Binging on Cheat Days
jaina08
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Every time I have a cheat day I binge like crazy. I end up regretting it soooo much. Will this affect my weight loss? Sometimes I end up having two binging cheat days in a row... It just makes me upset... It's such a bad habit. How do you guys eat on your cheat days? I just had one today and I feel so bad about it...
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I succeed by not having cheat days. My plan leaves me very satisfied. Why would I need to cheat?0
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Every time I have a cheat day I binge like crazy. I end up regretting it soooo much. Will this affect my weight loss? Sometimes I end up having two binging cheat days in a row... It just makes me upset... It's such a bad habit. How do you guys eat on your cheat days? I just had one today and I feel so bad about it...
I think you should stop having cheat days. It sounds like it's doing much more harm than good.
Is there a reason you can't fit foods you enjoy eating into your current calorie and macronutrient goals?0 -
Every time I have a cheat day I binge like crazy. I end up regretting it soooo much. Will this affect my weight loss? Sometimes I end up having two binging cheat days in a row... It just makes me upset... It's such a bad habit. How do you guys eat on your cheat days? I just had one today and I feel so bad about it...
I think you should stop having cheat days. It sounds like it's doing much more harm than good.
Is there a reason you can't fit foods you enjoy eating into your current calorie and macronutrient goals?
Yeah I think I really should stop having cheat days. It seriously ruins everything making me go overboard. So are you saying that instead of having cheat days I can just add chocolate for example into my diary as long as it fits my calorie limit and macros?0 -
Instead of having days dedicated to gorging myself on all my favorite foods, I just work them into every day. I've tried having spike days, but my activity level is so high that honestly, it's hard to even come close to maintenance some days.0
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Yes, that's right. I eat good chocolate most days and just fit it in.0
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Yes, that's right. I eat good chocolate most days and just fit it in.
Okay that does sound like it would be better to just have a little treat everyday instead of just going all out in one cheat day..0 -
Every time I have a cheat day I binge like crazy. I end up regretting it soooo much. Will this affect my weight loss? Sometimes I end up having two binging cheat days in a row... It just makes me upset... It's such a bad habit. How do you guys eat on your cheat days? I just had one today and I feel so bad about it...
I think you should stop having cheat days. It sounds like it's doing much more harm than good.
Is there a reason you can't fit foods you enjoy eating into your current calorie and macronutrient goals?
Yeah I think I really should stop having cheat days. It seriously ruins everything making me go overboard. So are you saying that instead of having cheat days I can just add chocolate for example into my diary as long as it fits my calorie limit and macros?
Yes, this is exactly what I am suggesting.0 -
I succeed by not having cheat days. My plan leaves me very satisfied. Why would I need to cheat?
I agree. Cheat days just set me up for failure. I don't cheat because I don't diet. I just do my best to eat healthily every day.0 -
I don't do cheat days, but I do use refeed days and IIFYM. On my refeed days, I usually eat about 30% above maintenance, but I still track my macros. By the end of a refeed day, I'm usually sick of food. I have enough margin to eat what I want and still hit my goals (I had a cheese and pineapple pizza and breadsticks last time), and it's usually enough that I don't want to do it again for a while.0
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I feel like since I've been "cheating" for the past 15 years and now have 75 lbs to lose, so when I want to loosen the structure, I just stick to the calorie count and pick something I miss. The slope is just too slippery.0
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I don't do cheat days per say. What I do is make good choices over the weekend but don't pressure myself into entering everything. If I get round to it. To be clear though these days are never under my calorie count but are not complete blow outs either.0
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The food choices I make during the day keep my feeling full, I don't need to have a cheat day. Sounds like you're restricting yourself.
