How often do you treat yourself?

After a discussion with my dietician she says I should let myself have a treat (like a chocolate bar or something) once every three days or every 10th meal. I think this is quite acceptable, although I do have cravings for a little treat more often than this and sometimes I slip.

Just wondering what are your guys views on how often you treat yourself on the bad stuff? :P
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I do allow myself a treat when I really want one. If I am just having a passing thought "ooh I could go for..." I try to remind myself " everyday is not a special occasion". That is because I lived most of my life like everyday was a good enough reason to splurge.

Eh, IIFYM blah blah blah... Sometimes I want to eat half a damn pizza. No way is that fitting my macros. So, I get a meal once a month that I don't care about. No counting calories, no worrying about fat, etc.

Same here. Most days I work something small in that does fit under goal. But once a week, I want an entire plate of biscuits and gravy, mashed potatoes and butter, and then some candy afterwards. Thus I let myself do so.

The "everything in moderation" thing is BS if you ask me.I mean,if I buy a 100 gram chocolate bar,I'm not going to eat a third of it,I'm going to eat all of it because I just can't resist it,therefore it's better for me to not buy any.Besides,I feel like I can't let myself eat everything,like food that is full of sugar because I know it will fu*k up everything I've achieved so far.
So,I decided to treat myself with a dr.oetker chocolate milkshake like two times a week or so,just to satisfy my craving for sweet stuff.The milkshake is not very high in calories,so I feel like I can afford it from time to time.

I course it won't work if you have an unhealthy relationship with food. You have to get those issues sorted out before you can ever learn moderation.

I have some sort of treat everyday.. it helps my cravings..

Eh, IIFYM blah blah blah... Sometimes I want to eat half a damn pizza. No way is that fitting my macros. So, I get a meal once a month that I don't care about. No counting calories, no worrying about fat, etc.

Same here. Most days I work something small in that does fit under goal. But once a week, I want an entire plate of biscuits and gravy, mashed potatoes and butter, and then some candy afterwards. Thus I let myself do so.

Exactly! When I eat I want to EAT! There's no point to eating one slice of pizza. I'll get hungry later and feel like I wasted my calories on nothing. Plus, some of the foods I like are just too calorie dense to fit into a normal day of eating.

I treat myself with smaller sized clothes! Lol.But really,I'm a lot more lenient around the holidays and don't really treat myself with food at any other time of the year.

pretty much daily.

if it fits my macros. 80% of my calories are from whole food nutrient rich sources.

The "everything in moderation" thing is BS if you ask me.I mean,if I buy a 100 gram chocolate bar,I'm not going to eat a third of it,I'm going to eat all of it because I just can't resist it,therefore it's better for me to not buy any.Besides,I feel like I can't let myself eat everything,like food that is full of sugar because I know it will fu*k up everything I've achieved so far.
So,I decided to treat myself with a dr.oetker chocolate milkshake like two times a week or so,just to satisfy my craving for sweet stuff.The milkshake is not very high in calories,so I feel like I can afford it from time to time.

then you clearly just havent mastered the "everything in moderation" thing.

I usually treat myself by seeing how much weight I lost. I have been losing at least a pound a day. SO i will not put junk food into my body until i am happy with my weight.

Nothing is off limits for me as long as it fits into my daily calorie goal. Allowing "treats" would imply that I am depriving myself of something that I love. All things in moderation.

Same here

There is no need for treats when I don't deprive myself of the foods I really want. My definition of "really want" has just changed over the last year or so. If I really want it AND am willing to burn the calories or eat it in lieu of something else with equivalent calories, then it's a "go," if not, it's a "no." Always my choice, always the opportunity to say yes, so "never deprived."

For example, I knew we were having cupcakes for a working dinner tonight, so I just had skinny frappachino for breakfast, and low cal steamed dumplings for lunch, so I'd have enough left in my macros to have dinner and the Almond Cupcake I really wanted.

It's not really considered a "treat" when it fits within the budget. In fact, I lost all of my weight eating 1/2 - 1 serving of angel food cake and ice cream for dessert almost every night. I just ate 60 cal yogurt for breakfast, 350-450 cal frozen dinner for lunch, and small portions of whatever my husband wanted for dinner which left enough for 150-300 cal dessert.

Do what works for you...the "benefits" of reaching my goal were important enought to me that it was easy to choose 1/2 serving when that's all the budget allowed. I'd rather have some than none. If you can't eat small portions of something, then it's probably a trigger food that should be avoided unless/until you can work through whatever is making it have more power over you than the benefits of reaching your goal.