Why a Cheat Day is a misnomer

I use the term "cheat day" and quite frankly, I really don't care what I call it. Terminology and semantics won't affect the scale either way. I can call it a "lazy day, binge day, carbapalooza"...it doesn't matter.

These "days" (no more than once per week) have been proven to (1) shock the metabolism to prevent plateaus and (2) allow people to diet or "maintain" longer because they know that it's achievable - they don't have to give up Mexican food or desserts for the rest of their lives.

This Saturday is a family occasion that revolves around food. I already know this, and am going in with the awareness that there's no way I'll make my calorie count that day. In fact, I don't know if it would even be possible to log everything, since there'll be a ton of things I won't even know what they are (other than "tasty"). Instead of sitting out and watching everyone else eat or missing it entirely, I've decided this Saturday I won't be counting any calories. I intend to eat a healthy breakfast, and will likely be too full from the afternoon to even bother with dinner, but I'm fully aware my calorie intake will be much higher than my "losing" number. This will be the first time I'll have not counted calories or gone over since I started MFP, one month ago. Frankly, I don't think one meal in a month is going to stop my progress.

When the husband asked me if we should skip it this year, I told him no, I was going to take a cheat day. And you know what? He completely understood what I meant when I said that. I didn't have to explain it, like I would have if I'd called it a spike day or a lapse day. Getting hung up on the semantics of the term misses the point of language, which would be communication. Judging from my conversation with my husband, the term "cheat day" communicates the point just fine as is.

To me, this is a debate because he has responded to some people's posts. That to me is what a debate is, banter back and forth. Whether anybody has an intelligible rebuttal is besides the point (to me) because otherwise political debates would just be called political rants (I hate politics and politicians, so this is just my opinion).

I won't quote a dictionary citation but most definitions include some part of a debate being a formal, structured argument with points and counterpoints scoring towards a ruling. OP's so far managed to belittle and insult several posters without discussing the valid points that were brought up. He made fun of an avatar of one, made fun of somebody's chores in a legitimate rebuttal to OP's follow-up Q of what else in life do cheaters cheat at. Semantics, yes, but this guy has lost the benefit of the doubt with his callous remarks to other posters who offered sincere responses to his questions and were just attacked. That flies in the face of what this forum is about and for...when people demonstrate that level of ****ery they lose my sympathy and draw my ire. So far he hasn't responded to any of my retorts which were also posted in honest sincerity before callmeBAM showed his true debate colors...I fear he may at any point attack my avatar pic or taunt my weight loss or eating diary...(shudder)