Anyone else have trouble 'cheating'?

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  • Mamoonie
    Mamoonie Posts: 328
    I rather have the opposite problem: I eat whatever I like, whenever I like, as much as I like... Most days I am over on my calories, I have reset from 1 lb weight loss to 0.5 lb weight loss, and still am over, and I just don't feel guilty about it.
    I do work out a lot though, guided by a wonderful personal trainer. My body's changing even if my scale is stuck.
    I guess my method works fine for me. I have no pressure and no guilt, can have whatever, whenever, and that's "my" way to succeed. I don't "cheat" and I don't "treat", I just eat. There's no good or bad food, it's simply food. So with "eating food", there's no need to feel guilty unlike "cheating with bad food".
    I think a lot of problems are created in your head, not your stomach. Relax your thoughts about food and start living life! What's the point of living, if you can't have parties ( too many alcoholic calorie-loaded drinks), can't have holidays (turkey for thanksgiving has too many calories), can't enjoy your vacations (there's no gym at the hotel), can't meet up with your friend tonight (no calories left for today).....
    I too have been obese, am still overweight, am not losing weight as fast as I could or would like to, but I LIVE and LOVE to live!
  • DexterDarko
    DexterDarko Posts: 235
    I can't cheat, plain and simple. Every time I try I wind up going completely overboard. My biggest challenge is pizza.

    Maybe in time i'll gain more self control.
  • EvgeniZyntx
    EvgeniZyntx Posts: 24,208 Member
    It isn't cheating, you are not breaking a law. Consider if letting go every once in a while serves the big picture - family friends life. Use it as a tool to refocus. I let go last week, so I will now do what I need to do for the next two weeks. If you don't need it, don't worry about it.

    If you are under eating beyond a reasonable level you will damage your body just as much, if not more than overeating.

    And if volumeis an issue, eat high calorie food like cashews!
  • angiechimpanzee
    angiechimpanzee Posts: 536 Member
    I'm the same way. I find that to really up my calories on cheat days, I have to eat quite a bit of unhealthy food that I'm not used to anymore, and it honestly just feels unappealing to me. Its not that I feel "guilty", its just that I don't want it.

    Thats why, I've stopped planning cheat days. If theres any day where I particularly want something "bad", and I've been doing really well thus far, and I can squeeze it into my otherwise mega healthy day, then I can have it. Usually that "bad" thing causes a dent of like 200 calories max in my day. and then I don't crave it again for several days, if at all after that.

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