I still eat brownies and caramel every day - only now I get it from a protein bar or 100 calorie bags
You can indulge to avoid "cheating" just be smarter about it 0 -
I agree with everyone else - work in those foods if you can. Last Saturday I had a really satisfying meal at a restaurant of stuffed shells, white bread, butter, & a side salad, and then I had 2 chocolate covered pretzels from a nearby bakery. It took me over calories for that day, but I'd exercised a lot that week and had plenty to spare since I just couldn't eat up what I'd burned off. I even made a blog post about how I refused to feel guilty about it because I knew there wasn't a reason to. Yesterday hub brought home Popeyes and I portioned out 1/4 cup of the mashed potatoes and cole slaw. I still had the satisfaction of eating the take out, but it wasn't excessive and didn't cause me to go over. A lot of my friends on here also have treats & favorite foods they like.
I realize that I'm new here, but I really like this much better than when I was on WW (twice.) I no longer feel guilty for eating that treat. I no longer have the confusion of "You're telling me to eat almonds & yet they're so high in points I can't fit them in." Not knocking WW as I did loose a lot of weight with them. It's just here I can better track calories, fat, protein, etc. and see that yes, that one thing I'd love to eat, I can work in as long as I'm sensible about it.0 -
I've found that cheat days don't work for me, because just by mental association, the word "cheat" implies negative images for me. I think of my weekly calories as a bank account. If I am under calories during the week, I earned the extra calories I choose to eat (or not eat) on the weekends. If you're serious about making this a lifestyle change, you have to realize that life itself is going to give you days where you'll eat more than you planned, but you have to accept that and compensate.0
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good question0
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this was my problem too. For me, I just can't have cheat days. if I allow myself a cheat day, I binge! I do allow myself the foods I want here and there. I just seriously decide a) does it fit in my macros/calories that day? b) do I REALLY want/ned/have to have it? and c) is it a special occasion that warrants what I want? At least once or twice a week I have the treats I am wanting, combined into my normal daily diet. If I allow myself a cheat day, it becomes two cheat days, three cheat days, or a WEEK of being off diet.0
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YES OF COURSE:)Every time I have a cheat day I binge like crazy. I end up regretting it soooo much. Will this affect my weight loss? Sometimes I end up having two binging cheat days in a row... It just makes me upset... It's such a bad habit. How do you guys eat on your cheat days? I just had one today and I feel so bad about it...
I think you should stop having cheat days. It sounds like it's doing much more harm than good.
Is there a reason you can't fit foods you enjoy eating into your current calorie and macronutrient goals?
Yeah I think I really should stop having cheat days. It seriously ruins everything making me go overboard. So are you saying that instead of having cheat days I can just add chocolate for example into my diary as long as it fits my calorie limit and macros?0 -
Every time I have a cheat day I binge like crazy. I end up regretting it soooo much. Will this affect my weight loss? Sometimes I end up having two binging cheat days in a row... It just makes me upset... It's such a bad habit. How do you guys eat on your cheat days? I just had one today and I feel so bad about it...
I think you should stop having cheat days. It sounds like it's doing much more harm than good.
Is there a reason you can't fit foods you enjoy eating into your current calorie and macronutrient goals?
Yeah I think I really should stop having cheat days. It seriously ruins everything making me go overboard. So are you saying that instead of having cheat days I can just add chocolate for example into my diary as long as it fits my calorie limit and macros?
I eat a couple of squares of raw chocolate (or dark chocolate) and a low cal ice cream or frozen yoghurt most days. I work what I want to eat into my calorie count and I have far less cravings. For me it is important to learn to eat "normally" and still enjoy food.0 -
I used to do a "cheat day", but it was very counterproductive. The reason being my ability to eat a lot of food in one sitting. Combine that with calorically dense yet nutritionally empty foods and it equals the WMD to my dieting. Instead I changed my thinking from "cheat day" to "cheat meal". I only get one cheat meal compared to an entire day of gluttony.0
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I have weekly refeeds, not cheats, and I have a set calorie goal that is about the number I would maintain weight at.0
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Instead of a cheat day... how about a 2 hour cheat window, once a week or so. U can only eat so much in 2 hours.0
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This is terrible. Today wasn't even suppose to be my cheat day since I had a terrible one the other night like as I told you all before. I had a good healthy day today and ended up eating 1 piece of lumpia just to satisfy myself and ended up eating 4 more..... I am so frustrated right now... How can I stop this even if I tried to treat myself with just 1???? and it all became a bad day again...0
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I don't have cheat days, cheat meals, cheat anything. If I can't work the food into my daily plan, I don't eat it.
