Cheat Days

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stevenlayne74
stevenlayne74 Posts: 17 Member
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Just wondered how many people take a cheat day now and then

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  • mrod7557
    mrod7557 Posts: 18 Member
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    Its good to have a cheat day, but not everyday. Your body needs the fat to help it burn it, its about portion.
  • jeannehick93
    jeannehick93 Posts: 1
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    Lol I cheat on Sundays I try not to go crazy..
  • dunnodunno
    dunnodunno Posts: 2,290 Member
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    I don't have a cheat day. I work my favorite foods into my food diary everyday. There are some days I eat worse than others, but I never consider them a cheat day.
  • sandicat6
    sandicat6 Posts: 61 Member
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    I try not to. I can gain back in one day what it takes me two weeks to lose. so unfair.
  • 530roman
    530roman Posts: 1,819 Member
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    What is a cheat day?
  • malibu927
    malibu927 Posts: 17,565 Member
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    dunnodunno wrote: »
    I don't have a cheat day. I work my favorite foods into my food diary everyday. There are some days I eat worse than others, but I never consider them a cheat day.

    ^ This
  • queenliz99
    queenliz99 Posts: 15,317 Member
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    I bank my calories during the week so I can eat have more calories on the weekend.
  • iheartinsanity
    iheartinsanity Posts: 205 Member
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    Cheat meal, yes. Cheat day, no. Cheat days can easily set most people back...but a cheat meal can easily be worked into macros.
  • acorsaut89
    acorsaut89 Posts: 1,147 Member
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    Nope . . . I figure out how to work the foods I want in, but never a cheat day. Having a cheat day where the mentality is to just eat whatever can throw off whatever progress you may have made that week.

    I'm not saying it's not ok to do it, just keep that in mind. Also, I really just figure out how to eat what I want within my allowable calories, that's it that's all. It's so much easier than struggling for 6 days until cheat day comes around and then know I am going back to doing something I don't want to do.

    :)
  • MaggieLoo79
    MaggieLoo79 Posts: 288 Member
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    I do two cheat meals on the weekend - both under 1500 calories. I read it in a Jackie Warner book. It's working for me.
  • heather_riffenburg1
    heather_riffenburg1 Posts: 194 Member
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    @ queenliz99That's a good idea.
  • VeryKatie
    VeryKatie Posts: 5,953 Member
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    I don't give myself cheat days because I know every once in a while I have a day that I just can't control my food well enough. I let those become cheat days. If I did Cheat Days and Oops Days, it would be far too many days.
  • estitom
    estitom Posts: 205 Member
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    I don't really have cheat days, but I have days when I can't bother to track calories. I just eat as I usually do. I probably eat a bit more than I would otherwise on those days though.

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