Cheat Days

it sounds like to resolve your problem you should just stop having cheat days.. maybe just have a cheat meal. or don't plan your cheat day and they will sometimes happen and within the next few days you adjust your calories accordingly.

Work the foods you love into your calories, that way you don't feel tempted to "cheat". There are no healthy or unhealthy foods when it comes to weight loss. Some are just more nutrient rich than others.

While I was losing, my cheat day was Friday after weigh-in, and only if I lost weight. Now in maintenance, I only get a cheat day if I don't gain. While you're losing, don't go over what your maintenance would be for that day though, or you go negative on your weight loss. Good luck!

You could try cutting cheat days to a cheat meal or snack or cut it out all together. But you don't necessarily have to miss on certain foods completely, if there's something you're craving you could try buying a smaller portion or saving half of what you get for another day. I personally try to cut things in half and with small things like candy bars it's easier for me but entire meals from restaurants I find this harder to do. Some people this works well for, always worth a shot.

katekc22 wrote: »

i feel the same way! so ive started having a cheat meal once a week and maybe a cheat snack once or twice a week instead of cheat days, so far seems to be helping!

What is a cheat snack? A snack that puts you over your deficit?

I tried to ignore cheat days, but it just doesn't work that way. I'd end up trying to justify my indulgence, and it just allowed me to cheat a little more next time. In the long run, you'll just end up telling yourself it's okay, when you know it's not, and fall back into bad habits. I did, and now I'm trying to lose 20 lbs. I already had lost. No more cheat days for me.

I cheated the other day. Went out for lunch with co-workers. They wanted...Taco Hell. I just ate light and healthy at dinner. Still came in at my goal calories, and had some junk food to feed the craving. Sometimes you gotta do it to keep from binging.

arditarose wrote: »

OhReally42 wrote: »

If you're trying to avoid something like cookies or chocolate, that could be considered a cheat snack. Or yeah, something thats higher in calories I suppose

Avoid for what reason? Not hitting macros first? I'm confused. I'm eating a whole chocolate peanut butter bar right now and the only reason I feel a little bad is because my protein was under today.

This isn't me personally, and not just those things, but some people have to avoid some foods other wise they over eat. Maybe a better example in my instance would be like fast food or soda, I used to eat and drink those things so much that if I were to keep those in my diet on a regular basis,even just one cheat day a week, I'd start to buy them more than once a week and ruin everything for myself. I'm much better off with out it anyways because I physically feel better for many reasons, and chocolate and cookies were just an example, but some things can't even be done in moderation for some people and some people are strong enough to keep cheat days/meals/snacks to one instance. Not everyone is the same.

I mean, I understand the concept of a cheat day or maybe cheat meal. But for some reason I don't get the cheat snack. I don't know what that means ha.