Cheat days???

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  • jazzybean1
    jazzybean1 Posts: 113
    You'll have to try a couple ways of spike days and just keep track to see what works for you...I def don't eat junk food all day as it's just not for me, makes me feel horrible, but I do eat more, will have homemade breakfast with whole grain toast and baked potato hash browns with eggs, compared to the protein shake I eat for breakfast every other day of the week. If I want a cheeseburger I will have one but I make my own, tastes better and is still healthy:) That day is also my rest day and gives my body the energy to get through the next 6 days of intense exercise and clean eating:)
  • rcrea
    rcrea Posts: 80
    Wow! There really are a lot of different opinions on this matter, huh? lol :laugh:
  • Russellb97
    Russellb97 Posts: 1,057 Member
    I don't do cheat days/meals...I've worked to hard to blow it all on one day/meal. I work everything into my cals for the day. If well planned it can be done. If I know hubby and I have a date night (very rarely happens) I make sure to work out a bit harder than normal and watch what I eat more during the day.

    Everything in moderation! :)

    Exactly.

    I really don't get why people have cheat days. I guess I just have more self control and discipline.

    Wrong it has nothing to do with either, it has to do with the fact I enjoy food and I enjoy being ripped.
  • lizziebeth1028
    lizziebeth1028 Posts: 3,602 Member
    I don't do cheat days/meals...I've worked to hard to blow it all on one day/meal. I work everything into my cals for the day. If well planned it can be done. If I know hubby and I have a date night (very rarely happens) I make sure to work out a bit harder than normal and watch what I eat more during the day.

    Everything in moderation! :)

    Exactly.

    I really don't get why people have cheat days. I guess I just have more self control and discipline.

    Wrong it has nothing to do with either, it has to do with the fact I enjoy food and I enjoy being ripped.

    I think there is no right or wrong way. Individually, we are all at different fitness levels and have different fitness goals. For example an avid runner burns so many calories and would be able to consume way more calories than someone like me (I'm 53 and although very active I not going to be burning what a say 30 year old runner would). I would think my calorie intake is restricted to a tighter parameter...in other words can't eat as much as they could on a daily basis. There for......I love my 'cheat' day. It's a chance to indulge a bit more and not freak out about busting my calorie budget.

    Other people may find it hard to indulge one day and then jump right back on the fitness wagon the next. So they just work there 'fun' food into their daily caloric limit.

    Bottom line......I don't want to live in a world with out a 3 scoop hot fudge sundae extra extra whipped cream!!!!!!!!!!
  • ammbbbeeeerrrrr
    ammbbbeeeerrrrr Posts: 70
    My cheat days are usually on the weekends. They usually go like this:

    Friday: I eat very light all day, workout like normal, and i know that my boyfriend will want to go eat somewhere for dinner. Usually at a fast food place, so i get the small meal there which is still pretty high in calorie, and i'll have a glass of wine at home.

    saturday: i usually dont exercise, and i'll have one drink with my bf's family but still eat healthy.

    sundays: my boyfriends family usually has some kind of barbecue or dinner and they dont really cook healthy so i eat a little of whatever they have and usually have a drink then too. lol I don't exercise either.

    It doesnt sound as bad when I type it out as it feels when its happening though..
  • armymil
    armymil Posts: 163 Member
    I don't call it a cheat day. I call it a free meal. I have 2 free meals a week. And I make them sensible at best.

    In my defination, I will consume for example Taco Bell. But instead of getting extra food that is just too much, I will get what will fill me up. 3 tacos instead of 5.

    I dont drink soda anyhow.

    Then I record them. You have to have free meals. Sometimes you go out with friends and want to grab a snack. Just enjoy it. But some people who don't have self control should avoid it. If you can handle having the free meal and maintaining your scheduled diet, then go for it.

    I use to do free days, but I lost my calories that way. Plus it would never shrink my stomach. So I tried the free meals way, and it works. So yes, if on Saturday, I have a lunch and dinner, fine. But I might have something on Saturday and something on Wed. Again, not 5000 calories, but maybe 1000 calories on each meal.
  • Scoobies87
    Scoobies87 Posts: 379
    I don't do cheat days/meals...I've worked to hard to blow it all on one day/meal. I work everything into my cals for the day. If well planned it can be done. If I know hubby and I have a date night (very rarely happens) I make sure to work out a bit harder than normal and watch what I eat more during the day.

    Everything in moderation! :)

    I don't do "cheat days" either...but...If I feel like I may go over a little on calories...I work out extra to burn those extra calories....I don't agree with people who go overboard on "cheat days"...I've worked too hard and I'm not going to ruin it on those kinds of days....



    Me too, i just build what i want into the calories i have.

    If i want a bar of chocolate or a bowl of chips then i have it -- i just do an extra work out or eat less of something else so i stay within my calories.

    I rarely go over on cals and if i do its not by many. i know that if i stop myself from having something i really want im more likely to fail so i just eat what i want in moderation or work harder to burn the extra calories.

    Having a CHEAT day is only really cheating yourself!

    I would hardly call it 'cheating yourself.' I have my 'cheat days' at weekends because that is when family get togethers/meals with friends, going out occur and those are the times when I like to relax a little and enjoy time with my friends and family without worrying.
  • armymil
    armymil Posts: 163 Member
    I would hardly call it 'cheating yourself.' I have my 'cheat days' at weekends because that is when family get togethers/meals with friends, going out occur and those are the times when I like to relax a little and enjoy time with my friends and family without worrying.

    Exactly!
  • SunShyne200
    SunShyne200 Posts: 22
    I few years ago I was pretty successful following the WW program..I dropped 42lbs in about 4 months. Not in the beginning but by about the end of the second month I started eating whatever I wanted on Sundays, ( right now I can still picture the Pizza Hut Pan Pizza I would eat on that day, yum) Anyway, I always said that my weigh ins on the weeks I would have a "cheat" day would be my best weigh ins...I remember telling my WW buddy that and my leader, of course the leader couldn't promote that, so needless to say, for me a cheat day works....I haven't had one yet and don't plan on starting a "cheat/spike" day/meal until I've been calorie counting for 4 solid weeks. Then I will have better control over my eating and I know I'll be able to get right back at it the next day...
  • amfmmama
    amfmmama Posts: 1,420 Member
    I believe in a good cheat day. Although, I find that I make it more of a meal, than a whole day. I usually try to be good during the day, try to get a work out in and then have a really satisfying dinner, sometimes with dessert, sometimes woithout... I find that my weight loss is more consistant when I do that, and it makes staying on the rest of the week a lot more doable.
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