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Do you have a specified cheat day?

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  • Mcgrawhaha
    Mcgrawhaha Posts: 1,596 Member
    why is this called a CHEAT day or meal?
    Why use the word CHEAT?

    I am sorry with all due respect, I can't use words like cheater, nor can I say I am dieting.

    If you eat something unhealthy, just move on and move on quickly so that you don't make yourself nuts. :

    i use the word cheat, because TO ME, i am cheating on MY PLAN twice a month. i use the word diet, because FOR ME, im dieting until i reach maintenance, i will not always be eating at a deficit. all of us have different goals and outlooks on what we are doing here... i know for me, i use the words that i feel best describe what i feel im doing. to each thier own.
  • devan33
    devan33 Posts: 177 Member
    I work really hard all week to do well and just have a healthy week. Saturday is the day when the kids are home and we might order pizza or subs, maybe hit the mall and have dinner out.
  • tndejong
    tndejong Posts: 463
    i may stray later in the game. but i dont have a cheat day. i do eat what i want if my calories and exercise allow me to do so. i have had fast food and just made brownies tonight.
  • Cassierocksalot
    Cassierocksalot Posts: 266 Member
    I don't plan chat meals, they seam to find me. My husband and I decided to do brunch on Sunday, if I had planned a cheat meal for Friday I would have been SOL. But I went, enjoyed myself and got back on track for dinner.
  • katiefridley
    katiefridley Posts: 151 Member
    My boyfriend comes to see me at school every other weekend. I use this time to relax what I eat and I only log when I feel like it when he is up.
  • lilmissbamaqueen
    lilmissbamaqueen Posts: 184
    I've never done this. What has worked for me is eating pretty much whatever I want, but in smaller portions than I used to, and certain things less often than I used to. I fit thing into my calorie goal, and try and hit my macronutrient targets. I haven't given any food up, so if I want to eat cake, I'll eat cake. If I want to drink wine, I will. I just know I have to exercise a little self-control, and I can't eat all the things I like, every day, in unlimited quantities.

    Sometimes I do go over my calorie goal if it's a special occasion and I choose not to restrict myself. That's just part of life though, not a dieting strategy.

    THIS! My ex-fiance went to culinary school, took dietary classes, all that, and he told me to not worry so much about WHAT I eat, but more about HOW MUCH I eat. He said as long as I stay within my calorie limit and don't just go crazy, then I can eat pretty much whatever I want. If I feel deprived, it's harder for me to stick with it.
  • Robin_Bin
    Robin_Bin Posts: 1,046 Member
    No.

    Who are your cheating? Your body knows what you ate.

    Fine to figure out when you'll eat a bit differently... a higher limit for a meal or a day, or a special treat. If you eat something regularly, it's no longer a special treat it's a regular food.

    If you like having a "guilty" pleasure, do what works for you.

    If you consider what you eat as a short-term diet rather than a lifestyle change, your results are also likely to be short-term. So figure out what you can live with for a long, healthy lifetime.

    Good luck!
  • jennagreen2229
    jennagreen2229 Posts: 9
    Wow , thanks for all the advice :)
  • supahstar71
    supahstar71 Posts: 926 Member
    I don't specify a 'cheat day'. obviously, some days I will over eat my allowance, but I try not to, but if I have to, I enjoy my food guilt free and work out the next day. framing it as a 'cheat day' mans it's wrong to do, but i treat this as a lifestyle and not a jail term :-)

    What he said.

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