I feel like cheat days often make me eat whatever and whenever I want on that day, causing me to go way overboard on my calories, which is counterproductive when trying to lose weight. I become kind of like ALR and start planning my "binges" on cheat day, because that's basically what happens when I would do cheat days.

If you're doing it like this though, while staying under your calorie limit, I believe it's fine. I decided to do cheat meals instead of cheat days, because it leads to binging less, and lets be honest, everyone sometimes has a reason because of which they aren't able to count calories, like for example me having dinner with my boyfriend's parents tonight.

I also often do OMAD (or almost OMAD if I get really hungry and have to have some veggies during the day) when I'm craving something. Like yesterday, I really wanted something like a spring roll and other fried things (which I made less awful by putting them in my airfryer in stead of the normal fryer) and light icecream. So, I went for a walk with the bf, and only had a very light lunch (200 kcal). I did end up getting drunk also, but instead of choosing the special beers or flavored vodkas (which I love), I drank normal vodka all night, and a bit of rum and tequila. I tracked everything in myfitnesspal and I stayed under my allotted calories for the day. I know it's not the healthiest thing to do, but at least you know what you put in your body, where your calories were at, and you don't have to feel guilty because you let yourself go over your calorie limit.

I'm sorry, this became long and I'm rambling. But yeah, I'd say what you did yesterday was fine, if you want to call it a cheat day that's fine, but I wouldn't actually plan cheat days. You had no choice yesterday, and stayed under your limit, so I don't think there's a problem.

Saturdays are my cheat meal days. I get to eat up to maintenance that day and indulge in something I love but wouldn't normally eat during the week. This week, I had 2 big grilled cheese sandwiches for 1000 calories. Last week I had half a bag of chocolate covered pretzels. It's just 1 meal and I still need to eat no more than my maintenance (2500 calories) calories that day.

Saturday is also leg day which is absolute murder. So, having a cheat meal right after my workout is wonderful. Makes me want to get to the gym and do my best during my workout so I can earn my treat lol.