diet" and exercise regime every single Friday, Saturday, and Sunday. Some will finally come to the realization that I did, some will never get it, and will eventually just give up and stay overweight. Either way, I doubt there's anyone that will change their ways from reading anything that's posted in this thread. I sure wouldn't have when I was deep in that mindset!0
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I mostly agree. Eating poorly all weekend is going to undo any work you've done during the week. Calories still count on the weekend! I don't deny myself treats though. As long as I can fit it in to my new lifestyle, then it's ok. Some days I'll have cookies, or ice cream and I don't feel bad because this is my life. It's not some temporary diet where I can't have junk for two weeks but after that it's ok. And it's not some extreme biggest loser kind of thing where i feel like if i ever eat a donut i've ruined everything. It's life. There's always room for a donut in there somewhere. Just not every day, or even every week. I personally call it a diet just because it's shorter, but what I mean when I say that is lifestyle change. I'm not looking for a temporary fix. I want to be fit and healthy for LIFE. I've certainly messed up quite a few times since I started this journey, but I have to remember that it's part of all of it. Messing up, fixing it, doing really well, and messing up again. We're not perfect. I can't just break two decades of habits and expect it to always stick. I grew up fat, I grew up eating junk and thinking that it was the best food in the world. I didn't grow up loving fruit, or loving exercise. I have to reteach myself. So while I might want to binge on weekends, I don't. I know there's a bigger picture and a better life out there waiting for me.0
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I ate a peanut butter choc chip cookie today because I wanted one. And I'm sure that has not sabotaged my "diet". Bite me
One cheat meal or cheat snack is not going to kill anyone.0 -
Changing your lifestyle doesn't mean that you can't have fun once in a while and do things that are enjoyable, like eat delicious, sugary, fattening, delectable food. You just don't eat it every day. I have spoken to several people who have lost over 100 pounds who admitted that they "cheated" at least once a week, sometimes several days a week. A lifestyle change doesn't have to be a life sentence. Feel-good food can still make us feel good, we just need to learn that there are other things that can make us feel good besides food. Fitness feels good. Being able to chase your kids without being winded feels good. Tying your own shoes without getting short of breath feels good. Eating cheesecake feels good. It's about balance; placing too many restrictions on yourself and forging ahead like an out of control locomotive towards fitness nirvana is setting yourself up for failure. If you aren't having fun, what's the point? The beauty of MFP is that it makes finding that balance so much easier because it gives us something that many of us have never had over ourselves when it comes to food... control.0
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There's no need to "cheat' if I eat whatever the hell I want.0
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to me this isnt a diet its a lifestyle change and if i go out for dinner and indulge so be it, im not going to lock myself in a cupboard and hide out for the rest of my life im going to enjoy life moderation is the key, each persons weight loss journey is their own to do in their own way so I dont see why other peoples food bothers you just worry about yourself and what your doing and if your happy dont worry about what others are doing on their journey0
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The weekend days ars the same as any other day for me. 0
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that's why i never call it a diet. i allow myself the occasional indulgence because otherwise i'll binge on it. once in a while WILL NOT HURT YOU IN THE LONG RUN. and i proved that this weekend.
I agree!! I call it an eating plan ( for life). I ate Pizza Hut tonight, but did not over do it. Still under my goal for the day!!! I had a peach milkshake friday. It is about setting healthy limits. I even lost weight on vacation this year!0
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