Favourite cheat food?!

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  • try2again
    try2again Posts: 3,562 Member
    kauseemcee3 wrote: »
    glassyo wrote: »
    kauseemcee3 wrote: »
    WinoGelato wrote: »
    “Naughty foods”? What are we, toddlers? Assigning morality to food choice doesn’t seem very productive and can be mentally unhealthy for a lot of people. It’s just food. Some are more calorie dense, some are more difficult for some people to moderate... but overall if you can fit the food in the context of an otherwise balanced and nutrient dense diet, how is it “cheating”?

    Lol calm down mum. It’s just food

    Which was exactly her point. :)

    Yes and it’s also mine. Relax and just comment a food you enjoy when you feel like something that’s not on your plan, tell us what you get excited for ;)

    My husband is a lifter and his "plan", even when he's cutting, involves ice cream and pizza. ;)
  • GottaBurnEmAll
    GottaBurnEmAll Posts: 7,722 Member
    23rochelle23 wrote: »
    GottaBurnEmAll wrote: »
    I don't eat them often, because it's hard to get them reliably gluten free, so it's french fries. I don't consider them a cheat, it's just that it's rarely that I'm in a situation where I can enjoy them. As for making them myself? I've tried, they just don't come out as good at home.

    ... McDonald’s in most countries has been tested to have reliably gluten free fries (I’m coeliac and have never had an issue with them in nz/Australia/middle east/Asia/uk/Europe) ;)

    They have gluten in the US, most definitely. It's in the beef flavoring they add.
  • GottaBurnEmAll
    GottaBurnEmAll Posts: 7,722 Member
    collectingblues wrote: »
    GottaBurnEmAll wrote: »
    I don't eat them often, because it's hard to get them reliably gluten free, so it's french fries. I don't consider them a cheat, it's just that it's rarely that I'm in a situation where I can enjoy them. As for making them myself? I've tried, they just don't come out as good at home.

    ugh. Yes. I was craving them so badly last night, and it was like... I want the greasy ones, and those aren't the ones I make at home, and I'm not trusting any outside vendor unless they specifically say they're GF.

    I know, at least, that twice a year I can get very, very good fries when we go on vacation. On the boardwalk at Curley Fries! They have dedicated fryers and fresh cut the potatoes. And they are really, really good.
  • 23rochelle23
    23rochelle23 Posts: 269 Member
    GottaBurnEmAll wrote: »
    23rochelle23 wrote: »
    GottaBurnEmAll wrote: »
    I don't eat them often, because it's hard to get them reliably gluten free, so it's french fries. I don't consider them a cheat, it's just that it's rarely that I'm in a situation where I can enjoy them. As for making them myself? I've tried, they just don't come out as good at home.

    ... McDonald’s in most countries has been tested to have reliably gluten free fries (I’m coeliac and have never had an issue with them in nz/Australia/middle east/Asia/uk/Europe) ;)

    They have gluten in the US, most definitely. It's in the beef flavoring they add.

    They put BEEF flavouring on McDonald’s chips in the USA?! What the?!
  • GottaBurnEmAll
    GottaBurnEmAll Posts: 7,722 Member
    23rochelle23 wrote: »
    GottaBurnEmAll wrote: »
    23rochelle23 wrote: »
    GottaBurnEmAll wrote: »
    I don't eat them often, because it's hard to get them reliably gluten free, so it's french fries. I don't consider them a cheat, it's just that it's rarely that I'm in a situation where I can enjoy them. As for making them myself? I've tried, they just don't come out as good at home.

    ... McDonald’s in most countries has been tested to have reliably gluten free fries (I’m coeliac and have never had an issue with them in nz/Australia/middle east/Asia/uk/Europe) ;)

    They have gluten in the US, most definitely. It's in the beef flavoring they add.

    They put BEEF flavouring on McDonald’s chips in the USA?! What the?!

    It's to replace the flavor the fries used to get back in the day when they fried them in beef fat.

    I just did some poking around the web. The ingredient list for the McDonald's UK fries is MUCH shorter than the US ingredient list.
  • Panini911
    Panini911 Posts: 2,325 Member
    usually a beer. I love food so making room for beer calories can be difficult some days ;) But weekends i'm more able to skip snacks and thus fit in a beer.

    A cheat meal would be something like pizza, mac and cheese or fish and chips or eating out. Depends on the craving. Generally hard to fit those in completely into a day's cals but i'll fit in some and splurge on the rest (maybe taking a bit off each day around it - or not!) but these are maybe once a month or so, very seldom.
  • nooshi713
    nooshi713 Posts: 4,877 Member
    I am not big on candy or junk. My favorite indulgences are a shrimp taco plate with rice and beans from Rubios or Haagen Daaz ice cream.
  • RealWorldStrengthLLC
    RealWorldStrengthLLC Posts: 552 Member
    My favorite CHEAT food would have to be Chicken Fried Steak with gravy, fries, followed by a Reeses big cup.

    I call it a cheat because the only way to fit that into my calories is to eat nothing else but protien shakes and egg whites for the rest of the day so I'm not going to do it
  • fit_mama30
    fit_mama30 Posts: 178 Member
    Sushi is my weekly cheat meal 95% of the time (with a glass of wine... or two). But yesterday it was a huge steak + french fries. It was delicious. Or in the summer a ice cream cone with sprinkles is a win.
  • UltraVegAthlete
    UltraVegAthlete Posts: 667 Member
    No cheat meals, but since I try to be mainly raw (raw vegan), I will “cheat” and have airpopped popcorn or soup. Also, since it’s the holidays, I’ll have crustless fruit-sweetened pumpkin pie or pumpkin smoothies. I also drink black coffee once or twice a week.
  • DvoycY
    DvoycY Posts: 38 Member
    edited October 2018
    I begin with an Asian buffet (sushi and teriyaki; putting away about 3000-4000 calories) and then finish it off in a couple of hours with some sweet treats (ice cream, doughnuts, croissant, etc. - another 1000-2000 calories). Sometimes I get tired of it and do a pizza AYCE or a Russian buffet instead - same approach really but sushi is definitely the favorite (feels less of a junk food).

    Edit:

    Grammar.
  • latestarter75
    latestarter75 Posts: 50 Member
    Difficult question as I skipload even when I’m
    Cutting for a show so a lot of cheat food is allowed during that window,so I guess I’d have to choose something that isn’t like chocolate or maybe a full English breakfast
  • fuzzylop72
    fuzzylop72 Posts: 651 Member
    Hmm, my favorite low nutrient density food is probably vegan icecream.

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