cheat day??

I don't schedule one in but every 3-6 weeks I tend to allow one. Keeps me sane.

At 48 lbs. lost since January, I think it's going well.

Sure! Nothing wrong with treating yourself once in a while. Helps keep the spirit up. You shouldn't deprive yourself of those simple little pleasures. I say everything is okay in moderation.

I keep reading everywhere that it's better to have a cheat meal than a cheat day. I don't have any set cheat meals or days but sometimes I'll get a craving and know there's no way it's going away. A couple weeks ago, I had a craving for pizza that lasted 2 days so I finally caved and got a personal cheese pizza for myself. I don't believe in cutting anything out of my diet. I still eat certain things every now and then just because I'm doing this for the rest of my life, not for a short amount of time.

completely agree with your mindset, except i have cheat days occasionally (like beginning of my TOM) because sometimes hormones & cravings are too much & i've read places than occasionally eating a lot more cals than your body has gotten used to can help jump start it out of a plateau or speed up your metabolism a little. i allow cheat meals when i know i'm going somewhere special or whatever & try to plan ahead if i'll be having a few close together by eating less during the day or adding an extra workout, so it balances out. i'm in this for life, not just till i drop these last stubborn pounds. ♥

The weekly points (cheat points) in weightwatchers are already factored on your allowed intake to loose weight. So if you don't use them better but if you do that's fine too because they are factored in already.

Here it works different, when you select the rate at which you want to loose weight the program factors it based on your lifestyle and current stats but there are no cheat calories factored in.

I usually allow myself a "cheat" day a month, having said that though I will not eat the exercise calories I burn on the next few days until whatever amount I go over is covered.

I keep reading everywhere that it's better to have a cheat meal than a cheat day. I don't have any set cheat meals or days but sometimes I'll get a craving and know there's no way it's going away. A couple weeks ago, I had a craving for pizza that lasted 2 days so I finally caved and got a personal cheese pizza for myself. I don't believe in cutting anything out of my diet. I still eat certain things every now and then just because I'm doing this for the rest of my life, not for a short amount of time.

completely agree with your mindset, except i have cheat days occasionally (like beginning of my TOM) because sometimes hormones & cravings are too much & i've read places than occasionally eating a lot more cals than your body has gotten used to can help jump start it out of a plateau or speed up your metabolism a little. i allow cheat meals when i know i'm going somewhere special or whatever & try to plan ahead if i'll be having a few close together by eating less during the day or adding an extra workout, so it balances out. i'm in this for life, not just till i drop these last stubborn pounds. ♥

No, that makes sense! I usually just do my best to resist cravings & the days I go over are days I lose control or days I can't control where we eat, such as last weekend. Certain cirumstances kept me from staying close to my goal and part of it was lack of self-control. :happy: And I still lost this week so it can't kill you!