why cheat?
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awwww come on man, where is the fun in agreeing all the time...if we always agreed then we would still be a British colony...Why is this topic always an argument on this board? If you believe in cheat days, great. If you don't believe in cheat days, great also. No amount of bickering is going to change someone else's opinion on the matter, so why bother? Live and let live. If your method is working for you, that's all that matters.0 -
And depends how you want to live the rest of your life I guess....I want to have fun....go out to pubs on occasion....drink beer and have wings watching a good NFL or NHL game.
It has worked for me....98 pounds down.
I also go to the gym and do cardio 5 days a week.
"The problem here is that the body adapts to living off of fewer calories. Dieting and following a low calorie plan actually makes your body less efficient at burning fat from week to week. Why?
Your levels of Leptin decrease (lessens fat burning)
T3 & T4 thyroid hormones decrease (slows metabolism)
Ghrelin increases (increases hunger)
Cortisol increases (believed to cause belly fat)
Metabolic rate decreases"
http://fitnessblackandwhite.com/diet-cheat-day/
Someone needs to tell Dwayne Johnson (The Rock) no cheats days..
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awwww come on man, where is the fun in agreeing all the time...if we always agreed then we would still be a British colony...Why is this topic always an argument on this board? If you believe in cheat days, great. If you don't believe in cheat days, great also. No amount of bickering is going to change someone else's opinion on the matter, so why bother? Live and let live. If your method is working for you, that's all that matters.
Where's the fun in arguing like school aged children on a playground during recess? Gets kind of old, don't you think?0 -
Thanks Ken Hogan! I feel that being careful and accountable does not ALWAYS have to mean no fun!0
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I like this -- treat, not cheat. Much better term. Thanks!0
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I agree with OP. The people who plan cheat days and aim to pig out at the weekend, then whine when they've lost no weight make me sick!
Couple of points:-
1) It's supposed to be a cheat meal, not a cheat day
2) You are only cheating yourself.
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I think that when you're losing weight, one cheat meal (not a whole day... a meal) is a good idea. It gives you something to look forward to. "If I eat clean all week, I can have those nachos for dinner on Tuesday." Instead of just eating clean all the time and waiting to fail...because without planned cheat meals, one's bound to fail. If you plan one time a week to eat junk, you're more likely to eat well the rest of the week. And again, it has to be one meal. If it's a whole day, people tend to just go overboard and stuff their faces.0
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When you get used to real food on most days and as your taste sensibility improves, bad food on cheat days increasingly disappoints. You are left with the question of what mentally triggers your instant gratification, and in time you may hit that special place of cheating no longer being worth it. It's not easy given dopamine, emotions and all, but once you are there, it's full speed ahead and loving it.0
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awwww come on man, where is the fun in agreeing all the time...if we always agreed then we would still be a British colony...Why is this topic always an argument on this board? If you believe in cheat days, great. If you don't believe in cheat days, great also. No amount of bickering is going to change someone else's opinion on the matter, so why bother? Live and let live. If your method is working for you, that's all that matters.
Where's the fun in arguing like school aged children on a playground during recess? Gets kind of old, don't you think?
ehh its an escape from day to day BS and I usually get a laugh out of the posts..but that is just me....0 -
I don't understand cheating either. I used to say I had "treat days" but wouldn't even eat anything drastic. I would go out to dinner with friends and still eat something sensible. I think once you start eating better, you crave better things (at least in my experience.) Now instead of ice cream, I crave frozen yogurt. Instead of a bacon cheeseburger, I like veggie burgers or a chicken sandwich.
I think cheats/treats are okay if someone makes room in their daily calories for it, whether it means eating lighter meals or exercising more. The last time I tried a full-on cheat day I couldn't find anything 'bad' I wanted. Nothing sounded appealing. I ended up eating something greasy and fried and got super sick.0 -
I don't understand cheating either. I used to say I had "treat days" but wouldn't even eat anything drastic. I would go out to dinner with friends and still eat something sensible. I think once you start eating better, you crave better things (at least in my experience.) Now instead of ice cream, I crave frozen yogurt. Instead of a bacon cheeseburger, I like veggie burgers or a chicken sandwich.
I think cheats/treats are okay if someone makes room in their daily calories for it, whether it means eating lighter meals or exercising more. The last time I tried a full-on cheat day I couldn't find anything 'bad' I wanted. Nothing sounded appealing. I ended up eating something greasy and fried and got super sick.
It's not really a cheat day if it fits into your daily calories.0 -
I don't plan cheat days but there is nothing wrong at all with having a nice, tasty but unhealthy meal now and then. I absolutely love food and if I feel like going to a restaurant there is not much that is going to stop me.
That said, I can't eat takeaway anymore since cleaning up my act, it just tastes awful now.0 -
Because I am human, I am flawed, I make mistakes and go on. If I want to eat something on a particular day that I know may not be the healthiest choice, I am going to do it and not feel any turmoil about it. Life is short and spontaneous...and situations arise where you go out and even your best plans get foiled (i.e. a night out drinking, big meal at Mom's house, pizza party at work). I have developed enough self-discipline to know what my limits are...but one day of indulgence will not ruin my efforts in the long run. I will still get up the next morning, shrug it off and drag my butt to the gym and continue on with eating well and nutritious.0
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Because I want to.
Simple concept, really.
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Aww, somebody's being sanctimonious. (: If they're having success, let them be. It's a lot easier to have a planned "fall of the wagon" moment than to wait until you just can't take it anymore.
I agree with this. Though many times I don't even think it's a cheat day until the day I go over, which isn't considered a cheat day, just a bad day.0 -
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It acts as a pressure release valve. If you have a very long road ahead, most people won't make it to the end without a few days off here and there.
If you plan your days off program, it makes it easier to stick to the program over all.
People need cheat days for the same reason why kids need recess.0 -
Not to mention that - in some cases - "cheat days" are "refeed days" designed to kickstart a stall in a person's weight loss journey.It acts as a pressure release valve. If you have a very long road ahead, most people won't make it to the end without a few days off here and there.
If you plan your days off program, it makes it easier to stick to the program over all.
People need cheat days for the same reason why kids need recess.
In others, they are unplanned events that happen because people have these things called "lives" that interfere with their plans: surprise parties, dining with the in-laws or the boss and not wanting to seem rude, discovering that what you thought was a lower calorie choice wasn't as low-cal as you anticipated, emotional eating, or a couple more rounds at the pub than you planned for are all things that happen to real, live human beings from time to time in the course of living.
Ranting about people being human seems both self-defeating and unaware, since it seems unlikely a person who never had a cheat day or cheat meal - even by accident - would need to use a calorie-tracking site like MyFitnessPal.0 -
Many people are more interested in learning how to eat in a sustainable way, which includes enjoying all kinds of food and not just "diet" food, WHILE they are losing weight. Trying to figure it out/re-learn how to enjoy those foods sensibly once you're ready to maintain is way harder. Also, not restricting/cutting out fave foods while losing weight helps many people with adherence, since they don't feel deprived.
QFT ^^^^^^^^^ this x 100
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Ditto- if it were that easy, the weight loss industry wouldn't be a 20 billion dollar industry (ABC News May, 2012). Also read 'Salt, Sugar, Fat' by Michael Moss. It is frightening how food manufacturers have made junk food addictive. Hope it answers your question. I wish it was easy!
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