when was your first cheat day?

I waited a full month, my first treat day was on July 4th, I didnt go super crazy, kept my portions to recommended sizes, had a lot of variety, including chips & icecream, and logged everything I ate. Now, we have one treat day a week, staying under 2000 cals,

my first month i decided sundays would be my cheat days, if i really wanted it i would have to wait til sunday, it helped me by not giving into every craving i had. now that ive learned a little self control i dont have a set cheat day, if i crave something and i've worked hard enough, i will have it and make sure it fits into my calories or macros. if it doesnt, i try not to freak out, everyone has day where they kinda blow it. i find they keep me fairly sane though.

I've had cheat days here and there, but I always make sure I exercise enough to stay under my calories for the day. I've had only 1 day in 3 1/2 months (since I started MFP) where I went over my calories. It was my birthday. I still logged everything for the day, but didn't exercise to make up for it. I made healthy choices still, but splurged some too. I figured I deserved to enjoy my birthday and not worry about it!

Mine was today :-)

Started working out again 2 weeks ago and started MFP last week.... lost 5 pounds last week but realized after my cycle class yesterday that I am working out too much (15 out of the last 16 days) and not taking in enough calories (really struggling to eat enough in a day with the exercise) so I decided to skip the gym today and go to Church's Chicken for lunch!

Enjoyed it, but I am looking forward to getting 'back to work' tomorrow...... I was surprised as it wasn't as satisfying as I thought it would be.

I don't cheat. If I did I would be cheating myself. I had an 'eat at maint. cals' day every few weeks, but the farther I got into my program, the less I wanted to do that.

Plus, if I ate something really bad for me, it made me sick:sick:

Anyway, I guess the word cheat makes it sound like it is bad, and I don't want to feel bad any more:flowerforyou:

What are these cheat days you speak of??? I eat the same every day... infact I just had ice cream with chocolate sauce and melted peanut butter on it, 2 popsicles, some spaghetti, and some 7 layer salad... and that was just for dinner.

if you eat everything in moderation there is no need for cheat days.

My very first day on MFP (April 10, 2011), I had a handful jellybeans, a dish of raspberry dark-chocolate premium ice cream, half a can of full-sugar grape soda, and chicken divan made with heavy cream and full-fat gruyere cheese. To be fair, I also had plain oatmeal, cherries, a big green salad, broccoli, and grilled chicken breast) My whole day came in just over 1600 calories. It was also probably one of the lowest calorie days I ever had on MFP.

From the very beginning of this process, I decided I wasn't going to "diet". I was going to stop labeling food and good or bad. I ate whatever I wanted, but kept an eye on portion sizes and overall calories. I had no problem meeting my goal of losing 50 pounds (and then losing 13 extra pounds on top of that).

I guess what I'm trying to say is that I don't believe that eating food I enjoy is "cheating". You can lose weight and eat food you like - it doesn't have to be one or the other.