Cheat day

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  • corinasue1143
    corinasue1143 Posts: 7,460 Member
    Depends on what you mean by cheat. I have one cheat meal a week. To me it means I can eat something that there’s no way I can track accurately. Like a pot luck. It doesn’t mean I can eat all the calories.
  • M3lma3
    M3lma3 Posts: 23 Member
    Just met with a nutrionist/personal trainer and she recommended doing a cheat meal, not day, once a month and adjusting your day accordingly to eat healthy before and/or after the meal
  • cheryldumais
    cheryldumais Posts: 1,907 Member
    While I was losing I would have a day about every three weeks where I ate to maintenance calorie levels. This usually involved one meal at a restaurant. Since my calories to lose were 1200/day this was a way to stick with it. Now that I'm in maintenance the only days that I splurge are my birthday and Christmas. Those days I still log but I eat more.
  • sytchequeen
    sytchequeen Posts: 526 Member
    lovelylosses wrote: »
    I calorie cycle. Four days a week, I eat less. The other three, I eat more

    Ooooh! I didn't realise there was a "name" for what I do! I eat less Monday to Thursday, more Friday to Sunday. I find a stricter watch on my calories during the working week let's me have a more relaxed weekend with friends and family and maintain my weight within a few pounds. If I was trying to lose I'm sure I could do the same thing, just with a weekly deficit.

  • vim_n_vigor
    vim_n_vigor Posts: 4,089 Member
    I don't personally like the term 'cheat'. I calorie cycle and go for a weekly, not daily goal. My weekdays I tend to have lower calories. I tend to eat most, if not all my meals from food I prepare at home. On the weekends, I tend to have more time with family and friends and so my calories tend to be higher on the weekend. Instead of trying to fight this and make myself miserable on the weekend, I work it out so there is balance. None of my days am I starving myself or stuffing myself either. In reality what ends up happening is that most of my exercise calories get eaten on the weekend instead of daily. I also keep track of my overall energy levels and how achy and emotional I am getting. If my energy levels are getting low and I am getting overly achy and emotional, I give myself a day or two of eating over maintenance to bounce back and I lower my activity those days as well. 32 pounds lost since February along with a couple of vacations where I didn't track, so it is working for me!

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