Im nervous about my first free meal help!
rikkejanell2014
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I started my real journey 5 days ago. I have been doing so good. Ive lost 5 pounds in 5 days. I work out every day and eat really healthy and im way under my calorie intake every day. So this weekend i want to have a free meal of one of my favorite meals at a restaurant. Still trying to decide where to go. I'm just nervous about breaking my healthy food ways. I still have 55 pounds to lose and im giving myself a year. However i want to enjoy something i really enjoy maybe like once a week. Any advice? I'm scared
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No meal is truly free.
It's about choices and consequences.
What do you plan to do?
If you consider a free meal to be eating against your "healthy food ways" but still within your deficit, that won't impact your weight loss.
If you consider a free meal as one that puts you up to your maintenance calories for that day, that will only slow down your weight loss by about 1/7th and may be well worth it to you.
If you consider a free meal to be one where you eat as many calories as possible, that may wipe out some or all of the deficit you've worked to get during the rest of the week.5 -
Well it might be a pasta dish idk but it will be 1 meal not a whole day.1
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rikkejanell2014 wrote: »Well it might be a pasta dish idk but it will be 1 meal not a whole day.
Some people can pack a lot of calories into one meal.
The way I do things (and this may not work for you but it works for me) is to work the foods I like into every day and within my calorie goal. I might have a high-calorie meal that puts me over maintenance once every 3 months or so.2 -
If you are counting correctly and under your calorie intake every day, you will have some calories "saved". I would calculate how many you have saved for the week and not go over those for your special meal, leaving you in your correct deficit for the week.
You might also consider a nonfood reward to yourself for future goals (new piece of clothing, investment in a hobby, the money you would spend on a meal into a savings account, etc...).2 -
only 5 days in and already going for cheat meals? Your nervous because you know your being stupid.
Yes its fine to eat wherever you want whatever you want aslong as it fits in your calories. Bank calories through the week to use on your "free" meal (Nothings free this is bad thinking cut it out)
But just because nothings free doesn't mean anythings cut off. Just fit it in.
edit: I love tofu burgers so i have one nearly every day. Dieting doesn't need to be 100% healthy food youll drive yourself insane...Have what you want in smaller portions daily/few times a week- Not "free" meals8 -
Please log all your food accurately. You are the only one who can benefit from logging your food, and you are the only one who can do it accurately.3
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Meals shouldn't be viewed as a cheat or free meal. This is counterproductive for weight loss mentality. Yes you need an occasional splurge, but if your goal is weight loss, a splurge of pasta cannot be a weekly thing.
Having the cheat day/meal mentality doesn't support losing weight. It may help you maintaining it, but you'll see a much much slower (or complete stop) progress after a few weeks!
The reason I tell you this is because my husband and I fell into this exact same scenario. We were busting our *kitten* with HITT training and doing the "cheat day" thing. It made our weight loss stall very quickly bc we didn't truly change our mentality & honestly just shifted those calories around in the week. When we stopped the cheat day mentality is when we started losing consistently. Then after a while food started becoming less important overall, so the overt desire to "cheat" was much much less.
Recently we reverted slowly back into old habits, which is why I'm here. We're not near the weight we started with, but were trending the wrong way so now we're back to the food diaries.
One final note... weight "falls off" really quickly when you start bc you don't have as much residual food in your body (food takes many hours to get from mouth to *kitten*, so before dieting starts you're LITERALLY full of *kitten*, & when dieting starts you become less F.O.S.) & due to fluid shifts. It's not pure FAT weight loss. This is important bc if you're working out, you might see a slight INCREASE in weight while building muscle after a few weeks.
The expectation shouldn't be that 5# in 5 days will be your normal weight loss because that rate will naturally slow down & that's OK! Don't get disappointed or discouraged. Keep working out (or start if you haven't already) and eating cleanly. You'll get there & you'll look great doing it!3 -
Eliminate the free/cheat meal mentality now. It will sey you up for binging habits later on which will create a really unhealthy relationship with food. Im talking from experience. Just allow yourself to have a semi healthy meal rather. Go for wholewheat pasta if that's what you have been craving really badly. But you need to let go of the idea that you can have all the unhealthy foods youve given up after a good healthy week. You feel nervous because you know it will offset your hard work so far.1
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just go and have fun0
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As everyone above has already said, there are no free meals. Weight loss is a matter of calories in vs. calories out. If you eat more than you burn, you gain weight. If you eat less than you burn, you lose weight. Carefully logging of your meals in MFP can help you track where you are relative to maintenance level and every calorie counts. The safest and easiest way to lose weight is to shoot for modest calorie deficits daily, but saving up some calories by eating less throughout the week and then eating those calories on the weekend will not have much impact on your overall weight loss as long as your calories for the week remain the same.
