Cheat Days?

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  • allyowl
    allyowl Posts: 2 Member
    Don't do it. Honestly, if you are going to cheat...do it with the cleanest things possible. Like say you want a huge ice cream sandwich..instead opt for frozen yogurt with almonds and eat it before night time...do not get caught up on cheat days...in fact if you are in the double digits of body fat then stay away from cheat days. I had to learn the hard way...and I ate clean while cheating...honestly everyone is different...but try it out if you think it will help...but if you are at like 24%+ body fat then I would stay away from cheat days...go for a pro shake with ice before bed...or veggie yourself to death :) not carrots of course.
  • melindasuefritz
    melindasuefritz Posts: 3,509 Member
    i would never do a cheat day(where u eat and record nothing and binge and eat stupid all day) u are only cheating yourself
    i do however eat what i w ant, log it all , exercise and stay under caleries
    i did 60 minutes cardio today had 4 oreos, logged them and was under caleries
  • genofreek
    genofreek Posts: 75
    Half the time I don't even take my cheat day; I get to it and then realize I'm totally cool with just carrying on as I've been doing, but if I didn't allow myself to have it at all, I'd want to rebel and eat everything in sight and the cravings would just be so much worse. It's all psychological. Since I know I CAN go crazy if I really want to, most of the time I end up behaving.
  • thatjulesgirl
    thatjulesgirl Posts: 200 Member
    If you're on a *diet*, it's CHEATING...

    If you've changed your *lifestyle*, it's LIVING LIFE .


    If you've set your eating up so that you're never allowed a single, unplanned / craved morsel, you're not really basing your food consumption on long-term, sustainable reality.

    I don't ever ever want to stop my new way of living / eating / exercise so spending 6 days a week OBSESSING about a bite (or a bowl) of some unhealthy food is going to be detrimental overall - the whole point of this is that I *stop* centering my life around food.
    IIFYM works for me - I eat chocolate every day and I don't have to be a social hermit until my allotted 'cheat' day to go out for a meal with friends - I BUDGET my calories and my macros and it's working. Not to mention... cheat days encourage the worst fat-person habit there is: no portion control. If I know I have 60 spare calories, I can have one square of dark chocolate, satisfy my craving and move on. If I'm 'cheating' and not thinking about calories at all, I could easily eat a whole block of chocolate. BAD habit. :)
  • dadof2boyz
    dadof2boyz Posts: 156 Member
    I don't think you need to cheat. If you build in some extra nice things that you like, into your daily or weekly meal plans, then you won't have to cheat and won't feel like you've let yourself down each time you do cheat. It's not about cheating. It's about finding the right balance that works for you. Tough to do, but when you do, you'll be glad you did. :-)
  • chrisdavey
    chrisdavey Posts: 9,834 Member
    Either you are on a diet or you're not. If you are, you don't cheat.

    That's like saying you've quit smoking meanwhile still taking a few puffs here and there.

    wow. can't see the logic here.

    Do you know the term "moderation"? Flexible dieting? IIFYM?

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