the day AFTER a cheat day....

AppleJuiceMoney
AppleJuiceMoney Posts: 61
edited October 5 in Health and Weight Loss
should i go back to eating normal calorie intake or restrict it just a litle bit more than usual to balance things out?
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  • taso42
    taso42 Posts: 8,980 Member
    I always just go back to normal.
  • Sidesteal
    Sidesteal Posts: 5,510 Member
    I would resume your normal eating plan.
    I would also go into the gym and enjoy setting PR's and feeling strong as hell from the extra calories the day before.
  • AppleJuiceMoney
    AppleJuiceMoney Posts: 61
    I would resume your normal eating plan.
    I would also go into the gym and enjoy setting PR's and feeling strong as hell from the extra calories the day before.

    Ughh If i wasn't studying frantically for an exam tomorrow I would totally do that!!
  • mamagooskie
    mamagooskie Posts: 2,964 Member
    I usually end up eating the same as usual. Unless I wake up still feeling full and then I take it wasy and eat less. I say listen to your body.
  • Jacole18
    Jacole18 Posts: 716 Member
    I just got back to normal after a cheat day
  • stevwil41
    stevwil41 Posts: 608 Member
    I usually shave off 100-200 calories for a day or two but my calorie allowance is high enough that it doesn't really affect me.
  • mrmanmeat
    mrmanmeat Posts: 1,968 Member
    should i go back to eating normal calorie intake or restrict it just a litle bit more than usual to balance things out?

    You should just stop having cheat days.
  • Noof91
    Noof91 Posts: 61 Member
    I will just eat normal and may be consider that " cheat day " my free day so i wont take any other day in the rest of the week
  • AppleJuiceMoney
    AppleJuiceMoney Posts: 61

    You should just stop having cheat days.

    haha it wasn't THAT bad... just a couple of handfuls of dried fruit and some jellybeans probably put me over by 200-300 cals?
  • mrmanmeat
    mrmanmeat Posts: 1,968 Member

    You should just stop having cheat days.

    haha it wasn't THAT bad... just a couple of handfuls of dried fruit and some jellybeans probably put me over by 200-300 cals?

    Then that's not a cheat day.
  • Ebbykins
    Ebbykins Posts: 420 Member

    You should just stop having cheat days.

    haha it wasn't THAT bad... just a couple of handfuls of dried fruit and some jellybeans probably put me over by 200-300 cals?

    Then that's not a cheat day.

    Look at her diary, she should be having cheat days, way more than 300 calories though.
  • Sidesteal
    Sidesteal Posts: 5,510 Member
    I find cheat days can be useful.
  • amuchison
    amuchison Posts: 274 Member
    Depends on what kind of diet u are on...cheat days for me cause major distinction and throw my body out of fat burning;)!! I do Medifast...but if u r taking in just regular calories then u have to see how your body is affected by a few hundred calories a day!!;)
  • CMmrsfloyd
    CMmrsfloyd Posts: 2,380 Member
    I don't even consider it a 'cheat' unless my net goes over maintenance. My goal for a 1 lb per week loss is 1210 but my maintenance is 1710. I always eat close to 1210 net, sometimes just a bit over and sometimes just a bit under. But I like to be within about 50 cal in either direction on a good day. I've had days where I went over my net goal by 350 but even 350 over my net goal is still 150 under maintenance, so I don't consider it a cheat at all since it's still at a level to lose weight. Plus I like the theory that mixing it up and giving your body a little extra now and then, even during weightloss, can be a good thing. It's certainly good for my mental state to not freak out over it. LOL. I'm trying to lose weight and get in shape, not give myself a complex. LOL

    That reminds me I need to go eat another 100 cal so I won't be too low for the day....
  • mrmanmeat
    mrmanmeat Posts: 1,968 Member

    You should just stop having cheat days.

    haha it wasn't THAT bad... just a couple of handfuls of dried fruit and some jellybeans probably put me over by 200-300 cals?

    Then that's not a cheat day.

    Look at her diary, she should be having cheat days, way more than 300 calories though.

    No one should have cheat days. they're pointless.

    Of course that's my opinion and yours will differ, but I don't care, it's still my opinion.
  • AppleJuiceMoney
    AppleJuiceMoney Posts: 61
    I don't even consider it a 'cheat' unless my net goes over maintenance. My goal for a 1 lb per week loss is 1210 but my maintenance is 1710. I always eat close to 1210 net, sometimes just a bit over and sometimes just a bit under. But I like to be within about 50 cal in either direction on a good day. I've had days where I went over my net goal by 350 but even 350 over my net goal is still 150 under maintenance, so I don't consider it a cheat at all since it's still at a level to lose weight. Plus I like the theory that mixing it up and giving your body a little extra now and then, even during weightloss, can be a good thing. It's certainly good for my mental state to not freak out over it. LOL. I'm trying to lose weight and get in shape, not give myself a complex. LOL

    That reminds me I need to go eat another 100 cal so I won't be too low for the day....

    i like this philosophy :)
  • CMmrsfloyd
    CMmrsfloyd Posts: 2,380 Member
    I don't even consider it a 'cheat' unless my net goes over maintenance. My goal for a 1 lb per week loss is 1210 but my maintenance is 1710. I always eat close to 1210 net, sometimes just a bit over and sometimes just a bit under. But I like to be within about 50 cal in either direction on a good day. I've had days where I went over my net goal by 350 but even 350 over my net goal is still 150 under maintenance, so I don't consider it a cheat at all since it's still at a level to lose weight. Plus I like the theory that mixing it up and giving your body a little extra now and then, even during weightloss, can be a good thing. It's certainly good for my mental state to not freak out over it. LOL. I'm trying to lose weight and get in shape, not give myself a complex. LOL

    That reminds me I need to go eat another 100 cal so I won't be too low for the day....

    i like this philosophy :)

    It helps keep me sane and satisfied. :-)
  • rockerbabyy
    rockerbabyy Posts: 2,258 Member
    i always go back to normal
  • gp79
    gp79 Posts: 1,799 Member
    True to what Sidesteel said about enjoying the calories in the gym the next day. I learned this today actually. Future cheat days will be the day / night prior to some gym time.