Sure I have days (like today) when I am over and not working it to try to burn some of it off, but those days are few and far between.
If cheat days cause you to binge...DUH...don't have them. Plan your meals in advance so you know before the day starts where you stand. Could you have done some work out to burn the excess off?
Tomorrow's a new day, don't beat yourself up over today, it's not going to do you any good. Realize what foods are red light or trigger foods for you, perhaps take one and put the rest away. Have one and leave the kitchen or table so the temptation isn't there.
Good luck tomorrow, hopefully you can get back on track.0 -
Every time I have a cheat day I binge like crazy. I end up regretting it soooo much. Will this affect my weight loss? Sometimes I end up having two binging cheat days in a row... It just makes me upset... It's such a bad habit. How do you guys eat on your cheat days? I just had one today and I feel so bad about it...
I think you should stop having cheat days. It sounds like it's doing much more harm than good.
Is there a reason you can't fit foods you enjoy eating into your current calorie and macronutrient goals?
Yeah I think I really should stop having cheat days. It seriously ruins everything making me go overboard. So are you saying that instead of having cheat days I can just add chocolate for example into my diary as long as it fits my calorie limit and macros?
Every night before I go to bed, I eat a little almond and chocolate bar. It is worth 80 calories along with my instant coffee drink. It is the first thing I enter in my food log for the day. I plan my food for the day in the morning.
Last week I entered in one portion of cheesecake at teatime for two of the days (not in a row)
The rest of the time I eat very healthily = fruit, veg, meat, whole eggs, cheese, yoghurt, nuts, seeds, oats etc,
I drink my water.
I am never hungry.
Edit to say I do not have cheat days.
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As others have stated, I also don't have "cheat days" it just seems like I take all my hard work over the week, and flush it down the toilet. I just add certain foods into my diet that I would consider a cheat food. If I want a chocolate bar, I'll have one. Same with any other kind of junk food. As long as it's within my calorie allowance (after exercise cals have been added on) it's not going to negatively effect my weight loss. IT beats spending a whole day eating junk food just for sake of having a "cheat day"0
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as other had stated, you can simply fit in a cheat meal, or something less than ideal into your daily diet. As long as it's within the realms of your caloric goals, you should be fine. I do have a similar problem with cheat days as well, but they are getting better..0
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Your calories are too low. Your body is now in full out rebellion. And you are not binging, you are in survival mode. Try a goal of half a pound a week, this should give you 250-500 more calories a day. As for the lumpia nothing wrong with the 4 pieces if they were the ones that are 160 cals for pieces. Might be a bit of a problem if they were a higher calorie version. This is for future reference. I find it helpful to put away my food after I get the portions that fit my goal for the day. I am too lazy to go back for more.0
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yes
I don't do cheat days
I don't deprive myself an d binge
I eat what I want and have self control and exercise it off and stay under cals0 -
Every time I have a cheat day I binge like crazy. I end up regretting it soooo much. Will this affect my weight loss? Sometimes I end up having two binging cheat days in a row... It just makes me upset... It's such a bad habit. How do you guys eat on your cheat days? I just had one today and I feel so bad about it...
I think 1 cheat meal once a week won't hurt but I wouldn't cheat for the whole day. You could do what I do, about once a month I have a cheat day which coincidently was today. I the bad stuff I ate was pizza and ice cream, I ate a lot of other stuff too but it wasn't bad stuff I just probably ate to much of it. My reasoning that 1 cheat day per month is not as bad is because people usually lose about 1-2 Lbs per week and you can gain a pound or more in 1 day from bad eating so it's pretty damaging to your workout but once a month won't really hurt and it helps to give yourself a release and remind yourself why you don't eat this stuff.0 -
I don't really have cheat days. I have had a few days that I've gone over in calories, but for the most part I keep it under. I don't deprive myself of any food...I just watch my calories.0
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