The "Cheat Day" (?)

I do a cheat meal, within good judgement, once a week. Plus I do low calorie snacks once in a while. Breyers has a 160 calories ice cream sandwich that is pretty good.

sunday's are my 'cheat days'. i usually go out to eat with my family and i dont usually track on this day. i try to enjoy their company and not try too worry over too much of what I'm eating. I do usually try to pick a restaurant that i can control my eating at.
a cheat day could just be something that your looking forward too- a dinner out with friends, a cook out at the neighbors, or anything special like that, that comes into our lives. Good luck to you.

I try not to think of it as "Cheating". If I know something is coming up that I want to eat more than my goals allow, I change from my current deficit (1000/day) to maintaing. That gives me some extra room, but I'm still needing to be accountable and honest with myself about what I'm eating. I also don't rule foods out on daily basis. If I have room for it, I eat it. Last night I decided to have ice cream as my snack instead of the rice I was planning on. It fit my goals, and I enjoyed it. Later, when I was hungry again because ice cream doesn't really fill you up, I had to have control of myself and say "That's the choice you made." Last thing with the "Cheat Day" would be that you might find that when you eat the stuff you don't eat regularly anymore, you don't feel well after. I find that I feel better, and not deprived if I eat half the burger and split fries with my kids, and then my numbers aren't as out of whack as if I ate the whole thing.

I try to have a cheat "meal" and not a day. I feel like if I'm eating clean 95% of the time it's okay. Plus when I'm working out and feeling good a cheat meal is usually not that bad, things like Subway, a pita, or a slice or 2 of margherita pizza feels like a huge indulgence. I'm about to go get me a margherita pizza right now. Happy weekend everyone!

I'm on the same page with the posters that DO NOT have a cheat day or meal for all their same reasons. I do not feel deprived because I always eat my exercise calories. I have never been a binger, nor do I want to start now. I just really, really, like all food and was lazy about portion control and empty calories (like beer and wine).

I'm reading a book by Jackie Warner called "This is why You're Fat" (and how to get thin for life). Her eating plan consists of eating clean for five days and on the weekends you can have two cheat meals of up to 1500 calories each. I think this is good because when you eat clean most of your cravings are eliminated. You have 2 cheat meals, this helps you to get through the week eating clean because you know you can eat foods you might crave twice on the weekend.