Cheat Day!!!

callsitlikeiseeit · May 2018

ok, look.

omg.

ok. Calories are what matters for fat loss. eating too many of them .... makes you fat. What we are telling you is that ONE DAY will not help, nor hurt whatever goal you are trying to reach. More-so, what we are trying to tell you, is that if you make the things you want and crave, fit into your normal daily calorie allowance, you wont feel the need for cheat days.

For example. I love chocolate. I make chocolate fit into my day, 99% of the time. i dont pig out on it, im not eating 3 candy bars, but I AM having a couple of pieces when I climb into bed to binge watch whatever show it is im watching at that moment.

moderation.

ITUSGirl51 · May 2018

Not a fan of cheating because it makes food bad. I really believe learning to live life and enjoy food in moderation is the key to keeping the weight off.

If you have a special event where you will enjoy more food, enjoy yourself at the event, don’t stuff yourself but start back watching your calories with the next meal or be done for the day. In my opinion a full day pig out will make you feel bad and undo all your hard work.

livingleanlivingclean · May 2018

You must do cheat days on training days, 37 minutes post workout, and eaten within a 7.5minute window.

Your meal should be 25.6% protein, 4.4% fat and 70% Carbs for best results.

To determine how much to eat, multiply your deficit calories by 0.X, where X is your workout time, and add this on to your maintenance calories.

NovusDies · May 2018

We need a moderator to kitten the word cheat. You have to be in charge of your diet and what happens. If you decide to eat too much, too little, or just the right amount it is up to you.

IMO, there are two main components to weight loss... eating at a deficit most days and trying to make it a happy and positive experience. Cheating being a negative concept should not enter in to the equation.

nickssweetheart · May 2018

I will say this. I do know a man who lost an amazing amount of weight and is now a long distance bicycle rider by eating very carefully 6 days a week and whatever he wanted on the 7th day.

It worked for him, but the reason that it worked is because he created enough of a deficit on the other 6 days of the week that he didn't undo all his hard work on his "cheat" day.

kimny72 said it best:

It. Does. Not. Matter.

It does not matter if you work out or not on the day you eat more.
It does not matter if you choose a cheat "meal" or a cheat "day".
It does not matter if you choose to call it a "cheat" although a lot of people here will give you some static because that CAN indicate an unhealthy mindset about your food.
It does not matter if you only eat organic produce harvested under a blue moon by virgins.

It does matter that you create and sustain a deficit if you want to lose weight. So, the answer to "how much over maintenance should I eat?" is "how much do you want to slow down your rate of weight loss?"

And the only one that can answer that is you.

sardelsa · May 2018

I have high calorie days on weekends, I don't consider them cheat days but refeed days and they are built into my deficit for the week. I do my hardest workouts on those days, and my rest days are on lower calorie days.. I find that works well for me.

serindipte · May 2018

I eat more on some days than others. I use a weekly average and keep that under my daily goal for calories. I lose weight. If I know ahead of time that I'm going to eat heavy at supper, I eat light for my earlier meals. If I know I'm going to have a day of blowing it out, I eat light the few days leading up to it. If it was a surprise, then I eat a little lower the next few days. I don't eat enough on any given day that it's going to stop my weight loss even if I didn't compensate for it with low days.

hroderick · May 2018

so more days of our life will be spent as over goal weight.

sophia162 · May 2018

Look, do what you want, enjoy and learn from it, but what I really, really, REALLY recommend is to log everything afterwards. Everythang, even if you have to estimate/eye-ball stuff.

Doing that is a HUGE eye opener and it provides valuable information for future conduct.

Cheat Day!!!

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