Are Cheat Days Allowed????

I have 2 cheat meals a week, note this is only one meal out of the day, not a whole day of pigging out lol. Have a look at this page:

http://www.scoobysworkshop.com/cheatmeals.htm

I quite often refer to Scooby for everything nutrition and exercise related, have a look around his website.

Hope this helps

I think the idea of cheat days are silly. For me anyway. I can't wrap my mind around it. I don't allow cheat days in my marriage. I don't allow cheat days in my parenting. I don't allow cheat days in my job. Why would I allow cheat days in my food intake? I allow myself to have everything I want in moderation. Sunday night, my son came home from his grandmothers house with a box of cupcakes. He wanted me to have one. I wanted to have one. But it didn't fit into my day. Monday, I made sure it would. I didn't consider it a cheat at all. I budgeted my calories to allow for it. I think of it like my financial budget. If you want something it is worth planning and saving for. I have another 80 pounds to lose to meet my goal, and I set my goal at a higher weight than most. I could probably stand to lose 100 pounds. So the way I look at it is this... Anything I eat is something I am eventually have to work off. It's like having tons of debt and adding more. I don't want to do that.

what worked for me - postpone cheat days until AFTER you've lost the first 10lbs and then allow cheat meals or cheat days in moderation once weekly/monthly/whatever.
you'll notice by then that you won't crave the things you used to and you'll be satisfied with smaller quantities of the things you can't live without.

I don't have cheat meals or cheat days. I eat what I want, when I want it. I've learned to eat all the things I enjoy - IN MODERATION. I feel, for me, knowing I can have whatever I want, whenever I want it has helped to control the binge eating I used to experience a lot of the time. I also feel like it makes this less of a "diet" and more of a "lifestyle change". I've learned to log what I eat, account for the calories and move on with my day.

Ditto!

I never cheat a day of exercising, logging or eating. I eat what I want, just smaller portions now. And I know that if I dont exercise, its only hurting me, so why cheat? I'm in it to win it! Good luck!

just my opinion but there is no such thing as cheating. You can eat anything you want if you burn it off. My past attempts have failed because I would cut out foods I've loved and went crazy. Now If I want something I have it. This site makes it easy to know what you have to do to get rid of something you ate. I am a pizza junkie and on average a slice of pizza is in the neighborhood of 150-300 calories depending on crust and toppings. I know that I can go eat three slices of thin crust cheese from Cici's and its just under 500 calories. It takes me a good 45-60 minutes of cardio to burn that off but damn is it worth it!!!

At my age (and weight) I have cheat meals now. For instance, after I weigh in on Sunday, I will have a treat such as a piece of pie or an ice cream cone. But a whole cheat day will inevitably end up in a few cheat days in a row.

If you get a good deficit every day, but then blow it all on a cheat day once a week, whats the point??? I work treats into my daily calorie allowance, so I can still have that bar of chocolate and not feel deprived, but then dont undo all my good work.

Agreed! I could not have put it better myself.

If you eat crap in excess every day and then one day eat clean and at a deficit, do you think you will ruin all your progress getting fat and suddenly become skinny?

If you eat treats every day, where those calories could otherwise be nutritious, do you consider that being disciplined?