As someone else also said above, 1 pound/day is not a sustainable rate of weight loss and is almost certainly due to varying amounts of water and food waste in your system (I can vary 2 pounds day to day for the same reason). Unless you are very heavy, I believe 1-2 pounds/week is a more reasonable weight loss expectation over the longer term.
In any case, good luck meeting your goals. It sounds like you are off to a good start.2 -
Weight loss is about staying within the correct calorie deficit for your weight loss goals. There are no 'free' meals, but with a bit of pre-planning of your day, you can enjoy a nice dinner out, and have it fit within your calorie deficit goals
I ate out several times a week during my active weight loss phase and continue to do so now in maintenance. But, you don't have the right mindset approaching this whole thing-all food counts because all food has calories. Pre-planning/pre-logging will help you find a meal that fits in with your calorie goals. Lots of restaurants have lighter options so it's pretty easy nowadays to eat out on a calorie deficit. 1 -
Go ahead and have your cheat day1
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JaydedMiss wrote: »only 5 days in and already going for cheat meals? Your nervous because you know your being stupid.
Yes its fine to eat wherever you want whatever you want aslong as it fits in your calories. Bank calories through the week to use on your "free" meal (Nothings free this is bad thinking cut it out)
But just because nothings free doesn't mean anythings cut off. Just fit it in.
edit: I love tofu burgers so i have one nearly every day. Dieting doesn't need to be 100% healthy food youll drive yourself insane...Have what you want in smaller portions daily/few times a week- Not "free" meals
Why is eating a meal stupid?! It's food. If she overeats, she can get back on track again the next day. We all do it. It's called being human.2 -
if you want to try and plan ahead, many chain type restaurants have food info available on MFP that you could look up1
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Log the meal anyway. Stay under or at your calorie goal that day... or at the very least stay at your TDEE that day so you don't undo your weeks hard work. Also, not really possible to lose a pound a day unless you're starving yourself, it's probably water weight.2
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Meals shouldn't be viewed as a cheat or free meal. This is counterproductive for weight loss mentality. Yes you need an occasional splurge, but if your goal is weight loss, a splurge of pasta cannot be a weekly thing.
Having the cheat day/meal mentality doesn't support losing weight. It may help you maintaining it, but you'll see a much much slower (or complete stop) progress after a few weeks!
The reason I tell you this is because my husband and I fell into this exact same scenario. We were busting our *kitten* with HITT training and doing the "cheat day" thing. It made our weight loss stall very quickly bc we didn't truly change our mentality & honestly just shifted those calories around in the week. When we stopped the cheat day mentality is when we started losing consistently. Then after a while food started becoming less important overall, so the overt desire to "cheat" was much much less.
Recently we reverted slowly back into old habits, which is why I'm here. We're not near the weight we started with, but were trending the wrong way so now we're back to the food diaries.
One final note... weight "falls off" really quickly when you start bc you don't have as much residual food in your body (food takes many hours to get from mouth to *kitten*, so before dieting starts you're LITERALLY full of *kitten*, & when dieting starts you become less F.O.S.) & due to fluid shifts. It's not pure FAT weight loss. This is important bc if you're working out, you might see a slight INCREASE in weight while building muscle after a few weeks.
The expectation shouldn't be that 5# in 5 days will be your normal weight loss because that rate will naturally slow down & that's OK! Don't get disappointed or discouraged. Keep working out (or start if you haven't already) and eating cleanly. You'll get there & you'll look great doing it!
Oh, so I haven't really lost 26lbs this year by splurging on beer and pizza every Friday night?
OP, eat and enjoy the meal, log it, and get back on track the next day.1 -
BruinsGal_91 wrote: »Meals shouldn't be viewed as a cheat or free meal. This is counterproductive for weight loss mentality. Yes you need an occasional splurge, but if your goal is weight loss, a splurge of pasta cannot be a weekly thing.
