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Cheat day

tnachelle
tnachelle Posts: 13 Member
edited November 2024 in Health and Weight Loss
Who believes in a cheat day or a cheat meal? Is it sabotage or survival?

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  • BHFF
    BHFF Posts: 421 Member
    Is neither it's a way to reward yourself
  • kteej
    kteej Posts: 46 Member
    Cheat meal - not a day
  • BrookeRunningMom
    BrookeRunningMom Posts: 156 Member
    I'll binge on something sometimes, but not a hole day usually, keeps you sane cheat meald sometimes lol fined it helps me stick with this lifestyle
  • luluinca
    luluinca Posts: 2,899 Member
    I prefer to call it a splurge meal. I eat pretty low during the week and then have a little splurge on the weekend. Sometimes it's a dinner out, sometimes a little more dessert than normal and other times it's a couple of glasses of wine.

    I don't go crazy and eat everything in sight and ruin my weekly deficit. I spent last year maintaining a 55 lb weight loss and then this year decided to go for the last 20 lbs..........lost 10 so far.

    Others prefer to add their little treats into their daily calorie goals and eat a bit more every day.

    I definitely don't like the work "cheat" though. We're not cheating we're being sensible, confident and determined!
  • cerise_noir
    cerise_noir Posts: 5,468 Member
    I gave up on the idea of cheat meals and days as they were enough to derail or slow my progress. Not worth it. I eat everything that I like within my calories with a main focus on protein and micros.
  • TimothyFish
    TimothyFish Posts: 4,925 Member
    Overeating once in a while won't kill you, but it is best to try to avoid doing so.
  • tnachelle
    tnachelle Posts: 13 Member
    TimothyFish wrote: »
    Overeating once in a while won't kill you, but it is best to try to avoid doing so.

    Thank you. Great advice
  • tnachelle
    tnachelle Posts: 13 Member
    cerise_noir wrote: »
    I gave up on the idea of cheat meals and days as they were enough to derail or slow my progress. Not worth it. I eat everything that I like within my calories with a main focus on protein and micros.

    Thank you. I'm really trying to stay within my calories.......... sheesh it's hard, hence why I'm over weight....lol
  • tnachelle
    tnachelle Posts: 13 Member
    luluinca wrote: »
    I prefer to call it a splurge meal. I eat pretty low during the week and then have a little splurge on the weekend. Sometimes it's a dinner out, sometimes a little more dessert than normal and other times it's a couple of glasses of wine.

    I don't go crazy and eat everything in sight and ruin my weekly deficit. I spent last year maintaining a 55 lb weight loss and then this year decided to go for the last 20 lbs..........lost 10 so far.

    Others prefer to add their little treats into their daily calorie goals and eat a bit more every day.

    I definitely don't like the work "cheat" though. We're not cheating we're being sensible, confident and determined!


    Sensible, confident and determined. I love it!
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