CHEAT DAY??!!

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  • maryannprt
    maryannprt Posts: 152 Member
    I'm another one of those people who doesn't like to call it cheating, but you call it whatever works for you. Since I've started tracking my intake, I've had 2 meals I didn't track at all, Thanksgiving dinner and a dinner at a fairly expensive restaurant with small plates and lots of food sharing... Too much work, both of those days! I do occasionally eat meals I know will put me over my cals for the day. I log it, enjoy it, and move on. I've been losing about 1 lbs a week for about 9 months now, and I don't feel deprived and I do feel like I can do this forever. Good luck!
  • dimaslopes
    dimaslopes Posts: 36 Member
    i am on keto but i fixed sunday to eat whatever i want or refeed some carbs and since i am cutting i dont go over my calorie intake. obviously i eat only in nice places, since i wont eat much i can try some gourmet stuff once a week. No alcohol by the way.
    When i reach the calorie limit i stop there even if i got a single meal in the entire day. if i were on bulk of course this wouldn't apply.
  • sdolan91
    sdolan91 Posts: 250 Member
    i eat whatever i desire everyday and stay in calorie goal

    i consder cheat meals is when i guess stuff to plug in and actually dont weigh it and try to over estimate the calories. - and i try to only limit this to about twice a week or so.
  • SkimpyMrsCarter
    SkimpyMrsCarter Posts: 105 Member
    I posted this so long ago and still getting negative feedback off this post, I don't understand why "cheat day" offend so many people but I can carless at this point being that fact that 6 months later I have been very successful with my weight loss journey. Feel better guys. Thanks to all the positive responses I appreciated your feedback.
  • kshama2001
    kshama2001 Posts: 28,052 Member
    SkimpyMrsCarter wrote: »
    I posted this so long ago and still getting negative feedback off this post, I don't understand why "cheat day" offend so many people but I can carless at this point being that fact that 6 months later I have been very successful with my weight loss journey. Feel better guys. Thanks to all the positive responses I appreciated your feedback.

    People stating they don't do cheat days is not negative feedback, it's just people saying cheat days don't work for them.

    Glad it works for you.
  • whhuynh90
    whhuynh90 Posts: 33 Member
    french fries and cheese-less pizza. Yes. I said CHEESE-LESS PIZZA! its pretty good, like bread sticks with toppings :) and i dont count my calories, I just indulge and enjoy! :) and im still losing weight! (im vegan so im limited on my junk options)
  • Jessie24330
    Jessie24330 Posts: 224 Member
    My "cheat days" or whatever you want to call them, consist of me eating like any other day, I always eat what I want as long as it's reasonable and fits in my calories. The difference being that I don't log anything and just try to guesstimate my total. I try to keep it to 1500 calories (mfp has me on 1200, that's with a 1000 deficit), I figure that I'm probably usually within with maintenance calories anyway since I still have a 700 calorie buffer. I usually notice a nice little pick up in my loss after these days and it's a nice break too, so a win-win for me!
  • JeromeBarry1
    JeromeBarry1 Posts: 10,179 Member
    I'm still trying to figure out what "??!!" means.
  • lucerorojo
    lucerorojo Posts: 790 Member
    My cheat day is on Friday. I am able to eat whatever, but I log it. At most I will be 500 calories over my allotted calories, which puts me more or less at maintenance for that day. I found that I did better when I had a cheat day. If I eat treats everyday it starts to get out of control. I'm better off saving it for one day.

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