Cheat Days.

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  • MericoX
    MericoX Posts: 199 Member
    In the past when I have hit a plateau I'll do a cheat day. Usually good enough to get the weight loss going again. I do plan on having one sometime this month when family gets around to celebrating my birthday (birthday was in December).
  • LittleFootHafner
    LittleFootHafner Posts: 302
    Lots of opinions going on here - but they are just that: opinions. Do what works best for you! If you crave the foods all the time, then allow yourself to have a small portion of them now and then before you dive in and indulge way too much!

    You could also consider lower your calories by 100 per day, then adding those calories to your cheat day.

    Be sure to continue logging EVERYTHING for a cheat/day or meal, as things add up more than you think!
    Also, be sure to NEVER allow yourself to extend your cheat... if you say that's a chreat MEAL, then NO extra snacking at night.

    For me, 1 cheat oftern leads to another, then another, then being off plan completely and regretting it!

    I prefer to burn any extra calories that I plan on eating, or accidentally ate! haha

    Just remember to take all of this advice, try out a few options, and do what works best for you! ;)

    GOOD LUCK!
  • Uhmanduh
    Uhmanduh Posts: 85 Member
    I have a cheat day every week or every 10 days or so. I wait till I feel like I'm going to binge if I don't get something I really want and them I think it through about what day I'm going to go get it and I always have it for dinner. Then I eat very little calories in the morning and at lunch so that when I have whatever it is that I want for dinner I'm usually still under my calories! But be careful cause i know that for myself its really hard to just have one cheat day because i always want another the next day it seems.
  • BrendaLee
    BrendaLee Posts: 4,463 Member
    If you can feel good after the meal/day and stay on track, then more power to you.
  • the_incredible_shrulk
    the_incredible_shrulk Posts: 72
    say you have 3 meals a day, thats 21 meals a week, 1 bad meal after 20 healthy meals shouldnt effect your diet, I think sometimes its good as it can give you a boost, people who dont have a treat now and again genreally go off the rails unless they are so diciplinned it takes over their life, just enjoy your friday nights pal, do extra at the gym or what ever exercise you do if it makes you feel better, me personally i dont think itll harm your goal at all
  • reneeileen
    reneeileen Posts: 455 Member
    The only way you know how a cheat meal/day will work for you is trying, tracking, and evaluating whether it's working for you. If it slows your progress but you are happy and you feel like it is something you can live with, I say that's a win.
  • bherbie
    bherbie Posts: 11
    Every Saturday the wife and I go get Frozen Yogurt if we have stayed under our goal for the week up to that point. We use it as a reward not as a cheat. SO think of it how you want but make yourself work for it in my opinion
  • nuviag
    nuviag Posts: 131 Member
    I cant cheat it triggers binges buts thats just me others have self control. I dont.
  • linzirussell
    linzirussell Posts: 116 Member
    ive lost over 100lb altogether now and i have cheat days whenever i feel like i need one(maybe once every 7-10days). might not work for everyone but it works for me lol. I think it helps to keep ur metabolism going. when i have a cheat day i eat the foods i dont let myself eat all week, anything i want ill eat. and then the next day its back on the diet without a problem, i dont feel the need to continue eating these 'bad' foods throughout the week, if anything it motivates me to stick to healthy choices coz usually the food i eat on the cheat day makes me feel lethargic and just generally not very good haha. so yeah, id reccommend a cheat day, but dont plan it out, just wait until you feel as though you need it :) good luck whatever you chose to do :D
  • mtperry9
    mtperry9 Posts: 49 Member
    I absolutely have cheat days. But as with everything else it all depends on personal preference and ensuring you do not fall off the wagon all together.

    What are your goals? I want to lose 1 to 1.5 lbs a week, so if I am good throughout the week, a cheat day doesn't effect my weight loss at all.

    I am diligent with my diet Sunday through Friday. I have set it up so Saturdays are my long runs/workouts and my official weigh in day. Then its a 'no holds barred Saturday.' Last week may have been a little on the excessive side, but I stepped on the scale today and I am down 1 lb from last Saturday's weigh in. So it works for me. That's the key, find what works for you.
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