Just curious how many members have cheat days??

I was going to take a cheat day but i ended up finding out two things: 1. I can prepare and rearrange my eating for the day so I can "cheat" and still fall within my calories; 2. my cheat day ended up just going over my sugar allowance. so in the end the cheat only ended up being having an alcoholic drink but I was still able to fall within my calories, just "cheated" on my sugar.

I never understand what people mean by "cheat" day. I don't have any food restrictions...I sometimes go over calories, usually only to maintenance. I rarely consume a surplus of calories, but it happens every once in awhile. No biggie...I kick *kitten* on my nutrition and I rock my fitness. If anything, my muscles are jumping for joy if I have a few extra calories.

I've pretty much lived by this since the beginning and down 35-40 Lbs and counting.

Well, it's kind of hard to fit a buffet into your macros unless you bring a scale to the restaurant. I'm in favor of cheat meals/refeeds when trying to cut weight. I've had a few cheat days days where I just visit more than one restaurant, eat boxes of donuts and ice cream. I usually gain 15-20 pounds and then my weight goes back to normal in a couple of days. Most people can't get away with that, so I usually recommend people to have a meal with an appetizer, can't do much damage with that.

My point is that I wouldn't call that "cheating"...I don't diet...I'm all in for Good Livin'. Good Livin' isn't about the minutia of one meal or one day or going a little overboard at my BBQ. Good Livin' is about how I live my life most of the time, not about isolated incidents.

In the grand scheme of things, the minutia of one day or a handful of days or whatever is meaningless...so I don't know why people worry about it so much. I don't know why people have such difficulty seeing the big picture. If you ultimately live a lifestyle that involves getting your nutrition on and getting your fitness on, the results follow suite...and it doesn't matter than I consumed 8,000 calories on Super Bowl Sunday.

I don't really have what people refer to as cheat days, but I have stopped logging on the weekends. And I know I consume more calories on the weekend. I do not, however, binge or go crazy, and I still keep it mostly healthy. But I am more active on the weekends and I just don't want to worry over every calorie. So, I keep calories lower during the week (1300 - 1500) and just relax on the weekends.

I'm fat and cutting down calories for life, but every week I have a 'cheat day' and eat like a pig.

I'm an ex smoker, but every week I have a 'cheat day' and smoke four packs

I'm a recovering alcoholic, but every week I have a cheat day and get roaring drunk

I'm in serious debt but every week I have a 'cheat day' and spend, spend, spend.

I have a cheat day if I'm going out to eat or ordering take out or something of that nature, where the calories are ridiculous. I try to exercise to point where I'm only going over by 400-500 calories on those bad days, and they only come so often, not weekly or anything like that. So I let them come as they do, because I don't want losing weight to make me lose my life, or cause me guilt and stress when I want to go out to eat!

I don't, I just have things I want within my calories.