Cheat day once a week?!

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  • abbyface
    abbyface Posts: 15
    I tried this for awhile and for me, psychologically, it just didn't work. I hated thinking that I was restricting myself during the week and working up some kind of "reward" at the end. It caused me to develop an unhealthy relationship with food-- as if the healthy stuff was something I had to suffer through before I got to the "good" stuff. It made it really difficult to enjoy what I was eating at the moment, because I was always thinking about the cheat day and how ~*wonderful*~ it would surely be.

    Nowadays, I'll address cravings in moderation and budget in the calories. A cookie here, a small piece of cake there. If I know there's going to be a party or a night out coming up, I'll plan for that and eat a little cleaner to bank a few calories, then moderate my intake during the actual outing, too.
  • LetsMakeupXtina
    LetsMakeupXtina Posts: 627 Member
    I would love to have a cheat day once a week.. and maybe it works for some... for me, once I have one cheat day it will go on for several days after... as soon as I get off track it is so hard getting back on it.. not worth it IMO :)
  • TheConsciousFoody
    TheConsciousFoody Posts: 607 Member
    I don't plan on cheat days, this whole change for me is a lifestyle change. Will I have a piece of cake on my birthday? Yes, but not a massive piece. Plus with the calories I eat now and what I can eat back due to exercise, I can eat whatever I want if I portion it right. I'd rather stay within my daily calories though and find special treats here and there that fit into my daily intake.
  • justme9717
    justme9717 Posts: 104
    I am with the idea of cheat day....but that doesn't mean that I'd go over the top eating Double calories!...just eating whatever I was craving for the whole week..any one thing that I have been dyinggg to eat...(even if it's of..like..500 calories or above) ..one cheat day is fine...also..it keeps you going for the whole week...you feel like.."yeah I gotta keep moving for the whole week to have that cake at the weekend" sorts..keeps you motivated..:)
  • doyewole
    doyewole Posts: 25
    I just started with MFP at the beginning of this week I started eating more well balanced meals and more fruit .I had a cheat day last night actually I had Zaxbys a five piece wings meal with fries a few sips of sweet tea and later that night some hot chocolate and a Mabey 8 ping pong sized sugar cookies . I woke up this morning feeling crappy bloated and miserable . So I decided since I find it hard to eat all my calories Ill have a little bit of something thats naughty. I'm not denouncing cheat days but I know that mine did not work for me

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