What's your idea of a cheat day?

kelsierose094
kelsierose094 Posts: 232 Member
in Food and Nutrition
I personally don't have "cheat days", and just enjoy what I want when I want as long as it fits my calorie goal.. but I also am not trying to lose weight, just maintain and tone up. I was just curious as to what you guys do count as cheat days though? I've seen some people go all out with a greasy breakfast and takeaway dinner..whilst other just have a slice of cake for dessert instead of their usual greek yogurt, and call that their cheat.

What is your typical cheat day?

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  • Mokey41
    Mokey41 Posts: 5,769 Member
    Don't have them. I find it totally counter productive to schedule poor eating habits.
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  • ttat0325
    ttat0325 Posts: 21 Member
    A typical cheat day for me would probably be going out to a nice restaurant and eating whatever i crave for the day. Keeping it in moderation, as a cheat day should not totally ruin your week.

    Maybe once in a couple of months i'll go to one of those All You Can Eat Sushi :$
  • AJ_G
    AJ_G Posts: 4,158 Member
    I wouldn't call it a cheat day, but at least once a weekend I eat one meal where I eat whatever I want, then I use my other meals that day to compensate and hit my macros. My cheat days aren't really cheat days cause I still hit all my macros and eat the same total calories as any other day.
  • chrisdavey
    chrisdavey Posts: 9,834 Member
    Mine was last Saturday. Fasted all day and then went to seafood buffet for mate's bday. Had 4 plates of seafood and 4 plates of dessert. I ate everything on the menu except for stupid fillers like bread :tongue: Estimated 7000ish cals. I was pretty happy with that effort :happy:
  • dbmata
    dbmata Posts: 12,950 Member
    Pizza and beer, then a bourbon, maybe a cider, but definitely more beer.
  • LongIsland27itl
    LongIsland27itl Posts: 365 Member
    My idea, I wake up Saturday, go to gym fasted, drink protein shake with water afterwords. Wait a few ours and have a light snack with mainly protein, then wait as long as I can until I eat out for my dinner. The idea is to save my calories for my dinner while not having to consume a crazy amount of protein in the dinner meal, leaving lots of carbs and fats
  • corgicake
    corgicake Posts: 846 Member
    This is summer, as in the time my appetite has very little to do with what I actually need. Cheating is a way of hitting at least some of my minimums on days I don't feel like eating by means of tasty rubbish. My current tastes run toward alcohol and chicken nuggets, corndogs, etc. If it's on someone's kids menu, I probably would go for it.
  • grimendale
    grimendale Posts: 2,153 Member
    For me, it's typically giving myself a day where I don't watch macros so I can go out. I still stay under my calorie goals, but my carb and fat goals tend to get blown out of the water. I usually only do this once or twice a month, and it always coincides with going out to dinner with friends or drinking at a party. Being social a couple times a month is needful, and I always get back to normal the next day.

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