Question about cheat meal.

If you have a high sodium meal and weigh yourself the next day there is a good chance you will be retaining water and the number will be higher so keep that in mind. The opposite thing can happen with alcohol. I've seen people say they were surprised at their weigh in the night after drinking, that it is lower, well that is probably because of dehydration. I try weigh in a day or 2 after a night of drinking or a high sodium day for a more accurate reading.

Good advise by all . I would be careful with keeping a cheat meal. If it works for you great but my recommendation is to just log it like everything else. Im not trying to be preachy sorry if it comes off that way. Others have put it more eloquently than me...so here goes...try and treat this like a lifestyle change and not a diet. Although from your pic you look like a very beautiful young woman so im not sure how much weight your trying to lose...or maintain. You can probably go weeks without"cravings" but if you keep a "cheat" day then you could also binge and possibly backtrack.

My advise is to log it and dont treat it differant..just pay attention to your log.

Hope this helps.

Hmmm... from the responses, I'm forming a solid plan here: Cheat meal at Sunday lunch, then drinking binge Sunday night! Win-win! :drinker:

Do you think this could be repeated daily as I'm really liking the sound of this plan and think I can make it work. :drinker:

Omg this made me laugh so hard! But then I thought about it and remembered that's exactly what I was doing this time last summer at 250 pounds. Hmmm... we may have to re-think this plan, dang it. :grumble:

I don't think scheduling a cheat meal is a good idea. If you want KFC, make room for it in your diary, and just get a little bit (like, if it's fried chicken you crave, have some, but get green beans on the side).