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Trex5009
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When was your last cheat meal ? What was it ? I just had a cheat meal for lunch at Texas Roadhouse. Had a 12 oz. steak and a salad
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Cheating myself is not part of my plan!11
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I follow IIFYM, I don't cheat.6
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Steak and salad is something you could easily eat everyday. How is that cheating? What are you cheating on?
I don't cheat either. Even if I don't log something (special occasion, fancy restaurant meals) it's not cheating.12 -
Treats are great I make them fit my calories and goals.
Cheating nope I am not cheating5 -
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The word 'cheat' is negative and negativity gets you nowhere! Change the word to 'treat'.
3.5 years ago I did a 360 on my eating habits and how I think about food.
I incorporate a 'treat' each week - something I really enjoy. Sometimes it's food, sometimes it's clothes, the movies, an extra glass of wine. I know I've worked my *kitten* off for it so why not?
I've gone from 217lbs (at my heaviest) to 112lbs and will never look back.
Like a few have commented... steak and salad is healthy. But that can, of course, depend on what the salad has in it!10 -
Sounds like a treat not a cheat?
Personally I wouldn't use the word cheat when I was dieting and when maintaining it sends out all kinds of wrong messages.
If you do nothing else at least change the language you use to describe your relationship with food.
If people can't eat enjoyably and without guilt at goal weight then I'm pessimistic for their long term success.
My last treat meal was last night, went out with my wife and daughter, had a delicious meal including calamari and pizza then went on to a wine tasting. A lovely evening with the two ladies in my life where good food and drink was a big part of having an enjoyable time.
Next treat is this evening when I'm cooking a steak meal for my daughter when she comes home from work, more of a treat for her than me as she cooks at work.
Will I go over my calories this weekend? Probably. (I don't log food anymore.)
Will I gain weight (fat) this week or month? No.9 -
First what's IIFYM ? As to cheating, I follow a 1200 cal' diet, some most evenings I am a little under my 1200 cal's, other evenings I'm a little over. Plus there's the odd time when I'm a lot over, When that happen's I forgive myself and get on with my diet and my day.0
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I don't do cheat meals. If I eat more than normal at one meal then I make up for it later, though not necessarily during the same day.0
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I don't cheat, but sometimes I treat myself to meals which are higher calorie and less nutritious - trickier to fit into my calories and carb allotment (I'm a diabetic so I have to count carbs.) The most recent one was pulled pork BBQ, baked beans, cole slaw, and battered sweet potato fries. I ordered it with no bun, scraped off most of the sauce, ate half, put back half for later, and had just one (giant sized) fry from my husband's plate. I guessed the amount of carbs I could manage just perfectly - I don't like my blood glucose to go above 140 and this meal took me to 139. It was on a day when I did a huge amount of exercise so the calorie part worked out fine too. Having a blood glucose meter keeps me from cheating since even if I can justify it to myself somehow, the meter tells the true story.2
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When was your last cheat meal ? What was it ? I just had a cheat meal for lunch at Texas Roadhouse. Had a 12 oz. steak and a salad
Looks like you aren't getting the type of answers you were expecting here. Personally, I don't like the concept of cheating, neither in food, nor any aspect of life.
Regarding your situation, what is your MFP recommended daily calorie level? How many calories did you log for that meal? What were your total calories on that day?1 -
Reward day for me today
Mine is French fries...I crave them all week. Sundays, I get my fries and I do go a bit over my limit, but I am a very low calorie count through the week.1 -
ACanadian22 wrote: »Reward day for me today
Mine is French fries...I crave them all week. Sundays, I get my fries and I do go a bit over my limit, but I am a very low calorie count through the week.
In your case you could look at your total weekly calories instead of daily, and you'll probably find it's okay to include that.1 -
Like most of the others I don't cheat. I do however eat what I want in amounts that fit my calorie goal. Occasionally I eat over my calories, but that almost always balances out with the days that I eat a little under my goal. Are you in maintenance? I can't imagine anyone having a 1200 calorie maintenance goal. I had sushi Thursday, but did not go over my goal. I also had pizza and McDonald's on Friday and Schlotzky's and pasta yesterday. I stayed at goal all of those days. It was easier for me because I am not eating at a deficit. But if I had been I could have had all that stuff I would just have had less of it.1
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ACanadian22 wrote: »Reward day for me today
Mine is French fries...I crave them all week. Sundays, I get my fries and I do go a bit over my limit, but I am a very low calorie count through the week.
This is a bad strategy. Rewarding oneself with food (particularly 'naughty' foods) perpetuates a cycle where one places excess value (and, often, moral judgements) on specific foods. If you want to have a treat, have it. If you've got room in your calorie 'budget' for the French Fries, by all means. But as a reward for good behavior? Not a good plan.
As for the cheating:
When I was a kid and put on diets by my parents, I would often cheat. Because a set of eating rules was being imposed on me by an outside force over which I had no control. So the only way to get in foods I wanted that weren't within the rules was to violate the rules. It was only when I decided that managing [and losing] the weight was important to me, that I took ownership of the decision making. Including figuring out when to splurge (or treat myself) and how to incorporate those decisions into a successful plan was part of the deal.
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It's food. It's not a relationship.
And... this is my lifestyle. I don't/can't cheat on a lifestyle.
I indulge from time to time. That's part of life!
A 12oz steak may be a bit larger than the steak you normally eat. I'd call that an indulgence, or a treat. Enjoy it!7 -
When was your last cheat meal ? What was it ? I just had a cheat meal for lunch at Texas Roadhouse. Had a 12 oz. steak and a salad
Looks like you aren't getting the type of answers you were expecting here. Personally, I don't like the concept of cheating, neither in food, nor any aspect of life.
Regarding your situation, what is your MFP recommended daily calorie level? How many calories did you log for that meal? What were your total calories on that day?
My recommended daily calorie level is 2460. I logged 860 calories for that meal. In addition to my other meals I had 740 remaining for the day. I considered it a cheat because the steak seemed to have a lot of fat in which I don't have. And the salad had a lot of ranch in which I don't have either.
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Oh my God, if you don't cheat good for you but you can really just move on from a post that doesn't apply to you.
I baked a chocolate cake with buttercream icing last night, that was my cheat. Amazing.11 -
Oh my God, if you don't cheat good for you but you can really just move on from a post that doesn't apply to you.
I baked a chocolate cake with buttercream icing last night, that was my cheat. Amazing.
Glad you enjoyed your cake. Many on here wouldn't consider that a cheat. Others, like myself, don't eat cake.
We're all individuals on different paths to the same goal.
The OP asked for opinions. He got em. It's how this all works.
Cheers!8
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