    I would just go back on track the next day.
  • SweetestHoney
    SweetestHoney Posts: 95 Member
    I usually go back to normal and don't go over for the rest of the week. And if I can I'll shave a few cals off the next few days if not oh well
  • stubbysticks
    stubbysticks Posts: 1,275 Member
    No one should have cheat days. they're pointless.

    Of course that's my opinion and yours will differ, but I don't care, it's still my opinion.
    I don't find them to be pointless at all. The mental benefits of having a spike day every week for me are invaluable. I plan to lose a minimum of 117 lbs so I'm going to be at this for a long damn time...there's no way I'm going to make myself suffer through YEARS of weight loss without ever having "cheat" days. Why on earth would I deprive myself for that long & think I'd never just lose it & binge myself sick one day, then hate myself for "failing"? Do you know how many posts I see on this site EVERY DAY from people who did just that?

    I don't do cheat days. I intentionally create a calorie surplus one day a week but it doesn't benefit me to give it a negative connotation by calling it cheating. I work my *kitten* off 6 days a week to meet my targets & exercise, so I allow myself a one-day break from the planning & eating healthy stuff.

    If you told me I could lose 5 lbs a week if I just stayed in a deficit for the next 12 months straight without ever "cheating" I would stick with what I'm doing because I prefer to enjoy my life, which includes enjoying food without restriction once in a while.
  • taso42
    taso42 Posts: 8,980 Member
    No one should have cheat days. they're pointless.

    Of course that's my opinion and yours will differ, but I don't care, it's still my opinion.

    I'd agree with you, but then we'd both be wrong.

    I just ate a whole pizza. You call that pointless. I call it delicious.
  • LisaKyle11
    LisaKyle11 Posts: 662 Member

    You should just stop having cheat days.

    haha it wasn't THAT bad... just a couple of handfuls of dried fruit and some jellybeans probably put me over by 200-300 cals?

    I can't see what constitutes a 'cheat' day here... although you may be thinking/asking hypothetically.... ? i would say go back to normal and maybe add a little actually -- to get your calories/nutrients up a bit.

    Then that's not a cheat day.

    Look at her diary, she should be having cheat days, way more than 300 calories though.
  • Lift_hard_eat_big
    Lift_hard_eat_big Posts: 2,278 Member


    No one should have cheat days. they're pointless.

    Of course that's my opinion and yours will differ, but I don't care, it's still my opinion.

    Is your opinion based on failed personal experience, peer reviewed research articles, or broscience weekly?
  • amuchison
    amuchison Posts: 274 Member
    Depends on what kind of diet u are on...cheat days for me cause major disfunction and throw my body out of fat burning;)!! I do Medifast...but if u r taking in just regular calories then u have to see how your body is affected by a few hundred calories a day!!;)
  • Johnny_Castle
    Johnny_Castle Posts: 159
    I look at my weekly deficit and base my calories to reach that deficit... so one day I might eat 2400 the next 2000 or 2200 everyday for that week...as long as the average is my goal that's fine
  • rlysrh
    rlysrh Posts: 244
    No one should have cheat days. they're pointless.

    Of course that's my opinion and yours will differ, but I don't care, it's still my opinion.


    I'm sorry but this really made me want to post this.


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    Just seems like you're trying to show off that you manage to diet without ever having cheat days.
    lol
  • micls
    micls Posts: 234
    I had a cheat day yesterday. It wasn't planned or anything, I didn't decide to have a cheat day, I just didn't log, binged a bit, and ended up WAY over my calories. Like, by about 1000 cals! Bit of a shock to the system but what harm, it'll make me realise the next time.

    In terms of the week, there were days I was a couple hundred under, so overall I was probably about 300 cals over for the week. So, I won't lose the pound I was aiming for but hopefully I won't put on weight.

    I enjoyed yesterday, not worrying about the cals, and I enjoyed every bit of the food, so certainly think there's a point to it.

    Cheat days may not have a point to some people, or no nutritional/weight loss point to others, but to many they certainly have a motivational point. Enjoy them and use them to motivate you to work harder.
  • AlwaysWanderer
    AlwaysWanderer Posts: 641 Member
    No one should have cheat days. they're pointless.

    Of course that's my opinion and yours will differ, but I don't care, it's still my opinion.


    Uhmm, have you ever hears of leptin? Or stress hormones? Having a cheat day is actualy beneficial. Good way to get things moving. My weight wouldnt move for 2 weeks, not even 0.01lb, even though I was working my a** of and eating well. Then I took a cheat day - 1800 cals over my maintenance, mostly carbs and fat. Worked hard at the gym the next day, and day after lost 1lb. Gonna do it every week now :)
  • fionarama
    fionarama Posts: 788 Member
    Yeah totally agree ! Besides who the hell is that perfect they never crack and have a cheat day???!!! I know I'm not! I like to make sure I do an hour cardio the day after to pay penance.
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