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Cheat day

Lorettaholland
Lorettaholland Posts: 6 Member
edited January 23 in Health and Weight Loss
Hi All,
Would just like some opinions / advice on cheat days.... ie: Is it OK to have one day a week where you can eat something unhealthy. Will this hinder weightloss. Is it recommended or not??

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  • crlyxx
    crlyxx Posts: 186 Member
    If you're just looking to lose weight, you can eat as many "unhealthy" things as you want so long as it stays within your calories. Personally if you're going to have a cheat day, I wouldn't go beyond your maintenance calories. Going higher than that just defeats the purpose of whatever hard work you had earlier in the week.
  • pastryari
    pastryari Posts: 8,646 Member
    If you eat over your maintenance calories, that will hinder your weight loss, as you'll be in a caloric surplus. (although one day won't)

    Doesn't matter what you're eating, if you're in a caloric deficit, you will lose weight.
  • Live4theLift
    Live4theLift Posts: 329
    A good quote someone told me
    "One day wont make your diet and one day wont break your diet"
  • SMFRN
    SMFRN Posts: 108 Member
    I try to do one cheat day/meal a week. I would go nuts if I couldn't eat the bad stuff. I found it doesn't hinder me at all.
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