what day is your fat-urday

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.

I play it by ear based on what activities I have scheduled.
Picnics, parties or dinners? That's the day.
I love my cheat day, or as I prefer to say: "RE-FEED THERAPY"
I have a weekly day where I eat about twice my daily goal, and a monthly food orgy where I eat like a man going to the electric chair for 24 hours.

LOVE IT!
It's nice knowing I am never more than 7 days from eating anything I desire in whatever quantity I want.
I'd go nuts otherwise.

good lord, twice your goal?

imagine if you DIDN'T do that. You wouldn't have to re-lose weight you already lost.

I have lost over 70 lbs doing this, so no progress has been uninhibited.
And I am eating around 3000 calories daily, and losing around a half to a pound every week.

You were saying?:laugh:

I play it by ear based on what activities I have scheduled.
Picnics, parties or dinners? That's the day.
I love my cheat day, or as I prefer to say: "RE-FEED THERAPY"
I have a weekly day where I eat about twice my daily goal, and a monthly food orgy where I eat like a man going to the electric chair for 24 hours.

LOVE IT!
It's nice knowing I am never more than 7 days from eating anything I desire in whatever quantity I want.
I'd go nuts otherwise.

good lord, twice your goal?

imagine if you DIDN'T do that. You wouldn't have to re-lose weight you already lost.

There are studies that show that having a day where you eat twice your daily need actually has more benefits than drawbacks. It speeds up the metabolism and keeps your body from getting used to running on a calorie deficit, thereby accelerating fat loss rather than slowing it down or causing one to have to 're-lose' the weight. The body takes what it needs and flushes out the rest and getting immediately back into a workout regime keeps your body from storing any fat.

I follow the same strategy and still consistently lose, and I maintain my energy levels because my body knows it will get what it needs to keep up with my 6-day a week fat burning awesomeness!

Some just don't get it.
And that is why so many fail. Their programs are way too restrictive and metabolism stifles.
No thanks!
My metabolism is in OVERDRIVE!

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?

Done.thought it was

Last night was. I ate arby's and had some brownies at home. NOM NOM NOM.

ate about 3200 calories yesterday. Guess what? scale didn't go up!!! omg so shocking....

I play it by ear based on what activities I have scheduled.
Picnics, parties or dinners? That's the day.
I love my cheat day, or as I prefer to say: "RE-FEED THERAPY"
I have a weekly day where I eat about twice my daily goal, and a monthly food orgy where I eat like a man going to the electric chair for 24 hours.

LOVE IT!
It's nice knowing I am never more than 7 days from eating anything I desire in whatever quantity I want.
I'd go nuts otherwise.

good lord, twice your goal?

imagine if you DIDN'T do that. You wouldn't have to re-lose weight you already lost.

You should have a look at the science behind spike days, I love them. Broke my plateau and I dont feel like Im punishing myself by eating healthy all the time because one day a week I get to enjoy whatever I want

I would never have a cheat day because I know what I am like: I would go COMPLETELY overboard and spend the rest of the week fixing the damage I caused on that one day. Here is what I've very recently started doing instead. I find that if I have lots of calories left at the end of the day, I end up splurging them on empty-calorie rubbishy items. Once I have too many of those, my addictive personality takes over, and I don't stop. Sooooo, instead of doing that, I've made a vow that instead I am permitted to have one treat a day with my calories. It can be anything I want, but something considered to be rubbish OR processed (ie. I don't see certain granola bars as rubbish, but they are processed, so if I have one, that will be my treat for the day). This is so that I don't feel deprived. Once I eat my treat, I am done for the day. Spreading 7 treats out over the week is like having my own tamed-down version of a cheat day. I won't be going over my calories, but will still be getting on those things I would want to indulge in if I could have a cheat day.

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.

Ahh and I believe it, was just interested hehe.

Sunday is my 'day off'. It's a day for being in the kitchen and cooking for me...which I often think is my downfall :S Do love cooking, even if I don't get to eat too much of myself nowadays!!

I don't really have a "cheat day" set, but when I start to lose my motivation, I take a day and eat what I've been craving for weeks without feeling guilty (usually fast food). I also save some calories here and there for chips or chocolate. When I do feel guilty about eating unhealthy, I just go to the gym longer! ... Works 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 like this!!