Cheat days!

I dont "cheat " any days or meals. If i want i make sure that it fits into the calorie deficit. If i really want a brownie it will be the first thing i log on that day, and work the rest the day around that one item that i really want. I also use the iifym method*

I don't do a whole day, but I eat out a few times a week, so I have a few days where I end up eating 300-500 or so calories more than typical. I try to spend them on things I LOVE but nothing that will stuff me silly. I also try to follow the "just one" rule: wine OR dessert OR bread basket OR app OR a decadent entree, but not more than 1 of those at a meal. (And if I did have all of the above or multiples of the above, I would make that ONE meal like that per week and the rest of the week would try to stick to my usual routine.)

I just do a bit more exercise during the week like walking an extra 30 mins a day but log them on a friday or saturday then treat myself with the extra calories.
If i know im going out drinking then an extra gym trip or 2 as well but i must admit once in awhile i do just eat what i want for a day then try and work it off the following week but too many "cheat" day's could undo all your good work.

I do a "carb load" day once every two weeks. It's not technically a *day* but a meal. I used to avoid cheat days like the plague, but when I discovered how long a plateau can last, I decided I'd institute a "cheat day" and try to eat 1000 calories above my daily calorie goal twice a month. I've found that it helps keep me motivated and the diet feels less like a die-t and more like a "I can do this"-t.

I do free days once a week. On my free days, I eat what I want, but in moderation (binging throws me all out of whack and takes me days to recover). Though I don't worry about my calories counts (often don't log my food either) and I tend to eat the crappy stuff of been craving all week. It tends to be a high carb day (mostly refine carbs at that), but the few times oI've track the cals, I seem to end up somewhere around maintenance level or slightly above.

I don't plan them, but sometimes I just really want something that's high calorie and I end up going a little over my daily goal. Or when I went to my best friend's wedding, most of the food wasn't very diet friendly so I just ate light, but I still had a slice of cake or had pizza for dinner with everyone.

oh god this subject just got me super hungry.


my go to cheat meal is a stuffed crust meat lovers pizza with cheesey bread and a chocolate cookie cake from pizza hut / otherwise its 2 double quarter pounders with cheese large fry and large coke... yup I go ham on cheat days