Free Day- Please give me your opinion!

As long as you don't go totally overboard, I think allowing yourself a day to be "normal" is just fine. Our bodies need to know that we're not bat-*kitten* crazy and that we're not starving it, so I say go for it, just be mindful of your portions.

I totally agree with that! I have also done it for years. Helps me keep on track and maintain my weight loss.

I do it every week. I think it's the only way you can make this lifestyle change work. You need a day off of excercise and dieting. I don't go over board on the food but it's nice to have a choice to have dessert or a drink or something. Enjoy your day off!!

So I've decided to give myself Saturdays as a free day, meaning I don't go to the gym and I don't log in my food. I make an effort to do a little extra walking during the day and sometimes I play volleyball with friends. My meals are still in moderate portions and I mostly eat my mom's homemade food. I feel like by doing this I will stick to my diet longer and reach my goal. Also by exercising 6 days a week and taking one day off from the gym, I give my soar muscles time to rest and recover. I've been doing this for about 4 weeks and I've lost 8 lbs. I just feel I'll stick to it longer if I give myself a break, but I'm not an expert. Can anyone give me some feedback/advise? Thanks

That's the beauty of how our human bodies functions. The ability to adjust to drastic changes from consuming an excess amount of calories to eating at a calorie deficit. I follow that principle as well, I give myself one cheat meal once a week. I don't count the calories in it, I simply just engorge, lol. Reason why, is your body has been in a calorie deficit for the past 6 days while on your diet. So your metabolism is performing at a rate just enough to metabolize the small amount of food your consuming. When you consume an excess amount or a cheat meal. Your simply just kick starting your metabolism to perform at optimal level once again. So rather than keeping your metabolism functioning at a steady level, you want to jump start it every now and then so that your metabolism can handle both the large consumption of calories and low consumption of calories.

Not to mention, it's a mental game as well. By consuming a cheat meal or a meal without recorded calories. You prevent yourself from binge eating on a random day. Or over eating, or even having specific cravings. Your basically increasing your will power to maintain a steady diet when your on it.

As long as your on point with your diet 6 days week. That 1 day out of that week when you have your cheat meal, no counting calories and no exercise. It definitely won't hinder your progress of weight loss. Since weight loss is a long term, life long continuous achievement. If you were doing female competitions, then that would be a different story. But for the majority, it's not something you should lose sleep over. One day out of a week guilt free of eating ANYTHING, is nothing compared to maintaining a lesser weight for the next 20+ years.

On the second Sunday of every month my local Idian have half price Take Away so That is going to be my bad food day aslong as I do something in the day. Like go for a family walk for example or go visiting somewhere nice like a castle or country home! Lots of walking and good times followed by a reward!! But I have to be as good as I can the rest of the time! Not sure if it is going to work as only been logging for 2 weeks but fingers crossed!! It seems to be working for you though if you have lost that weight while doing it!