Having the cheat day/meal mentality doesn't support losing weight. It may help you maintaining it, but you'll see a much much slower (or complete stop) progress after a few weeks!
The reason I tell you this is because my husband and I fell into this exact same scenario. We were busting our *kitten* with HITT training and doing the "cheat day" thing. It made our weight loss stall very quickly bc we didn't truly change our mentality & honestly just shifted those calories around in the week. When we stopped the cheat day mentality is when we started losing consistently. Then after a while food started becoming less important overall, so the overt desire to "cheat" was much much less.
Recently we reverted slowly back into old habits, which is why I'm here. We're not near the weight we started with, but were trending the wrong way so now we're back to the food diaries.
One final note... weight "falls off" really quickly when you start bc you don't have as much residual food in your body (food takes many hours to get from mouth to *kitten*, so before dieting starts you're LITERALLY full of *kitten*, & when dieting starts you become less F.O.S.) & due to fluid shifts. It's not pure FAT weight loss. This is important bc if you're working out, you might see a slight INCREASE in weight while building muscle after a few weeks.
The expectation shouldn't be that 5# in 5 days will be your normal weight loss because that rate will naturally slow down & that's OK! Don't get disappointed or discouraged. Keep working out (or start if you haven't already) and eating cleanly. You'll get there & you'll look great doing it!
Oh, so I haven't really lost 26lbs this year by splurging on beer and pizza every Friday night?
OP, eat and enjoy the meal, log it, and get back on track the next day.
You're absolutely right: A "splurge" of *anything* weekly is compatible with weight loss if you maintain a deficit.
I think people try to over-complicate "cheat meals," "free meals," etc. It's simple: if you can maintain a deficit while "cheating," you will still lose weight. If you don't, you won't. When I was losing weight, I often had days when I went over my calorie goal. I didn't call them "cheat" or "free" days because that wasn't personally helpful to me, but it doesn't really matter what you call them. Your body will measure the calories no matter what you call them and if having a day where you regularly go over calories helps you maintain an overall deficit, it's compatible with weight loss.2 -
BruinsGal_91 wrote: »OP, eat and enjoy the meal, log it, and get back on track the next day.
There it is. Log it. Get back on track. Enjoy it. The important part is to log it, even if you go way over your goals for that day, you'll know how much harder you need to work going forward for it not to affect you in the long term. I bet I ate 5k in calories three days in a row during Thanksgiving weekend. I gained not one single pound because I logged it with a fair degree of accuracy, and worked it off the following week (this week) by increasing my deficit a little each day since then.
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leejoyce31 wrote: »JaydedMiss wrote: »only 5 days in and already going for cheat meals? Your nervous because you know your being stupid.
Yes its fine to eat wherever you want whatever you want aslong as it fits in your calories. Bank calories through the week to use on your "free" meal (Nothings free this is bad thinking cut it out)
But just because nothings free doesn't mean anythings cut off. Just fit it in.
edit: I love tofu burgers so i have one nearly every day. Dieting doesn't need to be 100% healthy food youll drive yourself insane...Have what you want in smaller portions daily/few times a week- Not "free" meals
Why is eating a meal stupid?! It's food. If she overeats, she can get back on track again the next day. We all do it. It's called being human.
Because as i said its her thinking "free" ot "cheat" meals is stupid. Especially 5 days in. And honestly i find you tellign her its okay to fall off the wagon 5 days in stupid to. YES we fall off the wagon it happens yes thats human, But she is PRE PLANNING to fall off the wagon. Which angers me. SO yes its stupid. She wants you to tell her its pefectly fine and its not. If she wants to lose weight she needs to realize that and fit what she loves into her day not have "free meals" every week.5 -
JaydedMiss wrote: »leejoyce31 wrote: »JaydedMiss wrote: »only 5 days in and already going for cheat meals? Your nervous because you know your being stupid.
Yes its fine to eat wherever you want whatever you want aslong as it fits in your calories. Bank calories through the week to use on your "free" meal (Nothings free this is bad thinking cut it out)
But just because nothings free doesn't mean anythings cut off. Just fit it in.
edit: I love tofu burgers so i have one nearly every day. Dieting doesn't need to be 100% healthy food youll drive yourself insane...Have what you want in smaller portions daily/few times a week- Not "free" meals
Why is eating a meal stupid?! It's food. If she overeats, she can get back on track again the next day. We all do it. It's called being human.
