Cheat or Treat?

lorrpb
lorrpb Posts: 11,463 Member
in Health and Weight Loss
I like to call them treats, not cheats. It's more positive, and they're usually pre-planned and controlled.
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  • sault_girl
    sault_girl Posts: 219 Member
    Me too.
  • airangel59
    airangel59 Posts: 1,887 Member
    Treats here too. Planned and worked into the diary ahead of time & enjoyed to the fullest.
    I pre plan/ pre log my meals, keeps me from ever going over.
  • williams969
    williams969 Posts: 2,528 Member
    Yep, they're treats. My husband treated me to a dinner date tonight. Not cheating (that would be awkward :o lol).
  • lemurcat12
    lemurcat12 Posts: 30,886 Member
    I don't really use either, but treat makes more sense to me too.
  • ElizabethOakes2
    ElizabethOakes2 Posts: 1,038 Member
    It's a treat, or a splurge, not a cheat. I'm not cheating anyone or anything. :)
    I'm on a family vacation trip this weekend. I'm gonna have a lot of cardio next week to catch up, but it's worth it!
  • ericjonolsen
    ericjonolsen Posts: 25 Member
    Not to be a debbie-downer, but we're not dogs - we shouldn't be rewarded with food.
  • Jack_NYC
    Jack_NYC Posts: 64 Member
    It's a treat if you log it, a cheat if you don't.
  • stephanieluvspb
    stephanieluvspb Posts: 997 Member
    ericjonolsen wrote: »
    Not to be a debbie-downer, but we're not dogs - we shouldn't be rewarded with food.

    So dogs are the only ones that can enjoy food? Food that sometimes doesn't fit in your calorie goals? My dog gets a bone for a treat. I had bbq rib tips, spicy mac n cheese and a glass of a Indy craft beer as my treat tonight
  • GTR86
    GTR86 Posts: 5 Member
    Depends on whether or not you're supplementing your diet with exercise and how committed you are to your goal .... I feel it's a cheat because I'm kicking my body out of ketosis and cheating myself. If I've been lifting, then I can afford to "treat" myself as a refeed.
  • tomteboda
    tomteboda Posts: 2,171 Member
    Treat, but I still haven't figured out how to incorporate an occasional bowl of chocolate chip cookie dough. :wink:
  • tomteboda
    tomteboda Posts: 2,171 Member
    ericjonolsen wrote: »
    Not to be a debbie-downer, but we're not dogs - we shouldn't be rewarded with food.


    Treat
    NOUN

    1.an event or item that is out of the ordinary and gives great pleasure:
    "he wanted to take her to the movies as a treat"

    Courtesy the Oxford Dictionary.


  • bendyourkneekatie
    bendyourkneekatie Posts: 696 Member
    ericjonolsen wrote: »
    Not to be a debbie-downer, but we're not dogs - we shouldn't be rewarded with food.

    Why?
  • Asher_Ethan
    Asher_Ethan Posts: 2,430 Member
    I call it, "cheat," to all my friends in real life because they don't understand the big deal of calling something a cheat. I guess I don't either.
  • jennifer_417
    jennifer_417 Posts: 12,344 Member
    If it's within my calories and/or I have it planned, then it's a treat. Otherwise it's a cheat.
  • jennifer_417
    jennifer_417 Posts: 12,344 Member
    ericjonolsen wrote: »
    Not to be a debbie-downer, but we're not dogs - we shouldn't be rewarded with food.

    I used to go by that...then I realized that, even though I am a people, I still like food, and rewarding myself with it makes me happy. So I'm going to.
  • lorrpb
    lorrpb Posts: 11,463 Member
    tomteboda wrote: »
    ericjonolsen wrote: »
    Not to be a debbie-downer, but we're not dogs - we shouldn't be rewarded with food.


    Treat
    NOUN

    1.an event or item that is out of the ordinary and gives great pleasure:
    "he wanted to take her to the movies as a treat"

    Courtesy the Oxford Dictionary.


