Whats some of your favorite cheat meals?

mine is a nice steak and baked potato with a Cesar salad

mine is a nice steak and baked potato with a Cesar salad

That's not that bad as long as you keep your portions under control and watch the butter and dressing.

Mine is either WI Mac and Cheese from Noodles & Co, or Red Baron singles 4 Cheese and Garlic.

The mac and cheese isn't as bad as you'd think if you get a small. Not something for all the time, but can be part of a healthy plan. Those pizzas, though? They're AWFUL for you. Even if I can get them to fit into my calorie goal, they're still a once a month indulgence, if that.

Chips and salsa!

Generally fajitias from a mexican restaurant of course the chips salsa and green sauces!

I love all food that I should eat in moderation or I shouldn't eat at all, Mexican- Enchiladas, tacos, nachos, Italian all pasta but Chicken alferedo is my fav, Pizza, fast food can be glorious until I'm done eating it and then i think to myself why did i eat that, I love corndogs, and Tator tot casserole is so yummy! I guess Im not to picky when it comes to foods I cant or shouldn't have lol

Now that im changing the way I eat I try to stay away from all of that, Cheating is not ok for me when i allow myself some leeway i tend to over do it so it just works better if stick to foods I can stay on track with !

I'm not a fan of the term "cheat meal" - I don't cheat at all! However, it is part of the healthy lifestyle I'm building for myself to recognise that my calorie deficit will vary, and even, shock! horror!, that there will be days where I'm not even in calorie deficit. There will also be days where I'll be eating a lot less than my calorie expenditure of the day, for example when I'm ill or when I manage to do long, strenuous exercise such as a several hour bike ride or a day or overnight hike.

Today was such a day. I was invited for dinner at a friend's who is an excellent cook. I will probably not see him for a long time. I didn't overeat, but his food was very rich and delicious -- one of the best meals I've had in ages:

- Risotto with saffron, walnuts and chipotle powder (and definitely a lot of parmesan and butter) [portion was too large, we both agreed on that]
- Semolina gnocchi au gratin with three kinds of cheese (we both served ourselves a very small portion to compensate at least a little bit for the risotto)
- Coffee-chocolate cheese cake flavoured with a his home-grown and very hot Savina chili peppers [I ate a sliver, about 1/4 of a regular portion)]
- We shared a bottle of champagne [I had about 250-300 ml]

Clearly over 1000 cal for this meal alone.

During the two months I've been at it, there were 6 days including today where I exceeded my calories significantly. Four were days of transatlantic travel with connections, layovers etc.. While I ate as balanced and healthily as possible, I ended up with about 2000 calories, and the food was necessary to keep me functioning through the sleep-deprived day. I somewhat made up for it the day after. The 6th one was because of a team-building event from my job where we cooked & ate a three-course Italian meal.

No regrets!

Chinese food.

Panera's Bread Co.'s Broccoli Cheddar soup in a sourdough breadbowl. YUM! Love it!

My cheat meal isn't really a meal...I don't eat junk food often, but when I do it's pretty bad. Gummy worms, chips, cookies, and beer usually. I can easily eat my days worth of calories in under an hour with this combo...because I don't limit myself to one serving...I eat and eat and eat, lol.

OMG, gummy worms and cookies are a weakness of mine too! :laugh:

It's why I rarely buy the gummy worms and I have cut back on my baking. I can easily polish off a 1 pound bag of gummy worms without realising it. It's really bad, lol. I'm the type of person that must have a salty snack to go with a sweet one and vice versa. So it's usually fries and cookies or chips and gummy worms, lol.

Hotwings I love them!

I don't know as if i have cheat meals, but I definately have cheat foods. I love slim jims as my salty snack and for sweet I love those Little Debbie Swiss Rolls. I also love pizza dn pasta/potato salads. They don't constitute a whole meal, but sometimes when I cheat I make them one! I know.. I know. NOT GOOD!

Shannon