Cheat day without counting

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  • theecatt
    theecatt Posts: 31 Member
    Enjoy it! I "cheat" 1 day every week, and have been losing 1.5 to 2 pounds a week pretty consistently. I honestly think it helps keep my metabolism up.
  • nobleammonite
    nobleammonite Posts: 64 Member
    I've found that having a cheat day usually means I drop a pound the next day! Of course you can't "cheat" too often. :D But I've also found that letting myself eat as much as I want means I feel waaaaay too full and gross. So it's a nice reminder, too.
  • shirdiana
    shirdiana Posts: 49 Member
    Life is too short, to not enjoy eating favorite foods once in a while..emphasize on once in a while, Sometimes my once in a while turns into years before I get control again...enjoy, but be careful you are doing so well!!
  • booyainyoface
    booyainyoface Posts: 409 Member
    i wouldn't log and would just enjoy things... if you seriously havent had a cheat day in like 4 months it might be what your body needs. i usually have "fat sunday" and drink some champagne, eat whatever, don't workout. i probably consume about 3000 calories or a little more. in exchange at the gym on monday I have more energy, my lifts increase, and the bloat is gone by tuesday.
  • kevinpruitt
    kevinpruitt Posts: 50 Member
    Go ahead, a cheat day every once in a while doesn't hurt a thing. Start fresh tomorrow and get right back on track. It took my wife forever to talk me into a cheat day because I had such guilt over it. Now we have a twice a month cheat day. Nothing crazy, just out to eat somewhere we normally wouldn't. Have fun with your cheat day. Oh yeah, I would Deffinetly log it.
  • ron2e
    ron2e Posts: 606
    Sorry, I don't believe in "cheat days". I would however accept days when I eat/drink and log way over (I've only been doing MFP three and a half months and haven't faced that issue yet despite a lot of business travel, conventions, eating out, etc). Personally I want to know where I am but maybe that's just me. It's going to happen to me sooner or later and that is how I will deal with it. It's no big deal, it's just the concept of a cheat day that offends me somehow as if that makes it OK.
    I don't understand how you can not "believe in cheat days" and still "accept days when [you] eat/drink and log way over." If you're over the allotted calories for the day, it is, by definition, a "cheat day," is it not?

    Not at all. As I tried to explain it is the concept of "Cheat day" and therefore not logging I don't like as if it is OK to cheat, you're only cheating yourself after all. Eating over is something different that happens and for me, should be logged without the concept of cheating. Sorry if it's a bit esoteric :wink: It is a weekend and I think too damn much maybe..............
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  • standoug888
    standoug888 Posts: 126 Member
    Wow!

    This post is unbelievable! The fact that your planning on cheating is despicable! And at a baby shower no less??

    It ALWAYS counts! Think of your marriage and the children.
    Lol your just mad cuz i lost all this weight n can eat like this every now and again as long as i hve same manyality i had last 4 months straight get off ur high pediastool dumb *kitten*
  • EDollah
    EDollah Posts: 464 Member
    Wow!

    This post is unbelievable! The fact that your planning on cheating is despicable! And at a baby shower no less??

    It ALWAYS counts! Think of your marriage and the children.

    Pretty sad that this is your approach. Pretty sure you will eventually fail. Get off your soapbox.

    He's just making a joke. He leaves enough clues that it should be apparent that he's referring to cheating as in marital infidelity, not about calorie consumption.
  • RllyGudTweetr
    RllyGudTweetr Posts: 2,019 Member
    Sorry, I don't believe in "cheat days". I would however accept days when I eat/drink and log way over (I've only been doing MFP three and a half months and haven't faced that issue yet despite a lot of business travel, conventions, eating out, etc). Personally I want to know where I am but maybe that's just me. It's going to happen to me sooner or later and that is how I will deal with it. It's no big deal, it's just the concept of a cheat day that offends me somehow as if that makes it OK.
    I don't understand how you can not "believe in cheat days" and still "accept days when [you] eat/drink and log way over." If you're over the allotted calories for the day, it is, by definition, a "cheat day," is it not?

    Not at all. As I tried to explain it is the concept of "Cheat day" and therefore not logging I don't like as if it is OK to cheat, you're only cheating yourself after all. Eating over is something different that happens and for me, should be logged without the concept of cheating. Sorry if it's a bit esoteric :wink: It is a weekend and I think too damn much maybe..............
    I think eating over is - by definition - cheating, whether you log it or not (and you should log it). If it is a day in which you cheat, it is a "cheat day." You can quibble over semantics as much as you like.

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