Cheat meals /cheat day

j_ali1987
j_ali1987 Posts: 4 Member
edited November 21 in Introduce Yourself
What's your favourite cheat meal once you hit your weekly goals after a week a week of hard training eating clean tracking your macros ? Cheat meal or a cheat day ?

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  • JeromeBarry1
    JeromeBarry1 Posts: 10,179 Member
    If you're killing it all week, you earn the right to reward yourself. How you choose to do that should be uniquely your choice. My choice of late has been to use my exercise calories for ice cream. I've become somewhat bored of that, so I'm casting about for another method.
  • j_ali1987
    j_ali1987 Posts: 4 Member
    I've been doing it for the last 8 weeks mainly as I wanted to get in better shape for my holiday middle of next month. Gonna try get down to 10% already looking leaner it works for me.

    But once I am back I will still eat clean il take it bit easier maybe up my calories for maintenance but I will still avoid gluten foods and dairy foods which I've taken out. I enjoy eating healthy food my skin, hair nails all looks feels better.
  • DEBOO7
    DEBOO7 Posts: 245 Member
    why use such a negative word? and why use food as a reward? isn't it better to aim for a non-food treat for staying on track all week?...... just saying.
  • amiraammora
    amiraammora Posts: 33 Member
    livingleanlivingclean wrote: »
    Why do that to yourself all week, if it requires you to "cheat"?

    It's like putting everything in to having an amazing relationship but spending a few hours on the weekend being a player.

    I don't eat clean or cheat. Negative food associations are not healthy imo. I track macros, but plan to spread my calories across the week so I have less on some days to allow for more on one day - this gives me the chance to enjoy more indulgent food without sacrificing my goals.

    I really love this
  • amiraammora
    amiraammora Posts: 33 Member
    j_ali1987 wrote: »
    What's your favourite cheat meal once you hit your weekly goals after a week a week of hard training eating clean tracking your macros ? Cheat meal or a cheat day ?
    I did this for couple months and it's was really hard! Burgers or chocolate, ice cream, chips and soda
  • b_fanger
    b_fanger Posts: 6 Member
    Reward yourself with anything but food. Food is a terrible reward because you are reinforcing old habits which put you in the position of having to diet in the first place. Practice portion control, if you mess up note what the circumstances were then avoid that kind of circumstance, but never think of it as a reward
  • Holly_981
    Holly_981 Posts: 286 Member
    livingleanlivingclean wrote: »
    Why do that to yourself all week, if it requires you to "cheat"?

    It's like putting everything in to having an amazing relationship but spending a few hours on the weekend being a player.

    I don't eat clean or cheat. Negative food associations are not healthy imo. I track macros, but plan to spread my calories across the week so I have less on some days to allow for more on one day - this gives me the chance to enjoy more indulgent food without sacrificing my goals.

    Totally agree with this and exactly what I do too
  • kommodevaran
    kommodevaran Posts: 17,890 Member
    Don't reward yourself for following your meal and exercise plan. If you feel the need to reward yourself, you may want to adjust your plan.

    Don't cheat. A healthy relationship with food doesn't have room for cheating.

    Why are you avoiding gluten and dairy? And what do you mean by eating clean, and more importantly, how does the idea that you are eating clean, make you feel and want?
  • ldwatene
    ldwatene Posts: 150 Member
    I do this bro. The 'cheat' meal thing for lack of a better word. I actually do it to maintain a diet that keeps my macros and micros on point while giving me the maximum amount of energy to get me through all the workouts I do each week but to make things easier for me when it comes to meal prep as well.

    Trying to just wing it and have foods I enjoy through the week and recalculating my macros for every meal i want each day would just be so time consuming and I don't have the time to do it.

    So instead I eat the same thing 6 days a week and recalculate on the 7th day to factor in other foods I want to eat.

    I don't see my lifestyle as clean but calculated and I don't see a cheat meal as a reward but more so a varied meal day.
  • ACJones82
    ACJones82 Posts: 53 Member
    I like to think of it as balance. Instead of scheduling a 'cheat meal' I try to eat well most of the time and allow myself to have a little bit of the 'bad' things I enjoy when I feel like it. Kind of training myself for surviving when I am in situations where all kinds deliciousness are all around and theres no way of escape. If that makes any sense
  • livingleanlivingclean
    livingleanlivingclean Posts: 11,751 Member
    ldwatene wrote: »
    I do this bro. The 'cheat' meal thing for lack of a better word. I actually do it to maintain a diet that keeps my macros and micros on point while giving me the maximum amount of energy to get me through all the workouts I do each week but to make things easier for me when it comes to meal prep as well.

    Trying to just wing it and have foods I enjoy through the week and recalculating my macros for every meal i want each day would just be so time consuming and I don't have the time to do it.

    So instead I eat the same thing 6 days a week and recalculate on the 7th day to factor in other foods I want to eat.

    I don't see my lifestyle as clean but calculated and I don't see a cheat meal as a reward but more so a varied meal day.

    So you do IIFYM and your food fits your goals? Completely different to clean eating and a cheat meal imo!
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