CHEAT DAY??!!
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I think of it more as a free day. And I generally try to plan around them by excercising a little heavier in the couple days before and after, and maybe a treat a day less for a few days to make up.
But on those days I log if I can do it without being obvious and rude (usually these days are social ger togethers), mostly out of curiosity, but don't worry about actual calorie count, or being over ir under.
One thing I've discovered since MFP is that logging really helps me keep track of what will aggrivate my IBS. So even if I'm not counting calories that day or neal, I can see when I'm getting too close to too much grease or sugar and making myself queasy.2 -
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Taco Bell! Or a nice, decadent, homemade dessert.2
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I spent this past week having full fat ice cream (unusual for me) 5 nights in a row (saving about 500 calories so I could have a BIG bowl with a glass of milk) and getting Taco Bell (also unusual for me)... and much to my surprise, lost 1.8 lbs since my last "lowest" weight over the weekend.
On top of that we normally drink 0% fat milk and my significant other accidentally bought full fat and I didn't notice until I'd been using it for my cereal, coffee, and snack for days, while logging it as our normal milk. So my calories had to be wayyy off. I think I may have shocked my body or something with a "mostly ice cream & full fat milk" diet. Bodies are weird sometimes.2 -
Some people avoid calling it a cheat day of they go over their daily cals or are under on weekly. I look at annual deficit so as long as at the end of the year im under no big deal1
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so I have a really *kitten* realtionship with food - I went away for 8 days and ate nothing but clemetines and the occasional bit of salad, and lost a bunch of weight (unsurprisingly!), and since returning, I had 5 straight days of eating 3500ckal plus to make up for the defecit.
Anyway, I was feeling very bloated and guilty, so I didn't eat anything for around 36 hours, and then today I had a 'relapse' and had another cheat day which consisted of:
One mini gingerbread man,
One falafel,
one vietnamese veggie ricepaper roll
One large sugary Jam doughnut,
One freshly baked naan/flat bread,
One bowl of roast corn with chipotle yoghurt and cheese, with some nachos
3/4 darck chocoalte and cherry bar
several tasters of brownies
One mini egg and tomato roll
One cinnamon roll
Medium McDonalds fries
one Kitkat chunkie
one chocolate cookie
Im gonna be sooo puffy and bloated tomorrow morning2 -
My thoughts are that living life includes occasional indulgences. I don't worry about eating "clean"...I for the most part eat a pretty healthy diet, but I'm not going to get all fussy if I decide I want to go out for fish 'n chips...in the grand scheme of things, what I'm doing most of the time is what matters...not occasional indulgences...not holidays or other special occasions...not random poolside BBQs driven by booze and beer.
I eat healthy for the most part and I'm active...and I also enjoy just kicking back once in awhile and indulging in something I wouldn't have on a day to day basis.
By the by, a lot of the people you're getting snarky with here have had tremendous success not only losing weight, but keeping it off long term...1 -
I also don't have cheat days. It would wipe out all or most of my deficit anyway. I fit what I want into my calories for the day. I still eat chips and candy if I feel like it, but now I just only have one piece of candy or one serving of chips. I had to change my mindset about food. The only person you're cheating is yourself.
As long as you're under your calories, in my opinion, it's not a "cheat day."0 -
milsyafrochic wrote: »so I have a really *kitten* realtionship with food - I went away for 8 days and ate nothing but clemetines and the occasional bit of salad, and lost a bunch of weight (unsurprisingly!), and since returning, I had 5 straight days of eating 3500ckal plus to make up for the defecit.
Anyway, I was feeling very bloated and guilty, so I didn't eat anything for around 36 hours, and then today I had a 'relapse' and had another cheat day which consisted of:
One mini gingerbread man,
One falafel,
one vietnamese veggie ricepaper roll
One large sugary Jam doughnut,
One freshly baked naan/flat bread,
One bowl of roast corn with chipotle yoghurt and cheese, with some nachos
3/4 darck chocoalte and cherry bar
several tasters of brownies
One mini egg and tomato roll
One cinnamon roll
Medium McDonalds fries
one Kitkat chunkie
one chocolate cookie
Im gonna be sooo puffy and bloated tomorrow morning
I would speak with a professional about your relationship with food8 -
I designate Sundays as my cheat meal day. For me that means I will eat whatever I want for that meal, not worrying about calories. Some days I stay within my goal, others I go above by a couple hundred calories. I don't over indulge. It's usually Some thing with more carbs than I typically eat, but still a small portion. And I always have dessert on Sunday! During the week I try to eat pretty healthy and avoid carbs, but if for whatever reason I'm out and only have access to pizza, I will eat it. If it fits into my goals, then why not!1
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Hmmm, I do think it's a cheat day. How much more evidence do we need that food can be really bad for us. Obesity and type 2 diabeties are higher than ever. Eating a large extra cheese pizza and 1/4 gallon of ice cream with caramel added (one of my cheats) will significantly shorten your life if eaten daily.
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joelrivard wrote: »Hmmm, I do think it's a cheat day. How much more evidence do we need that food can be really bad for us. Obesity and type 2 diabeties are higher than ever. Eating a large extra cheese pizza and 1/4 gallon of ice cream with caramel added (one of my cheats) will significantly shorten your life if eaten daily.
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Food in itself is not bad for us.
Obesity is caused by too many calories in and not enough calories out. We make that choice as people. Food does not make that choice. Food just does not come with a "This will make you fat" label and other food does not. You can gain the same amount of weight eating 100 calories worth of broccoli over maintenance as you can eating 100 calories worth of cheese or chocolate or anything else. The same adverse effects of that weight gain will be the same regardless of how healthy the food is.
Diabetes is caused by insulin resistance which is from having excess weight.
Your "Cheat" is clearly excessive. No one is eating this daily unless they have a really server binge eating disorder and these are the things they are choosing to binge one every single day.
If you need to eat a large extra cheese pizza and a quarter gallon of ice cream with caramel as a cheat then you need to look deep inside yourself and ask yourself why you need that. Because no one should need a cheat meal like that simply just because.
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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!1
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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.
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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.1 -
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.1
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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.4 -
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)1
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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!0
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I'm still trying to figure out what "??!!" means.0
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