Anyone eat whatever they like for one certain a day?

You can eat whatever you want as long as you keep within your calorie goal and get more or less the right balance of macros.

I used to try to eat super clean then would eventually "cheat" and eat a few coveted unclean foods once in a while but in large portions... it was exhausting! Now I just eat clean most of the time but fit in things like chocolate, cheese, and ice cream almost every day in reasonable portions.

And yes I am successfully & steadily losing weight.

I eat whatever I want, just not the amounts I want. Have lost 180#. Another +1 for pre-planning and logging your days.

I eat 1350 a day and iv lost 50lbs. Once youv been counting calories for a while u get to know the food that is worth it and the food that isnt. I.dont eat clean, I use up all and more of my fat macros because I find higher fat food is more filling. I stay away from cereal, fruit and yoghurt because im still hungry afterwards so find them a waste of good calories for me. I eat chocolate, crisps....even have a McDonalds wrap for lunch regularly. A calorie is a calorie, I do watch my carb macros though

Lots of great advice here!

I agree with @kommodevaran that 1500 is probably about right, but it really depends on how active you are. Are you asking 1500, plus exercise? Or a daily static goal of 1500? If you are completely sedentary you might maintain at around 1600 so 1500 might be very somewhat slow going, but if you are moderately active your daily expenditure might be closer to 2000 so you'd be able to lose at a decent rate at 1500, but that is without eating too many exercise calories back.

I'm a big fan of moderation and keeping no foods off limits but as others have said planning is important. In particular, eating dinner out without a plan gets me every time. ( I did too much of that over the summer so I'm up about 8 lbs right now from my 28 lb loss). I'm working on this myself, but the truth is it's not terribly hard to plan your dinner first and then work the rest of your day around it. That way you know you can enjoy your preferred foods and not feel like you are depriving yourself of anything. In my experience, feelings of deprivation are what lead me to uncontrolled eating.

I eat whatever I like on every given day. The thing is, I weigh and log that food. I tend to save exercise calories as a buffer for eating out. 111.5 down.

I eat whatever I want every day. I just make sure that I eat amounts that fit my calorie goals.

I eat food I like every single day and fit it in my calorie goal.
I prelog my whole day every morning. I start prelogging with dinner because it is my highest calorie meal then lunch, breakfast and finally snacks.

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Give yourself one cheat meal per week.

This may work for some people and not for others. Some people find that if they eat as much as they want without logging it on one meal a week, they can still lose weight. Others (like me) can eat so much at one meal that they can undo the deficit for the entire week. I do have unlogged days, but they tend to be more like once a month, as I know from experience I can knock back up to 4000 calories in a day if I stop logging (and I do log them inasmuch as I quick-add 4000 calories!).

Best approach, imo, is what others have said, eat whatever you want but keep the portions under control so you stay within your calorie goal. Weight loss isn't about "what", it's about "how much".

Rigid rules around eating cause problems for me.

So I let those go and I started 4 months ago eating what I normally love to eat within my calorie goals. During these 4 months I "played" around with my macros (without strictly watching them) and found out that eating a carb, protein and fat with every meal keeps me satisfied on lower calories.

I also began taking my go to foods like pizza and Mexican and started playing around with making them lower calorie. Eating out I still order pizza or Mexican but I now order a big side salad or work at making it fit in my calorie goal. I stopped bringing home a large bag of potato chips or sweets and when I want them I will buy the small lunch size.

A light bulb went off when I started reading these forums. If I have to eat every day of the rest of my life within a calorie goal to keep my weight off, I want to eat the foods I love!