Please stop calling it a "cheat meal!"
kavahni
Posts: 313 Member
Can I get an amen?
Food sustains us. Food delights us. Food bedevils us. But food is what powers our bodies. As humans, we are not meant to eat the same number of calories every single day of our lives. It's not normal, it is not natural. Allowing ourselves to eat the wonderful things that we love is not "Cheating." We are not bad.
Just sayin'.
Food sustains us. Food delights us. Food bedevils us. But food is what powers our bodies. As humans, we are not meant to eat the same number of calories every single day of our lives. It's not normal, it is not natural. Allowing ourselves to eat the wonderful things that we love is not "Cheating." We are not bad.
Just sayin'.
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To each his/her own? I personally don't use this term because I can't cheat on myself. But that is me...10
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People can call it whatever they want. What some people call a cheat meal, I call a calories don't count meal. We all know the statement I use is false if I'm trying to lose weight, but I'm not a serious person and I don't care what other people do or say when it doesn't affect me.14
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No amen from me; I don't care what people call the occasional indulgence.
I'm prone to overthinking, and I suspect that might be exactly what you're doing here.25 -
I agree with you, OP, 100%.4
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I don't get too hung up on semantics.20
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Define cheat meal? I have food allergies that give me rashes and other symptoms, yet every once in a while I give in by eating something I'm allergic to because I miss being able to eat it when I was younger. My skin and digestive system pays for it later though...1
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I am guessing OP would not approve of the "Late Night Secret Binge" category in my food diary.
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Treat meal all the way. TREAT yo'self!25
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Hey I like the idea of calling it a "no logging day". good idea!2
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I like calling it a cheat day. ( I'm not losing weight, been maintaining for a few years) It makes it more enjoyable to me somehow lol.10
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I have maintenance days
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I would call last Sunday a cheat day, I cheated on my diet. I went to an all you can buffet and ate over 3,000 calories! Calling it a cheat day doesn't trigger any psychological issues for me, so that's what i call it.
Refeed day
IDGAF day
Not counting calories today day
Maintenance day
Cheat day
They all mean the same thing to me, no matter what term you attach to it.12 -
I don't call it "cheating" so that I stop creating negative connotations with food. Food is food, not always healthy, but I'm not "cheating" on anything. The term really irks me.10
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I think it sounds dumb. But I don't care. I care about me lol.6
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"... A rose by any other name would smell just as sweet ..."
That jerk Shakespeare.14 -
Amen2
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I don't really care what people call it. I don't "cheat" because I'm not strict with my eating. As long as my calories and macros pretty much land where they should for the week I don't stress on a day.6
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