what day is your fat-urday

I have a no-count day about once a month when we go to the all you can eat asian buffet. Oh, and I eat ALL I can eat.

I don't have a "cheat day." If I feel like having a big meal, a dessert, or a few extra drinks, I have it. I just try to work it into my macros and/or do an extra workout to compensate.

I go over my goal whenever I feel like it - parties, going out to eat, whatever - and then reduce my calories a little over the next few days. I pretty much stay within my calorie goal for the week though.

I think it's stupid to have a cheat day, and also a waste of time & sweat.

That's just rude of you... If you choose to not do something, that's fine but to call it stupid shows your ignorance...

I have always allowed myself one day a week to eat something i had been really craving or enjoy a holiday or event with family... This weekend for example is Super Bowl and I will eat and enjoy the day without worrying about the calories. Now I always record everything just to see how bad it was because I find it kinda funny.

It's just a mind over matter thing. If you don't restrict anything then you will tend to stick to making good choices. Just knowing you can have something bad every once in awhile eases stress and guilt.

My faturday isn't weekly, but more everyone once in a while on a special occasion.
For example on Wednesday is my 6 year olds birthday and he wants Chinese food, I'm not even going to try! lol

My faturday is a friday although i still try to stay within my calorie goal, i just dont worry as much about what im eating on this day. If i didnt have my faturday i would go nuts, its just my day to chill.

When I was on a cut I overate (1500 over maintenance) from Saturday noon until my last meal Sunday night.

just because dr oz said something, doesn't make it true. that being said, calorie spike days are one of the many tools at your disposal to lose weight and exercise better, such as an intermitten fast, or protein shakes.

cheat days almost imply that you can eat whatever you want without any negative consequences. you should not say to yourself "oh, a cheat day? i'll eat this whole pizza and a six pack of beer. yes, i will have fries with that." this is not good.

i usually have a spike day on a rest day. i find that on a spike day, where i go over my calories with good healthy options, and then go out and work out the next morning, and i'm talking a big work out of cardio and strength, i have an outstanding work out, with great intensity, plenty of energy, and tons of calories burned. check out my diary from thursday and friday. and check out the work out on friday. you may have to shield your eyes from the awesome.

Make your diary public?

I can see his diary because we are friends - he is pretty awesome at eating well.

I can't have a specific faturday. Then I'd spend all week thinking about it and I'd go way overboard. For me, I have to focus on the good stuff. I have only been healthy now for two months, but eating bad food tends to make me sick. My body doesn't handle it well. That said, I go out to restaurants with friends at least once every two weeks and I just do the best I can there. I always log it. Even if I go over plan. Staying completely honest with myself is the only way it works for me.

I agree with the others though. I try and have random days every now and again where I eat more than my goal or less than my goal by a couple of hundred calories to keep my metabolism from getting stuck.

Side Note: I'm a complete weirdo, but I swear this works for me. When someone brings anything into the office that I would love to sit and pig out on, I ask someone else to eat it and tell me how great it is. I know this won't work for anyone else, but my brain just feels better knowing someone enjoyed the yummy treat. Apparently, I eat bad foods because I have to know someone is eating it. If that makes any sense. Basically, I brow beat my coworkers into having a faturday for me.

I don't take a "cheat day" because I don't believe in them. If there is an occasion, such as a birthday, where I know I will be eating a piece of cake I made sure I work it into my daily calories. The way I look at it is, I am not on a "diet" I am making a lifestyle change. The word diet to me means something temporary. Personally, I am making changes that will last the rest of my life. It is ok to have "naughty foods" from time to time but in moderation. I don't need to set aside a specific day each week for "naughty" foods. I embrace each day as it comes, eat in moderation and work everything into my allotted calories.

i think your approach works for some people, but not for me. i am making lifestyle changes, too, and i agree - i'm not on a diet either. however, i have to be able to look forward to something. a random day where someone might invite me someplace that has cake isn't going to cut it for me. i have to know for sure, "Saturday the 12th i get a cheeseburger!" that pushes me through the other 13 days to get there. if i ate cake, pie, cookies, bread, soda, etc. "in moderation" and worked them into my calories for the day, then i feel i wouldn't really have made a change. those foods are NOT daily foods. i can't live without them forever, but i know for me, i CAN'T eat them in moderation all during the week.

I agree with what you are saying 100%. I think maybe I should have worded what I wrote a bit better. I didn't mean to imply have cookies, cake, candy "every day" in moderation. I meant more along the lines that having them one in a while in moderation is ok.