question "cheat day"

mistydm76
mistydm76 Posts: 35 Member
in Health and Weight Loss
If I met my 1200 calorie goal on my cheat day can I have another one?

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  • TavistockToad
    TavistockToad Posts: 35,719 Member
    How is it a cheat day?
  • Sercee
    Sercee Posts: 36 Member
    If your cheat days keep going like that I say keep having them! lol
  • ana3067
    ana3067 Posts: 5,623 Member
    TavistockToad wrote: »
    How is it a cheat day?

    ikr.
  • SergeantSausage
    SergeantSausage Posts: 1,673 Member
    OP - define "cheat" for us, please.
  • meritage4
    meritage4 Posts: 1,441 Member
    why bother? If you can stick to your calories do that. It works.
  • Liftng4Lis
    Liftng4Lis Posts: 15,151 Member
    What is a cheat day?
  • iheartinsanity
    iheartinsanity Posts: 205 Member
    Have a cheat meal, not a cheat day. If I made it a day...I could easily eat 7K calories in a "cheat day". Chose a meal, don't worry about it, and negate it later. :)
  • Maaike84
    Maaike84 Posts: 211 Member
    I'm guessing OP set out to have a cheat day, but stayed within 1200 cals. If so, OP, then yes - 1200 cals does not a cheat day make.
  • malibu927
    malibu927 Posts: 17,562 Member
    A 1200-calorie day would not really be a cheat day...
  • scottacular
    scottacular Posts: 597 Member
    iheartinsanity wrote: »
    Have a cheat meal, not a cheat day. If I made it a day...I could easily eat 7K calories in a "cheat day". Chose a meal, don't worry about it, and negate it later. :)

    This.

    Don't seek to cheat, instead seek to work the sort of food you'd consider cheat food into your diet. You'd be surprised just how easy it is. Then occasionally indulge in a cheat meal.
  • mistydm76
    mistydm76 Posts: 35 Member
    Thanks!
  • mistydm76
    mistydm76 Posts: 35 Member
    TavistockToad wrote: »
    How is it a cheat day?
    Fried food for dinner, I still exercised. :)
  • cwolfman13
    cwolfman13 Posts: 41,865 Member
    I would never consider a 1200 calorie day a "cheat day"...it would be a sad day, but not a cheat day.
    mistydm76 wrote: »
    TavistockToad wrote: »
    How is it a cheat day?
    Fried food for dinner, I still exercised. :)

    Stop categorizing foods as "good" or "bad" and look at your diet in it's entirety for proper context. I'm having pizza and beer tonight...it's not going to somehow undo all of the other awesome nutrition I had earlier today or my 50 mile bike ride...in the context of my diet and fitness, it's rather insignificant.
  • mistydm76
    mistydm76 Posts: 35 Member
    Thanks for the input everyone. I want to do well and not set myself up for failure. I've lost weight and then gained it back. I want to lose weight and still eat normal. I am glad I got advice.
  • TavistockToad
    TavistockToad Posts: 35,719 Member
    mistydm76 wrote: »
    Thanks for the input everyone. I want to do well and not set myself up for failure. I've lost weight and then gained it back. I want to lose weight and still eat normal. I am glad I got advice.

    You never answered the questions... How is eating your usual 1200 cals a 'cheat' day? What did you cheat on?
  • Merkavar
    Merkavar Posts: 3,082 Member
    Why did I get a notification about people replying here. Not my post and I haven't made a reply here.

    But I'm pretty sure a cheat day is meant to be when you over eat a bit. So if your normally eating 1200 and then do 1800 one day. That's a cheat.

    If you do 1200 by eating hotdog stuff crust pizza it isn't a cheat day.
  • Katerina9408
    Katerina9408 Posts: 276 Member
    mistydm76 wrote: »
    If I met my 1200 calorie goal on my cheat day can I have another one?

    For me cheat day would be 3000-4000 cal :D Yey for cheat days :D
  • Katerina9408
    Katerina9408 Posts: 276 Member
    Liftng4Lis wrote: »
    What is a cheat day?

    When you stuff with all kind of junk food you can find :D jk when you eat what you want without thinking of cal
  • mistydm76
    mistydm76 Posts: 35 Member
    I ate 7 fried shrimp, mashed potatoes, green beans for dinner and went to the movies and ate buttered popcorn. Morning I ate egg whites with a slice of ham. Lunch I ate two Bbq chicken wings.

  • mom2ava07
    mom2ava07 Posts: 186 Member
    It's not a cheat if it fits within your calories. I know it feels wrong to eat good stuff, but it's more about portion control. I still eat cookies every night after dinner, but now I only have a few versus half a box ;)
  • Bry_Fitness70
    Bry_Fitness70 Posts: 2,480 Member
    mistydm76 wrote: »
    If I met my 1200 calorie goal on my cheat day can I have another one?

    Lol, I have days that I eat 1,200 calories in snacks (if I workout that day and eat some of the calories back)
  • mistydm76
    mistydm76 Posts: 35 Member
    :)

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