Because as i said its her thinking "free" ot "cheat" meals is stupid. Especially 5 days in. And honestly i find you tellign her its okay to fall off the wagon 5 days in stupid to. YES we fall off the wagon it happens yes thats human, But she is PRE PLANNING to fall off the wagon. Which angers me. SO yes its stupid. She wants you to tell her its pefectly fine and its not. If she wants to lose weight she needs to realize that and fit what she loves into her day not have "free meals" every week.
Whoa! So much anger.
I think the pre-planning thing is actually a great idea. If you pre-plan, I can't see how it can be called 'falling off the wagon'. Pre-planning means you can do a bit of damage limitation and eat fewer calories in the days leading up to the meal out. I refuse to call it a 'cheat' or a 'free' meal, it's just another meal. I've said a billion times before, I have beer and pizza every Friday night and have still lost weight. I've got a Christmas party tomorrow night; and you can be sure as hell, I'll be falling of that wagon, and will probably have a large glass of wine clutched in my hand while I'm doing it.4 -
BruinsGal_91 wrote: »JaydedMiss wrote: »leejoyce31 wrote: »JaydedMiss wrote: »only 5 days in and already going for cheat meals? Your nervous because you know your being stupid.
Yes its fine to eat wherever you want whatever you want aslong as it fits in your calories. Bank calories through the week to use on your "free" meal (Nothings free this is bad thinking cut it out)
But just because nothings free doesn't mean anythings cut off. Just fit it in.
edit: I love tofu burgers so i have one nearly every day. Dieting doesn't need to be 100% healthy food youll drive yourself insane...Have what you want in smaller portions daily/few times a week- Not "free" meals
Why is eating a meal stupid?! It's food. If she overeats, she can get back on track again the next day. We all do it. It's called being human.
Because as i said its her thinking "free" ot "cheat" meals is stupid. Especially 5 days in. And honestly i find you tellign her its okay to fall off the wagon 5 days in stupid to. YES we fall off the wagon it happens yes thats human, But she is PRE PLANNING to fall off the wagon. Which angers me. SO yes its stupid. She wants you to tell her its pefectly fine and its not. If she wants to lose weight she needs to realize that and fit what she loves into her day not have "free meals" every week.
Whoa! So much anger.
I think the pre-planning thing is actually a great idea. If you pre-plan, I can't see how it can be called 'falling off the wagon'. Pre-planning means you can do a bit of damage limitation and eat fewer calories in the days leading up to the meal out. I refuse to call it a 'cheat' or a 'free' meal, it's just another meal. I've said a billion times before, I have beer and pizza every Friday night and have still lost weight. I've got a Christmas party tomorrow night; and you can be sure as hell, I'll be falling of that wagon, and will probably have a large glass of wine clutched in my hand while I'm doing it.
Whose angry xD Your saying the same thing as me. She just needs to fix her thinking i never said she cant eat her food i actualyl said multiple times she needs to eat her food more often
i like when people dont read 2 -
i think "cheat" meals are just one of those things that set people off and its something that we become passionate about (personally, I don't believe in them, I just plan my schedule around what I want to eat) - but for people new or those coming from WW (or similar) - they've been indocrinated into the idea that deprivation is good and that its ok to "cheat" occasionally...rather than just being well-rounded3
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If this isn't something you're comfortable with yet, maybe you just shouldn't do it. I started in mid September of 2012 and I didn't have a "free meal" or cheat or whatever until Thanksgiving...I was pretty locked in early on and since you're worried about going off the rails, maybe you should lock it in...five days in isn't really long enough to truly develop healthy habits. By the time I had my Thanksgiving feast that year, I was well into things and it was no biggie just jumping back into the saddle with my good livin'
Otherwise, I'd say just go enjoy it...but really, if you can't enjoy it and you're stressing about it, what's the point?1 -
"But she is PRE PLANNING to fall off the wagon. Which angers me. SO yes its stupid."
It was this sentence which made me think you were angry at the fact she was going to break her diet.JaydedMiss wrote: »BruinsGal_91 wrote: »JaydedMiss wrote: »leejoyce31 wrote: »JaydedMiss wrote: »only 5 days in and already going for cheat meals? Your nervous because you know your being stupid.
