Cheat day/meal question, 1200 calories people

I don't have "cheat days". I always find a way to fit what I want into my day. If that means I can only have a quarter of a chocolate bar as opposed to the whole thing, then so be it. Or if I have to run an extra mile to account for an extra slice of pizza, again, I find a way to make it work. The only thing I will say about "cheat days" is that I only ate foods that made me feel bloated or gross on weigh day. So in the morning I'd weigh myself, log it and then maybe have a bagel for breakfast. Or pizza/pasta for dinner. Like I said, it always fit into my calories for the day but those kinds of foods always make me feel super bloated after eating them, so I only ate them as a treat after having a good weigh day.

Echoing a lot of previous folks, but I've also found it helpful to stop thinking of meals as "cheat meals" and "diet meals," and instead look at the whole daily picture. If I have a caloric breakfast, I'll have a light dinner, and vice versa. If I'm at a party, or out to eat, or something unexpected comes up, I still try to stick to my 1550/day limit, but will let myself go to 2000 (maintenence-ish) if I think it's really worth it. That day may be a wash, weight-loss-wise, but at least I feel like it's not a step backwards.

The only times that I will truly "cheat" and stop keeping a mental tallies are holidays like Thanksgiving and Christmas, and vacations where I am away from home. Surprisingly, I've started to find that all the good training the rest of the time has made it easier to not go crazy on those. Me indulging myself has turned into eating a maintenance amount.