How often do you have cheat days?

I don't log and most of the time, I don't buy junk food. But once in a while, I'll let myself have a king-size kitkat bar or something & not feel too bad about it. So maybe once every few weeks is a "cheat" day, meaning I eat processed candy or something similar?

I think it's important to have a splurge day, but don't cheat yourself by not logging. Even if you're going over budget, it's still good to be conscious of what you're consuming.

I try to have one day a week where I don't worry if I go over my calories - it's not neccessarily a 'right, I'm going to eat everything I get my hands on' day, but if I want a bar of chocolate I will eat it without running the numbers through first to see if it fits into my allowance.

Once a week, on my husband's days off. Right now that's Mondays and Tuesdays. We usually eat out those days. I eat my regular breakfast that I'd eat on my logging days, then usually I eat whatever I want for lunch. Sometimes I make a supper that I'd eat on logging days, sometimes we also go out to eat for supper. I don't really snack too much or binge. I might have an extra cup of coffee. My biggest challenge on those days is remembering to drink enough water. I didn't do it this last week and I've been paying for it ever since. Gotta stay hydrated

I work out 5 days a week for over an hour each time. I don't think I'd take a cheat day if I wasn't working out consistently.

I don't really think I have "cheat" days per se. For the first time in 37 days I went to a restaurant and had a meal and went over my calorie allowance, but I logged everything and even planned the meal that I ordered. Sashimi, so that could have been worse, but the cream cheese rangoons were pretty high in calories. I ended up about 300 calories over my allowance - that could have been worse, too. I plan to "make up" for it today by keeping within my calorie allowance and working out. I tend to work out like crazy on the weekends, anyway. Although I didn't lose any weight, I did maintain my weight - I'm one of those OCD crazies that weighs every morning.

I've had maybe nine or ten cheat days since I joined, either on my birthday or during vacation time, mostly. If I can access the internet, I log them.

I never have a "cheat day". Is that because I can control myself perfectly? HA! Nope, it's because I am not looking at this journey as a "diet"...it's a lifestyle change...meaning I am simply modifying my everyday life. If I want to have dessert every night, that's ok, I just need to adjust for that. I either need to eat less during the rest of the day to save room for those calories OR work out harder to burn off extra.

Depriving yourself leads to failure in my mind. How many times are you craving something, say a chocolate bar, and you eat about 12 other things trying to avoid the chocolate bar, to only then end up eating said chocolate bar too. There is a good chance you would have saved yourself a butt load of calories if you had just had the 220 calorie chocolate bar in the first place.

You still need to enjoy the journey, just be sensible about it

Usually only when I am on vacation or holiday's at home.

Depends on your definition.

I have "mini" cheat days quite often. That's when I go over my goal by <300 calories and log it for the next day. I even have a special "carryover" category for that.

I have real cheat days once a week. That's when I pig out, usually 2500-3500 calories (total, of course). Having such a day allows me to remain sane. I still log it though, just to see the damage.

Been working for me...

Mostly just when I am trying to break a plateau. My appetite has dropped so drastically that I have to force myself to eat lately which is very weird for me because I love to eat.

We have cheat days random as well, we had one today matter of fact