How many cheat days a week?
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I'm about your height and weight and surprised you would want to lose any weight (I'm trying to do a slow bulk to build muscle, so I'm actually slowly gaining weight). That said, try not to think about "cheating", food is food. Some of it you like better than others, some is better for you than others. If you feel like PB&J for lunch, work that into your plan for the day and have your PB&J! If you know you are going out for dinner, try to work that it. If you are going for dinner with the family and just KNOW that keeping within your calories for the day isn't going to happen (hey, Easter dinner is coming and that means a tonne of food, wine/beer, etc. with my family...getting that into my plan would mean not eating the rest of the day and I'd be VERY unhappy about that), be honest, log it all, don't go completely nuts though (don't eat ALL THE FOOD) and just move on the next day.
I am vaguely bothered by the concept of the "cheat" day. I call them my "hungry" days...I'm just hungrier than normal and my normal/anticipated amount of food doesn't seem to be enough. So, I have a bit more, keep it healthy (hungry day doesn't mean "stuff my face with chocolate bars all day"), and move on.0 -
I allow myself two cheats a week, not two days. So if I want ice cream on Monday and chips on Tuesday, those are my cheats for the week. If I eat a big cheat meal like my chicken and rice casserole (nothing healthy about it) I count that as two.0
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Asking how many cheat days you can have in a week is about as inspiring as a job interviewee asking how long lunch hours are and how many vacation days they are entitled to on the 1st interview. Not exactly the priorities found in dedicated individuals.
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I say none but I'm boring as helllll..............ha ha0
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Your start weight is where I'm at now and I want to get down 30 lbs. How did you do it?0
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I'm at 172 now, how did you do it? I just joined a team. Journey to Success and now tracking my eating on myfitness pal. I need all the motivation and support I can get.0
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Asking how many cheat days you can have in a week is about as inspiring as a job interviewee asking how long lunch hours are and how many vacation days they are entitled to on the 1st interview. Not exactly the priorities found in dedicated individuals.
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I lol'ed. It's true though.
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I want to lose fat and tone up.
I know it takes time, and I want to be serious and do it right this time.
I weigh 125 lbs, and I am 5'6'' in height.
To lose fat and tone up, you just need to work in cardio and strength training. Although I hate BMI as a measure for health, it can be beneficial to look at. Yours is on the low end of the normal weight range already, so you really don't need to lose weight. You should focus instead on gaining muscle and losing fat, which is really about eating clean and working out. You shouldn't focus on being on a diet but instead eat better foods (more fresh fruits and veggies, lean meat if you aren't a vegetarian, less processed food, etc). Do this alongside some cardio three days a week and strength training three days a week and you should see the results you're looking for. This doesn't require cheat days because it isn't a diet, it's a lifestyle change.0 -
I plan on about 3 "cheat meals" but not going over my weekly allotment (average 1600 cals per day).0
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I try to eat and be very healthy.
Many diseas, like heart, cholestral,
high blood pressure, cancer, diabetes,
and thyroid run in my family.
So I'd like to avoid that by eating healthy.
And I actually recently found out I'm anemic, again!
It always seems to happen when I gain weight.
The Dr. axtually recomended that I lose weight.
125 lbs, is heavy compares to my natural weight.
WHAT IDIOT DOCTOR WOULD TELL YOU TO LOSE WEIGHT? 123lb is the LOWEST anyone in the height bracket of 5'6 should go before they are medically considered underweight, and that's only if you have a naturally small frame to begin with. Because you have won't have much fat to lose, you do not want to limit yourself to cardio workouts. If you want to tone, your best bet would be to increase your strength training and protein intake and cut out the crap foods. Keep in mind, that will make you gain muscle, which in turn will make you gain weight eventually. But it's a healthy gain, not one of fat. It's very easy to gradually eat healthy by adding raw fruits and veggies (mostly veggies) into your long term diet and dropping things with lots of fat and grease. If you don't already do this, portion control by reading serving suggestions and sticking to your caloric limits. If you exercise, eat more, but eat healthy. That way, you don't have to have a "cheat day" and you can eat what you want as a side with some good nutrition as your main source of food.
I was 125 when I did weight training everyday. I'm 5'6 and I was still super thin but fit back then. In fact, it's my goal weight. So I can attest. I went down to 117 and couldn't gain muscle without gaining weight if I wanted to look healthy. If you lost more weight, you're going to struggle with looking both toned and anorexic at the same time because of the loss of fat that is actually good for you.0 -
BTW, go to MyBodyGallery.com and input the measurements and weight you're looking for. You'll notice most all of those women have little to no muscle definition and those that do look extremely wafer thin because they're body fat is too low. But you'll notice if you go into a higher weight search with the same 5'6 height, you'll find a lot more women with perfectly toned bodies.0
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