cutting out all "cheat" foods

I'm not trolling - that's what I do? It works for me.

I'm not trolling - that's what I do? It works for me.

so you're telling me that you will finish of QUARTS of ice cream and somehow you are still losing weight. BS

you're missing the bigger picture. Take a couple steps back. 2 quarts is what... 1200 cals depending on the ice cream? I can burn that much in a single workout, and it's very easy to "absorb" those cals over the course of a week and still be in a deficit.

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Even though you haven't given up all of what I would call "cheat" foods, you've made sacrifices to get where you are. From your own profile: " No fast food or sodas." Those are your cheat foods; and you avoid them.

I beg to differ fast foods are not a cheat meal for me. If we are talking pizza, I do have that frequently. Bacon swiss cheese burgers and fries I make at home. The fries are always Orieda. And soda, that's not a cheat meal....that's just soda and it makes no sense for me to even try to fit that in.

You've missed the point. If you avoid a food or a type of food, those would be your "cheat" foods. That's all the OP is doing. He has identified his "cheat" foods that may be sabotaging his progress and is choosing to avoid them. If ice cream and cereal fits within your budget, good on you. I can occasionally fit an ice cream bar into mine, but I do choose what I eat carefully; not just quantity. I do this because I would rather consume 500 calories in the form of a juicy steak than a Cinnabon pastry.

You've done a great job losing weight and getting into great shape. You made choices and you made sacrifices. Hopefully, no one told you that you were wrong for avoiding soda and fast food.

I don't do weekly deficits and 1200 calories for 2 quarts of ice cream, try 2200

It's not that much to be honest, 1200 or even 2200. I've had days I logged 4300 calories OVER my allowance which back then was around 2000 calories. It didn't prevent me from losing over 40lbs so far.
That was when I was restricting myself so much that I would end up binging once in a while.

I don't work that way anymore but I do still have days I will go over (Mostly cause of the booze lol) but I don't stress it anymore.

I'm not trolling - that's what I do? It works for me.

so you're telling me that you will finish of QUARTS of ice cream and somehow you are still losing weight. BS

you're missing the bigger picture. Take a couple steps back. 2 quarts is what... 1200 cals depending on the ice cream? I can burn that much in a single workout, and it's very easy to "absorb" those cals over the course of a week and still be in a deficit.

I don't do weekly deficits and 1200 calories for 2 quarts of ice cream, try 2200

ok, so 2200. That's 2 good bike rides for me. So what?

Why don't you do weekly deficits? Isn't a weekly deficit just the result of 7 daily deficits? I'd go nuts if I looked at everything strictly on a daily basis. A bigger, weekly view keeps me sane.

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and that works for you, to me I look at it day by day

And that's fine. But don't call BS on other people simply because their approach doesn't work for you.


The trolling you've been doing in this thread has been very subtle. Nicely done.

I've been doing a decent job I think of losing weight over the last year (86lbs to date). I'm 197 and my GW is 185. I have been trying to balance foods I like into my diet and I seem to be stuck at 197. So I think i'm going to cut out all the "cheat" foods and see where that gets me.

Is there a question somewhere in here that I'm missing?

SNARK attack. Everybody out of the water NOW!

Well, no, it's just that there's no question in his statement! Just a generalization about changing his weight loss plan.

I noticed that too...I think the correct response is 'Oh, good luck with that'. I don't do the whole cheat foods/meals/days thing as it's calories that count but I don't think that OP is looking for advice. Bit of a pointless thread really.

I'm not trolling - that's what I do? It works for me.

so you're telling me that you will finish of QUARTS of ice cream and somehow you are still losing weight. BS

you're missing the bigger picture. Take a couple steps back. 2 quarts is what... 1200 cals depending on the ice cream? I can burn that much in a single workout, and it's very easy to "absorb" those cals over the course of a week and still be in a deficit.

I don't do weekly deficits and 1200 calories for 2 quarts of ice cream, try 2200

ok, so 2200. That's 2 good bike rides for me. So what?

Why don't you do weekly deficits? Isn't a weekly deficit just the result of 7 daily deficits? I'd go nuts if I looked at everything strictly on a daily basis. A bigger, weekly view keeps me sane.

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and that works for you, to me I look at it day by day

And that's fine. But don't call BS on other people simply because their approach doesn't work for you.


The trolling you've been doing in this thread has been very subtle. Nicely done.

not trolling,

Someone who's been a member of this site for over a year, and posts about cutting "cheat foods," which is a topic on these forums, oh, about 5 times a day.

Definitely not a troll.

My advice would be to try and change up your workout a bit. If you have been continually losing on your current food plan I wouldn't mess with sucess. Sometimes your body just gets used to certain workouts. I didn't read all comments on this post so forgive me if I am repeating something but have you considered circuit training?

Cheat foods and will power are different for everyone. I am the type that defined what my cheat foods were from the start then made a plan to avoid them. For me, I needed to do this. I needed to know that I wasn't being driven by foods like cake, cookies, fast foods, etc. As I change my eating habits, get into my routine for working out, and notice a difference in my body, I have started to give myself a break. The difference is, rather than eating half the pizza I can now limit to one or 2 slices. For those that can continue eating what they want and can control themselves from the start, you rock! For others, it's not that easy.

My advice would be to try and change up your workout a bit. If you have been continually losing on your current food plan I wouldn't mess with sucess. Sometimes your body just gets used to certain workouts. I didn't read all comments on this post so forgive me if I am repeating something but have you considered circuit training?

I currently am doing the musclepharm get swole program, except I don't follow the bulk-cut phases for the food plan

I'm not familiar w/ that program. Could you give me a little more detail? I'm interested.

All the "I eat junk food all the time people" are flat out kidding themselves about how good they have it. They're drinking the Kool Aid. Great. You eat one serving of ice cream every day? Enjoy that quarter pint of Ben and Jerry's. Whoopie. You had chocolate today? Oh wow, a whole third of a Hershey bar? You wild man. Tonight was pizza night? Oh, one whole slice. My friend B.F. Deal is impressed.

Don't get me wrong. I'm not saying this approach is right/wrong I just think the way people try to sell it as some amazing worry free non-restrictive lifestyle is silly.

I think you a kidding yourself. I eat poptarts, donuts, bacon, peanut butter and ice cream daily. And I got down to 6% body fat eating those same foods daily. I live a worry free "eating" lifestyle and can go out to eat and not worry like "oh wtf am I gonna eat there?" like almost everyone on this site.

then leave the site, you obviously don't need to be here then

Yeah, man - we don't want people that have actually had success sharing their knowledge and experiences. Let everyone flounder about aimlessly. [/sarcasm]



Strong trolling, indeed, OP.