Cheat Day...

1 large pie?? holy **** lol my cheat day MIGHT be half a pie damn girl lol sorry im new XD

I'm having a cheat day today because I'm trying to gain (muscle) weight and I lost 0.8 lbs this week. I usually have a cheat day on Fridays or Saturdays because that's when I'm hanging out with friends which means there's a lot of snacks around.
If I was trying to lose weight, I'd only have a cheat day once a week to begin to not like bad food. Like if you eat healthy for a while then eat crappy food like McDonalds, you'll grow to not even like McDonalds. I already don't really like fatty foods because I take these cheat days.

For Me Today: 2 slices of toast instead of 1 (w/ orange juice & banana, a 600 calorie breakfast)
Planters Chocolate Peanut Big Nut Bar
Chocolate chip muffins w/ banana for lunch
Whey isolate shake after working out
Whatever mom makes for dinner (Most likely barbeque chicken)
Probably gonna have raisins and yogurt after

I'm not going overboard binging, I'm just not eating how I probably should. But last week, I had 4 packs of toasty crackers and then 2 peanut bars (I love peanut butter)!

Dude, you should not worry about cheat day... You should just eat and eat clean

I take cheat days not only because I'm gaining weight, but because I like eating bad food sometimes. But if I'd get better results without cheat days, then I'd honestly be willing to drop them or have them once a month instead of once a week.

I think cheat days are about learning what true food enjoyment is. It's not about the taste anymore. It's about the nutrition and how you feel AFTER you eat. I remember my first week eating healthy with P90x; I had a nice rotisserie chicken dinner and I didn't stuff my face, I ate a healthy portion. And for the first time in a while, I didn't feel bloated after dinner and it felt awesome and the food still tasted great. I could *feel* my fitness progressing.
I don't think cheat days are about taking a break and stuffing your face. It's about learning that you don't actually want to stuff your face.
On cheat days, eat to enjoy, not eat to stuff your face for the sake of stuffing your face. On regular days, eat better than you normally would. And on cheat days, some eat worse than they normally would and some eat the same as they normally would. That's just my repetitive two cents on it.

A cheat day is what keeps my sanity...Not had one for 3 weeks now...explains my insanity..

I don't have planned cheat days. There are days when I eat more or maybe have a little treat and that's enough for me. Today I had 2 little organic oatmeal cookies for example.

My body doesn't need junk food.
I don't think anybody's body benefits from Mcdonalds or Burger kings food. I think it's harmful even if it's eaten only once a week.

I have a splurge meal or a treat on the weekends, but I don't consider it cheating. It's part of living life, and it keeps me on track the rest of the time because I am enjoying it, not fighting cravings for things I "can't" have. Don't diet, live it.

Ditto...except I don't necessarily wait for the weekend. We met friends for dinner before a play last week on Thursday so I big splurge meal was then. I do little treats throughout the week as well.

This is a life style change and shouldn't be about deprivation.

I try not to cheat only because I don't have self control. My personality is like
an addict's - I can't have a little bit of sugar or a little bit of chocolate. Once
I start- I lose control. That's why when I gave up Coca-Cola I had
to go completely cold turkey. It has now been 2 years soft drink/juice free. I only
drink water and coffee. :-)
I suppose I can count going over in caloric intake as a cheat.

I don't want to have a cheat day ANY day. I don't allow any day for me to knowingly go overboard with food. If you want, ice cream or something, eat it! But make sure it fits into your daily goals or work out to earn it.

Because, I mean, we all know it's a step in the wrong direction... who knows when that one "cheat day" will turn into 2 or 3 times a week, and soon you're eating bad EVERY day?

Im really not into cheat days, because personally for me they reinforce bad habits. I'm just all about eating what I want and maintaining my calories. If I burned 1000 calories running and want a snickers bar and have eating healthy all day, I eat a snickers bar. If I want crackers or a piece of cake I eat it. There are no cheat days for me, I try to cook all my meals myself, I try to avoid going out or making healthy choices at restaurants. And I realize that for now I"m not really into fast food(burgers, taco bell..etc). Usually I have noticed that as long as I'm full, I usually don't want snacks. Its when I deprive myself that I find myself wanted cookies. SO i try to fill up on clean foods and protein, and if I still want something that day...I EAT IT....REASONABLY...but thats just me, and to each his/her own!

When I started I had a cheat meal once per week to keep me sane, at that point in my journey I needed it. That turned into a refeed day by the following year, eating about 300 calories extra, but clean foods since I no longer craved to junk. Now I eat clean.

I do not believe in Cheat days because I find they do not work for me!! If I want that chocolate bar then I excerise a lot harder so that way I am earning it!! If you need chocolate try and eat dark chocolate it will help with the cravings and it is good for you!! Good luck and try to find a way that works for you and stick to it!! Everyone is different!!

^^^ This is me. If I know that I am going to be eating a big meal, I exercise harder. I pre-burn calories. Then my "cheat" becomes a well earned prize. And some days the opportunity to pre-burn isn't there, but know that I have been good, then I enjoy it. But I have never been a fan of regularly scheduled cheat days, because I think we just cheat for the hell of it. I don't like denying myself, but it's all about moderation!