Not a fan of cheat days

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  • knittnponder
    knittnponder Posts: 1,954 Member
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    Seems like for me it's called "Saturday and Sunday" otherwise known as "The Weekend" :blushing:

    Hehe, I love this!

    I tend to approach this by asking if I'm on track for the week, not for the day. If I've been good all week then I'll eat what I want, whether it's Friday night or Tuesday afternoon. If not, then I've already been living pretty large and probably don't need more. I just call it life. :)

    Yeah, it is a lifestyle. As long as my good choices outweigh the bad ones in the long run (by a large margin) I'm ok with it. My weekends are never what I want them to be so Friday and Monday end up being a little bit strict for me to offset it. I'm totally on track for my exercise though. Just the food choices weren't what they could have been.

    Birthday cake happens! You've just gotta learn how to work it in. ;)
  • Pebble321
    Pebble321 Posts: 6,554 Member
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    I don't see the need for a name for any particular day. Some days I eat under my calories, some day I eat over, though I try to keep it as close as I can.

    Personally I am not "on a diet". I am eating healthy food (mostly!) and watching my portions. Perhaps this is semantics, but it works for me.

    Eating a big fat slice of birthday cake, having a few extra wines or eating chips or dessert isn't "cheating" to me. It is eating stuff that I know isn't the best choice, but for one day, I don't care! I certainly don't want to go back to eating a whole block of chocolate at once, but if someone offers me a piece (and takes the rest safely away!) I will enjoy it and move on with my day.

    This is a lifestyle change for me, not a short term "diet" that will finish as soon as the scales point to a particular number.
  • saldridge
    saldridge Posts: 125 Member
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    Why sweet talk it? You cheat on your diet, that's what you do. If you don't like the "term", don't do the "crime".
    This is so "differently abled"

    Since you are on a diet and you are trying to stick to a meal plan, if you don't, you cheat. If you want to do it on a regular base, incorporate it into your meal plan and call it a "day".


    I am not on a "diet" it is a lifestyle.

    if you think of it as a diet, it will always feel like cheating to be like a real human being with flaws. at least thats how i see it!
    Well, apparently OP who is considering this a "life style" still thinks it's cheating but just doesn't want to use the real term for it.

    I have nothing against cheat days, just call a spade a spade. And if you think cheating is wrong, don't do it.
    I have days where I eat more, but I don't cheat - it is just a day with a different meal plan.

    And to the whole diet vs. life style euphemism, IMHO this is just about the same blah blah. What you eat is your diet, your activity is your exercise and together (with lots of other factors) it's a life style. Why is everyone so bent out of shape about calling a diet a diet. Look up the meaning of "diet"...it does not mean anything bad as per definition. Now, is people think fad diet, short time change of eating habit or unhealthy lifestyle when they hear diet, that's in their mind. In general, a diet is what you eat - life style or not.
  • kabullard
    kabullard Posts: 41
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    I like "treat day" "goodie day" and "splurge".....they're all upbeat!! hehe!! My husband and I have an "off day" once a week (normally a weekend day). It keeps me from craving things during the week! :) good luck :)
  • eme31386
    eme31386 Posts: 32 Member
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    I don't think there should be a day of allowance, cheating or treating...how about just one meal or one snack that is a treat? If you give yourself a whole day there is too much of a chance that the day will become two days or more...what do you guys think?
  • Elle408
    Elle408 Posts: 500 Member
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    I have 'treat day'... it used to be 'Treat Friday' and all my work colleagues would ask me what was for treat friday... was quite funny! Now it tends to be Sunday... I still stay within calorie limit as that's important to me, but I just substitute some of my good calories for bad ones. Last night I had a magnum temptation... 240cals of chocolate, brownie and ice cream goodness! And not a single ounce of guilt!
  • cglenden
    cglenden Posts: 18
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    my cheat days are fridays--- so i call it fat friday! :)
  • cglenden
    cglenden Posts: 18
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    thats exactly as i do.. i stay under goal but ill have mac n cheese instead of rice! lol
  • Erica9903
    Erica9903 Posts: 156
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    Seems like for me it's called "Saturday and Sunday" otherwise known as "The Weekend" :blushing:

    LOL, that's cute :)
  • shaunshaikh
    shaunshaikh Posts: 616 Member
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    In general, I try not to plan my "cheating". I don't always eat the best foods, but overall I eat healthy and exercise plenty. I come from a wrestling background where I used to lose 10-15 pounds every week in water weight to make my weight class, so I know all about planned binges and weekly cheat days and all that stuff. To its core, that kind of pattern is bulemic. Where you plan your binges and exercise or diet it off in a cycle. Bulemia doesn't have to be throwing up. JMO.
  • stormieweather
    stormieweather Posts: 2,549 Member
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    Once in a while I eat at maintenance, never over. I dont' consider it cheating or splurging or anything unusual. I don't eat fast food, junk food, artificial food or unhealthy food at any time, the only difference is in eating a few more calories than usual.
  • JennsLosing
    JennsLosing Posts: 1,026
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    i had a treat day today = P i went over by like 300 so not bad anyways
  • kmeekhof
    kmeekhof Posts: 456 Member
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    Why sweet talk it? You cheat on your diet, that's what you do. If you don't like the "term", don't do the "crime".
    This is so "differently abled"

    Since you are on a diet and you are trying to stick to a meal plan, if you don't, you cheat. If you want to do it on a regular base, incorporate it into your meal plan and call it a "day".


    I am not on a "diet" it is a lifestyle.

    if you think of it as a diet, it will always feel like cheating to be like a real human being with flaws. at least thats how i see it!
    Well, apparently OP who is considering this a "life style" still thinks it's cheating but just doesn't want to use the real term for it.

    I have nothing against cheat days, just call a spade a spade. And if you think cheating is wrong, don't do it.
    I have days where I eat more, but I don't cheat - it is just a day with a different meal plan.

    And to the whole diet vs. life style euphemism, IMHO this is just about the same blah blah. What you eat is your diet, your activity is your exercise and together (with lots of other factors) it's a life style. Why is everyone so bent out of shape about calling a diet a diet. Look up the meaning of "diet"...it does not mean anything bad as per definition. Now, is people think fad diet, short time change of eating habit or unhealthy lifestyle when they hear diet, that's in their mind. In general, a diet is what you eat - life style or not.

    Actually I was just curious what terms people use.... I see it posted all the time "cheat days." I don't use the term diet or cheat days. I have always been a fairly healthy person and am using MFP to get back on track. I agree with you a "diet" should just be eating what you eat... whether it be good or bad for you. Nobody is "so bent out of shape," but any person with common sense knows that diet is a term used by people who are eating in a strict way in an attempt to lose weight.

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