cheat day anyone????

Oh yeah. Highly recommend. I don't call it a cheat day though because it's part of the plan, and if I'm following the plan, then I'm not cheating, dig? I try to go 500-1000 over, but I only even bother logging those days to please my OCD data-keeping tendencies.

today is my cheat day lol my nephew bday party! so some cake

I did that yesterday. Was over by around 700. It was my first one since I started 10 weeks ago

I have a cheat goodie instead of a whole cheat day. I love carbs and sugars, so I'll have a jumbo cookie from the Safeway bakery once a week to keep my sanity.

I allow for one a week but only take it if I feel I really need to. More often then not I end up working to try to exercise back the calories afterwards but if I can't, I try not to beat myself up for it.

Yes! I was over by 1000 something once.
But we need to indulge!

I have one every Saturday. Last week I spiked my day with a big meal at lunch. Got to have Wegmans pizza. I recorded all the info (their site has the breakdown of everything they make) and even though I tried to spike I still didn't go over my calories for the day. This week it was a chicken cheese steak with spinach. I even got the guy at the place to not salt the meat and not use oil on the grill to cook the chicken. He used water instead and then I had him put one provolone instead of American cheese. Added crushed red pepper and oregano and it was delicious!!

Spike days, if planned for and logged are a great thing. You may notice a "spike" in your weight a day or two after, but the body will again settle and lose more that week in a few days. It helps break up the monotony for not only your palate, but also your system. Keeps your metabolism going strong instead of bottoming out. Over time if you stay at 1200 calories (women) to 1800 calories (men) your metabolism will slow down. This keeps the body from getting close to starvation mode. I personally do it once every 7 days, but there are a lot that do it every 4-5 days.. You need to listen to your body and find what works better for you.


Disclaimer: I am by no means making any professional statement above.. Please understand that. Opinions based on reading material (Burn the Fat, Feed the Muscle by Tom Venuto) and personal experience and friends suggestions on here.



Hope this helps!

Matt

cant we earn it back threw the week.. do longer work out and cut back a lil for one day

I'm having a cheat meal as I type !! I had a nice breakfast, light lunch but tonight is pizza, chocolate covered gummies, slurpee and popcorn.

I have a higher calorie day almost every week, sometimes I'm only a bit higher and I exercize the morning I know I'm going to eat more to try and "earn" the cheat and other times I eat anything and everything and don't care, and the next day I'm back on track!

Some of my worst cheats are 2000+ calories over my daily intake.

Oh and I don't do guilt, I'm eating this way for the rest of my life, and indulging in alcoholic drinks, going to restaurants, movies, bbq's, birthday parties are all part of my life so as long as my healthy eating takes place 90% of the time I don't see myself having any issues with going on as I have been.