Yes its fine to eat wherever you want whatever you want aslong as it fits in your calories. Bank calories through the week to use on your "free" meal (Nothings free this is bad thinking cut it out)
But just because nothings free doesn't mean anythings cut off. Just fit it in.
edit: I love tofu burgers so i have one nearly every day. Dieting doesn't need to be 100% healthy food youll drive yourself insane...Have what you want in smaller portions daily/few times a week- Not "free" meals
Why is eating a meal stupid?! It's food. If she overeats, she can get back on track again the next day. We all do it. It's called being human.
Because as i said its her thinking "free" ot "cheat" meals is stupid. Especially 5 days in. And honestly i find you tellign her its okay to fall off the wagon 5 days in stupid to. YES we fall off the wagon it happens yes thats human, But she is PRE PLANNING to fall off the wagon. Which angers me. SO yes its stupid. She wants you to tell her its pefectly fine and its not. If she wants to lose weight she needs to realize that and fit what she loves into her day not have "free meals" every week.
Whoa! So much anger.
I think the pre-planning thing is actually a great idea. If you pre-plan, I can't see how it can be called 'falling off the wagon'. Pre-planning means you can do a bit of damage limitation and eat fewer calories in the days leading up to the meal out. I refuse to call it a 'cheat' or a 'free' meal, it's just another meal. I've said a billion times before, I have beer and pizza every Friday night and have still lost weight. I've got a Christmas party tomorrow night; and you can be sure as hell, I'll be falling of that wagon, and will probably have a large glass of wine clutched in my hand while I'm doing it.
Whose angry xD Your saying the same thing as me. She just needs to fix her thinking i never said she cant eat her food i actualyl said multiple times she needs to eat her food more often i like when people dont read
That's what your first post in this thread said, but then you seemed to do a complete 180 with your next one. If I mis-read, then I apologise.0 -
JaydedMiss wrote: »leejoyce31 wrote: »JaydedMiss wrote: »only 5 days in and already going for cheat meals? Your nervous because you know your being stupid.
Yes its fine to eat wherever you want whatever you want aslong as it fits in your calories. Bank calories through the week to use on your "free" meal (Nothings free this is bad thinking cut it out)
But just because nothings free doesn't mean anythings cut off. Just fit it in.
edit: I love tofu burgers so i have one nearly every day. Dieting doesn't need to be 100% healthy food youll drive yourself insane...Have what you want in smaller portions daily/few times a week- Not "free" meals
Why is eating a meal stupid?! It's food. If she overeats, she can get back on track again the next day. We all do it. It's called being human.
Because as i said its her thinking "free" ot "cheat" meals is stupid. Especially 5 days in. And honestly i find you tellign her its okay to fall off the wagon 5 days in stupid to. YES we fall off the wagon it happens yes thats human, But she is PRE PLANNING to fall off the wagon. Which angers me. SO yes its stupid. She wants you to tell her its pefectly fine and its not. If she wants to lose weight she needs to realize that and fit what she loves into her day not have "free meals" every week.
You just seem to like the word stupid. It appears you like trying to insult people. I have no more conversation for you. Have a nice day. Bless your heart.0 -
BruinsGal_91 wrote: »"But she is PRE PLANNING to fall off the wagon. Which angers me. SO yes its stupid."
It was this sentence which made me think you were angry at the fact she was going to break her diet.JaydedMiss wrote: »BruinsGal_91 wrote: »JaydedMiss wrote: »leejoyce31 wrote: »JaydedMiss wrote: »only 5 days in and already going for cheat meals? Your nervous because you know your being stupid.
Yes its fine to eat wherever you want whatever you want aslong as it fits in your calories. Bank calories through the week to use on your "free" meal (Nothings free this is bad thinking cut it out)
But just because nothings free doesn't mean anythings cut off. Just fit it in.
edit: I love tofu burgers so i have one nearly every day. Dieting doesn't need to be 100% healthy food youll drive yourself insane...Have what you want in smaller portions daily/few times a week- Not "free" meals
Why is eating a meal stupid?! It's food. If she overeats, she can get back on track again the next day. We all do it. It's called being human.
Because as i said its her thinking "free" ot "cheat" meals is stupid. Especially 5 days in. And honestly i find you tellign her its okay to fall off the wagon 5 days in stupid to. YES we fall off the wagon it happens yes thats human, But she is PRE PLANNING to fall off the wagon. Which angers me. SO yes its stupid. She wants you to tell her its pefectly fine and its not. If she wants to lose weight she needs to realize that and fit what she loves into her day not have "free meals" every week.
