Whats your favorite cheatmeal?

I dont consider it cheating, I just learned how to eat. I still eat everything I like.

Nothing.
Why should I cheat myself?

Having a cheat meal has shown that it helps your body to burn fat quicker during the week, and it helps you from plateu on the gym. If you dont know what that is i suggest u to google it. Plus it keeps your sanity good for the week a cheat meal is good for you, but u dont have to have one if u dont want to

I think you are confusing a cheat meal with eating at maintenance/carb refeed for 1 or 2 days for Leptin reasons after eating at a deficit for a long time. 1 "cheat meal" may give you sanity but its not going to just automatically make my body burn fat faster during the week. There is more involved than just going to McDonald's.

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So you never indulge? like never ever?

sad... so sad. Food is delicious. It should be looked at as fuel first but as a person who loves to cook and extract flavors to make wonderful masterpiece meals... tasting food can also be a wonderful delicious mind-blowing experience :-)

As the person who asked why would I cheat myself... let me clarify. Yes, I enjoy food. I eat some chocolate almost every day, ice cream and cheese cake occasionally. I enjoy fruits, pasta dishes, alcohol, sushi and more, including many of the foods others are listing as "cheating". I go out to dinner and enjoy it. The only food I won't eat is food that makes my body sick or that I don't like. (If it tastes bad, why waste the calories?)

It's just not cheating. I can eat all those things. As someone else said,

I dont consider it cheating, I just learned how to eat. I still eat everything I like.

I eat less of many things, more of some things. I exercise more and eat more carefully around special events. And occasionally I allow myself to eat at a higher level for awhile. Most of the people I eat out with pretty regularly didn't even know I was doing anything different until they noticed the weight loss. None of that is cheating, it's part of learning how to eat better in a sustainable way for the rest of my life. Food is not "bad", and there are no food items that are "forbidden" to me, although I avoid some because I don't enjoy them or they make me sick. I don't demonize food.

If makes you feel good somehow to think you're "cheating", go ahead. I don't understand why that would make you feel good about yourself or how it would help you learn good eating habits. And although I'm curious why you'd want to cheat, or who you think you're cheating, it's really not important that I understand, and if it works for you, go for it! (And thank to those of you who gave some explanation. I understand why you'd want to eat more occasionally, but I still don't understand who you think you're cheating? Or what you're "getting away with"?)

I haven't needed a true cheatmeal yet. I do have a weekly family dinner out but I choose things that fit within my goals.
I have started to exercise more which has allowed more indulgences regularly.

In the future I will have more social settings that will include pizza and alcohol but it's not on a regular basis.
Once the family dinners aren't weekly I probably will include something else that I do enjoy but for now that's it as I don't have much choice in the where, and it's not anything I really want to indulge in. Maybe frozen yogurt from the self service place.

hibacchi chicken and fried rice

Homemade grilled beef fajita tacos with rice and beans
OR
Bacon cheesebuger with tater tots :bigsmile:

We have a standing Friday date of Little Caesars and a movie. So probably pizza. Any other time, I usually just try to eat smart. I limit carbs, starches, fats, sugars, but on days when we have a family dinner, if I want to have a roll, I'll skip the mashed potatoes. If I want dessert, I'll skip them both. Or just have a couple bites.

Nothing.
Why should I cheat myself?

Having a cheat meal has shown that it helps your body to burn fat quicker during the week, and it helps you from plateu on the gym. If you dont know what that is i suggest u to google it. Plus it keeps your sanity good for the week a cheat meal is good for you, but u dont have to have one if u dont want to

I think you are confusing a cheat meal with eating at maintenance/carb refeed for 1 or 2 days for Leptin reasons after eating at a deficit for a long time. 1 "cheat meal" may give you sanity but its not going to just automatically make my body burn fat faster during the week. There is more involved than just going to McDonald's.

Refeed day is another "pretty" name for a cheat day, I like to have cheatmeals. And its proven that your body will continue to burn fat, ocassionally faster, at least it works like that for me.

not necessarily true... most times refeed days (bodybuilding protocol) are much higher in carbohydrates, and fat and protein amounts are dropped to minimums so you cant "cheat" because that generally means eating higher amounts of fat as well so food choices are down to things like potatoes, rice cakes, and rice since they contain practically no fat at all.. where as a pepperoni pizza contains very high amounts of dietary fat which doesnt influence metabolism as much as dietary carbs do.

WINE!!!!

dining out ordering WHATEVER I have a taste for Lol

I don't consider it cheating, I just try to eat my favorites without over doing it. Ice cream and fried shrimp.