    +1
  • SeanNJ
    SeanNJ Posts: 153 Member
    bendyourkneekatie wrote: »
    ericjonolsen wrote: »
    Not to be a debbie-downer, but we're not dogs - we shouldn't be rewarded with food.

    Why?

    I think it's actually a fair point. I'm sure that's how more than one of us gained the weight to begin with.
  • bendyourkneekatie
    bendyourkneekatie Posts: 696 Member
    SeanNJ wrote: »
    bendyourkneekatie wrote: »
    ericjonolsen wrote: »
    Not to be a debbie-downer, but we're not dogs - we shouldn't be rewarded with food.

    Why?

    I think it's actually a fair point. I'm sure that's how more than one of us gained the weight to begin with.

    Well, anything done to excess can be bad. One could just as easily say no one should ever cut calories as that's how anorexia starts.
  • vivmom2014
    vivmom2014 Posts: 1,649 Member
    Chocolate is such an integral part of my life, I don't call it anything. It just IS.

    For other things, like birthday cake or bakery scones, I would call them treats.
  • lorrpb
    lorrpb Posts: 11,463 Member
    SeanNJ wrote: »
    bendyourkneekatie wrote: »
    ericjonolsen wrote: »
    Not to be a debbie-downer, but we're not dogs - we shouldn't be rewarded with food.

    Why?

    I think it's actually a fair point. I'm sure that's how more than one of us gained the weight to begin with.

    I didn't say to use food as a constant reward. I said pre planned & controlled. Nothing wrong with that. Pre planned and controlled food choices are NOT how most of us gained weight!
  • middlehaitch
    middlehaitch Posts: 8,486 Member
    SeanNJ wrote: »
    bendyourkneekatie wrote: »
    ericjonolsen wrote: »
    Not to be a debbie-downer, but we're not dogs - we shouldn't be rewarded with food.

    Why?

    I think it's actually a fair point. I'm sure that's how more than one of us gained the weight to begin with.

    I think the weigh may have been gained, for some, when treats became everyday occurrences, instead of once a week or month they are meant to be.

    Just my interpretation of a treat.

    Cheers, h.
  • cityruss
    cityruss Posts: 2,493 Member
    I don't label them.

    Everything is just part of a well rounded, flexible and balanced dietary intake.
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  • katej37
    katej37 Posts: 56 Member
    Its just food fitting into my normal day. I like food which is how I gained weight, now I have portion control and am losing. I eat what I want (except now its Lent and I gave up cake, biscuits and chocolate bars!) x
  • paperpudding
    paperpudding Posts: 9,279 Member
    ericjonolsen wrote: »
    Not to be a debbie-downer, but we're not dogs - we shouldn't be rewarded with food.

    Why not?

    I like food and I like rewarding myself with treat food.

    In sensible portions of course, not 20 family size pizzas.


  • Francl27
    Francl27 Posts: 26,371 Member
    ericjonolsen wrote: »
    Not to be a debbie-downer, but we're not dogs - we shouldn't be rewarded with food.

    This comment puzzles me a little bit... Who even talked about reward? I'm not rewarding myself with food, I just enjoy tasty food so I have some.
  • lorrpb
    lorrpb Posts: 11,463 Member
    Thanks people! It's great to see everyone's thoughts.
  • cross2bear
    cross2bear Posts: 1,106 Member
    Funny but my mother, sister and I had this "discussion" just yesterday.

    We are planning the easter weekend menu, and I usually do the turkey and all the mains, with my mother contributing dessert and my sister brings the wine. Ma says, what do you want for dessert? and both my sister and I say "cherry cheesecake!" My mother then says "no, you really dont". We say "Yes - we do!" So my mother obviously views the cherry cheesecake as a cheat for us both, while my sister and I view it entirely as a treat, one for which we shall plan so that it fits into our allottments. The distinction I think is that old crippler, guilt. My mother would feel guilty about the cheesecake, while sis and I would enjoy it. I told my mother I was not going to live my whole life without ever having her cherry cheesecake again, so she has relented, and will bring the required dessert. If she didnt, I would be obliged to make it myself!!!

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