Cheat days??!!

What I do is plan for a small treat daily. Keeps me sane as I'm not very good at delayed gratification, but for some reason I find it easier to scale back the amount of the indulgence. So, something like a piece of chocolate or a cookie a day is far more appealing to me than a big indulgence on a weekend.

... That said, this is life and I am a social being. So if there's a celebration, I'll go, and I will eat. I play damage control -- make my best choices, make sure any true splurge is worth it (better taste pretty darn amazing!!) and if I'm able to know what food is available in advance, all the better.

As long as I feel like I can have a cookie every day, and can go to group outings whenever they happen, I don't feel deprived and I'm quite happy to just keep truckin' along, you know?

Depends on what you define as "cheating". IF you're taking a day where you're overloading on calories eating whatever you want no limit, then no. That's cheating yourself throwing your "healthy lifestyle" right out the window (In MY opinion anyway). If its logging a nice delicious meal of whatever you desire (hint hint still logging it keeping yourself accountable for the calories consumed), then I do cheat once in a while on some fast food or going out to a restaurant. I try not to let that happen often, though. I'd like to try and eat as healthy as I can afford to.

My "cheat day" is on Sunday. How I do it is this... I weigh myself every Saturday morning and as long as I've lost weight from the week before, I can have my cheat day on Sunday. If I'm the same or I've gained weight... no cheat day. I always check my weight on Thursday mornings as well just so I make sure I'm on track for losing weight that week. I love it that way. I would go insane if I couldn't have a cheat day. I don't go crazy though...

I have one once a week...mine is on Sunday...i started doing this to help keep me focused during the week and so i dont feel so deprived...and honestly its worked for me...if i want something really REALLY bad i know that i will have Sunday to get it..this helps me stay on track...so far its great for me everyone is different though...really its your personal preference..