Free Day...Yay or Nay?

Jessica_D_Shadow
Jessica_D_Shadow Posts: 138 Member
in Food and Nutrition
How does everyone feel about a free day or two a week? Not watching your calories or doing your routine exercise? Yay or Nay?

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  • knitterly
    knitterly Posts: 11 Member
    I don't plan for a free day. I find that after a few weeks of watching everything I eat, I get to a point where I am just plain old sick of it all and almost depressed at the thought of having to micromanage my snacks. That's when I know I need a free meal or a free day. Having said that, usually my free days turn into simply a HUGE breakfast, and then I suddenly feel like I'm good to get back on track and I usually finish out my free day only 50 cals or less over.
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  • TLow97
    TLow97 Posts: 55
    Considering my progress and the weight I still have to lose, I don't think I can afford a "free day".

    A "free" day for me would consist of pizza and ice cream... and that's just breakfast.

    I don't mind "cheating" on a meal or two once in a while. But "cheating" for me means getting a burrito instead of a burrito bowl at Chipotle.
  • aanderson317
    aanderson317 Posts: 17 Member
    I don't plan free days, but when life gets in the way, and you have a day you can't control as much, that's what I consider my "free day", when I don't feel guilty about whatever happens, and I just get back on track the next day.

    What I do do is plan for some "treats" occasionally. For example, yesterday, I was having an old friend over for dinner, and we wanted to make homemade pizza. It wasn't necessarily unhealthy, but it was a lot more carbs than I usually have in one sitting, and so I planned accordingly and then let myself enjoy it.

    Just my two cents. I'm still figuring it all out.
  • ParrosFan
    ParrosFan Posts: 77 Member
    I have to avoid them, one free day will turn into 3 or 4 and then I'm back on the slippery slope.
  • ryry_
    ryry_ Posts: 4,966 Member
    The only time I have a "free day" if it's a special occassion or a vacation. Even then the goal should be moderation, not binge eating.
  • 007FatSlayer
    007FatSlayer Posts: 132 Member
    I'm for a free day! Every Saturday is my cheat day

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