Do you guys have Cheat meals?

I never allow myself a cheat meal. To me, a cheat meal means you pretended it didn't happen...and your body knows it happened. However, I have been known to exercise a little more over the course of a week to compensate for some less than ideal choices.

I don't really have *cheat* meals anymore, I've long since shifted to the IIFYM mentality (if it fits your macros), where if I want to eat crap I just make sure I have the calories for it. The only exception is when I get chinese food, that is a day on it's own. The combos I get are probably in excess of 2500 calories. I call those days special days.

Cheat meals? not exactly. however I do allow myself some, useless calorie foods every now and then... rice, chips.

I'll admit that I've had a cheat meal before, but, to be pretty honest, there haven't been that many. I think I can count them all on one hand since I joined MFP in January of '12.

If I go over on expected calories for a meal, I've been pretty quick to either compensate with a VERY light next meal or a workout to try to balance that overload. I don't want to "learn" that it's alright to detour from the path I've signed up for, especially since I've come so far. During my 6 month maintenance break I stayed as close to the calorie counting as possible and succeeded in holding at that weight, and just didn't see a reason to splurge somewhere.

But, if you need to have a cheat meal to keep from eating ALL THE FOODZ, then one here and there shouldn't (keyword; 3000 is a high amount for a single meal for someone not lifting like a boss) be a roadblock in your weight loss.

I do a cheat meal once a week, sometimes if I go to a party. I do feel though that in order to get to where you want to be if you have weight to lose on the scale, you have to just eat good. Once you reach your goal, then you can cheat here and there. I notice when I cheat, it is touch and go if I lose that week. I need to lose 20 more lbs. to reach goal, so cheating too much is not going to help that. I eat what I want anyways, as long as I stay within my pts. I do weight watcher's pts. plus. NO calorie counting. I just write my food in my diary notes. I get a daily target for my height and weight, age, and gender. Also they go by how much normal activity you do. Then you get so many pts. a week for cushion to play with. All fresh veggie and fruits are free. Except, corn, avocado, and potatoes. The new program is low carb, low fat, high fiber, high protein. Anything you eat with high fat and carb are going to be higher in pts,, so it really gets you to think about how much you have for the day, and how much you can sacrifice to spread out your food. You can also eat exercise pts too...but I don't. I feel I lose better when I just use my weekly cushion instead!

Just to show you a example: Breakfast: apple opts. bagel 7pts 1 egg 1 eggwhite 2pts. mushrooms opts, salsa opts. cheese 2pts. light butter for bagel 1pt. That is a 12pt. meal. I get 29pts. for my daily target...I have to eat those!!!!!! So that means I would have 17 left to eat...for the day. I spread my weekly cushion pts. out. 4 a day. So could have 10pts. a meal basically!!!!! I try to eat fresh fruit and veggies for snacks to fill in between for 0pts. It may sound confusing to a calorie counter, but for me...this is easier. I have done it forever. I know most foods pts. by heart where I dont' have to look them up anymore.

I do about once a week because I usually never eat my allotted calories during the week. I had mine on Friday. I had a smoothie with tapioca pearls and then about half an order of cheese enchiladas with a few bites of rice, and chips with salsa. I did later have a unhealthy snack though, but that was mainly due to traveling. But, I've been losing weight faster than expected, so I'm not too concerned about the snack because I stay strict during the week, usually having 200-400 calories left by the end of the day.

Cheat meals or cheat snacks are eating things u can't eat on a daily basis due to eating healthier/ dieting. I do have treat days normally on my weigh in day (Monday) and I always log everything, I feel dishonest if I don't. But yeah sometimes I over do it and my body gets overstuffed so I'm working on that for the future:)

I wouldnt really call it "cheat" meal really -More like Carb-up a day.
I do keto. So once a week, i would eat carbs. But it's definitely not a "free-for-all day". I would still try to eat within my calorie goal.
I do notice that I can lift heavier weights or jog longer the day after i ate carbs.
The bad side is, i feel sluggish a few minutes after i ate carbs, and I feel bloaty for the rest of the day..

I do, once a week but I still log it so I dont go crazy over.