Whoa! So much anger.
I think the pre-planning thing is actually a great idea. If you pre-plan, I can't see how it can be called 'falling off the wagon'. Pre-planning means you can do a bit of damage limitation and eat fewer calories in the days leading up to the meal out. I refuse to call it a 'cheat' or a 'free' meal, it's just another meal. I've said a billion times before, I have beer and pizza every Friday night and have still lost weight. I've got a Christmas party tomorrow night; and you can be sure as hell, I'll be falling of that wagon, and will probably have a large glass of wine clutched in my hand while I'm doing it.
Whose angry xD Your saying the same thing as me. She just needs to fix her thinking i never said she cant eat her food i actualyl said multiple times she needs to eat her food more often i like when people dont read
That's what your first post in this thread said, but then you seemed to do a complete 180 with your next one. If I mis-read, then I apologise.
Im upset at the people thinking its okay for her to preplan wagon fall offs so soon into her diet instead of helping her realize how unnecessary it is. Which actually i see you were doing. You have been on your healthy eating much longer than her i assume, Still don't think its a good thing to teach her is okay to do when shes so new.
Every successful person on here has learned diets work when you include everything and get rid of the guilt behind foods. Starting her diet 5 days in with a "free" meal is just silly.2 -
leejoyce31 wrote: »JaydedMiss wrote: »leejoyce31 wrote: »JaydedMiss wrote: »only 5 days in and already going for cheat meals? Your nervous because you know your being stupid.
Yes its fine to eat wherever you want whatever you want aslong as it fits in your calories. Bank calories through the week to use on your "free" meal (Nothings free this is bad thinking cut it out)
But just because nothings free doesn't mean anythings cut off. Just fit it in.
edit: I love tofu burgers so i have one nearly every day. Dieting doesn't need to be 100% healthy food youll drive yourself insane...Have what you want in smaller portions daily/few times a week- Not "free" meals
Why is eating a meal stupid?! It's food. If she overeats, she can get back on track again the next day. We all do it. It's called being human.
Because as i said its her thinking "free" ot "cheat" meals is stupid. Especially 5 days in. And honestly i find you tellign her its okay to fall off the wagon 5 days in stupid to. YES we fall off the wagon it happens yes thats human, But she is PRE PLANNING to fall off the wagon. Which angers me. SO yes its stupid. She wants you to tell her its pefectly fine and its not. If she wants to lose weight she needs to realize that and fit what she loves into her day not have "free meals" every week.
You just seem to like the word stupid. It appears you like trying to insult people. I have no more conversation for you. Have a nice day. Bless your heart.
Sorry i wont baby everyone and tell them the worlds all happy and flowery. She wants to lose weight she needs to fix her thinking yall arent going to help her see that so im just being blunt and telling her what she needs to hear. Not like im saying it and not offering advice im not just running around insulting people. And its good advice even that will eliminate her posting next week with the same thing.
She asked opinions im giving her one, Not going to apologize for it being blunt.4 -
OP others have already addressed the concept of cheat meals vs preplanning to fit foods in on a regular basis and how logging those indulgences can help ensure they don't derail your progress.
I wanted to inquire about something you said in your first post, that you have been doing this for 5 days, lost 5 lbs, and are always under your goal. It is common to lose weight quickly initially as you will often have water weight loss at first and then that slows down. It's good you said you're giving yourself a year to lose the 55 lbs, that's a 1lb/week rate of loss which is perfect for your goal.
When you say you are always under, what is your calorie goal? How far under? Are you logging accurately, ideally weighing your food with a food scale?4 -
cwolfman13 wrote: »If this isn't something you're comfortable with yet, maybe you just shouldn't do it. I started in mid September of 2012 and I didn't have a "free meal" or cheat or whatever until Thanksgiving...I was pretty locked in early on and since you're worried about going off the rails, maybe you should lock it in...five days in isn't really long enough to truly develop healthy habits. By the time I had my Thanksgiving feast that year, I was well into things and it was no biggie just jumping back into the saddle with my good livin'
Otherwise, I'd say just go enjoy it...but really, if you can't enjoy it and you're stressing about it, what's the point?
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You may find it works best for you to budget your calories by the week. That way you can have low calorie days and high calorie days The 5:2 people do it as a matter of course. You could just decide that Saturday night is your high calorie time.2
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