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    Cheat Day?

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    • Posts: 2,256 Member
      AquaMeow wrote: »
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      Like I said, allergies. If you have other foods I should incorporate in my diet please tell me. That would be great cause I know I'm pretty limited but I would like to be more open with healthier options.

      Well, how about starting with some of the foods you describe as 'junk'?

      You still haven't explained which foods you think are not 'healthy', or why you insist on limiting yourself to options you think of as 'bland'. Is butter off limits? Delicious cheese? Oil for frying and roasting? Salt, pepper, mustard, spices...?
    • Posts: 296 Member
      LyndaBSS wrote: »
      Eat it. Log it. Own it. 😌

      Best comment ever. And it's working so far too. I lost 3 pounds so far. I do a cheat meal every 10 days(so next week Thursday).

      On my non workout days I make sure to stay in my calorie deficit too.
    • Posts: 296 Member
      WinoGelato wrote: »
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      Until you rid yourself of this extreme mindset: Healthy foods are bland or boring, cheat days are for bad foods, only a large volume of the calorie dense foods will suffice, etc then I predict you are going to have long term struggles with achieving and maintaining a healthy weight as well as a healthy mindset about food.

      Yup your right, I'm working on that too :)
    • Posts: 2,256 Member
      Have you started using a food scale? How is that going for you?
    • Posts: 47 Member
      I'm actually finding that I don't even want cheat days - in past years efforts I'd be looking at that takeaway cheat day with hope. These days it's just whether or not I feel like it. Since eating heathier I feel a significant change in me when I eat junk food or drink too much alcohol. I still do both but maybe once a month compared to once a week (or 3-4x a week at my worst!). I'd be eating three whole sleeves of jaffacakes in one day!!!!
    • Posts: 296 Member
      Neightyre29 wrote: »
      I'm actually finding that I don't even want cheat days - in past years efforts I'd be looking at that takeaway cheat day with hope. These days it's just whether or not I feel like it. Since eating heathier I feel a significant change in me when I eat junk food or drink too much alcohol. I still do both but maybe once a month compared to once a week (or 3-4x a week at my worst!). I'd be eating three whole sleeves of jaffacakes in one day!!!!

      Hmmm interesting. It's good to build a tolerance to not have a taste for junk food. And have a taste for healthier options instead.
    • Posts: 41,865 Member
      AquaMeow wrote: »
      Hey everyone so I found out the helpful solution for cheat meals (not cheat days). And I decided to schedule mine every 10 to 12 days leading to only have a cheat meal twice or three times a month.

      This may help with my over indulgent weekend of bad food and then me eating great 5 days (or 4) days a week.

      Eating healthier for longer extended periods no matter how boring the food is or bland but it will be beneficial.

      Healthy eating doesn't have to be bland and boring...if it is, you're definitely doing it wrong. Making food flavorful doesn't make it unhealthy.

      I don't really "cheat" on anything. My diet overall is pretty nutritionally solid, but I still eat things like pizza (most Friday nights), go out for pub grub when I feel like it, etc. I don't considering it cheating and it certainly doesn't magically erase all of my other nutrition I'm getting.
    • Posts: 4,796 Member
      AquaMeow wrote: »
      Thank you kind sir. Her and the other person I forget their name have been non stop agitating me since I got here. I put them under the ignore list so I can't see what they write anymore :smile:

      The only way you're going to know for sure how many calories you're eating, is to use a food scale. If you find at some point that you're not losing weight and you're convinced you should be, I'd definitely encourage you to start using one to double check your numbers. Incorrect logging really is the source of so many similar issues, it's why people go on about it so much. :) (I know, we sound like a broken record... but it really does help.)
    • Posts: 296 Member
      SueSueDio wrote: »
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      The only way you're going to know for sure how many calories you're eating, is to use a food scale. If you find at some point that you're not losing weight and you're convinced you should be, I'd definitely encourage you to start using one to double check your numbers. Incorrect logging really is the source of so many similar issues, it's why people go on about it so much. :) (I know, we sound like a broken record... but it really does help.)

      Yeah I know. Duly noted thx.
    • Posts: 296 Member
      1,240 is my daily calorie goal - and the diary helps alot. I never thought I would stick with it but it helps!
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