Does anyone have a eat what you want day (BINGE DAY)???

I did at first. Then I realized that I would never get to my original goal of eating healthy and living a healthy lifestyle. If I did that every week, I would never lose what I want to lose.
I'm not just talking pounds either. I want to lose the weight, but I also wanted to start losing the bad habits. If I let one little bad habit back into my life, I may give up all together.
If having a day when you can loosen up the food restrictions works for you, then do so. You are you and nobody else can know what you know about yourself.
Always enjoy your foods. No matter what it is. If you are going to put it in your mouth, make sure it is something you want. Not what someone else wants.
Don't overdo it. Don't go crazy. Just live and enjoy. Moderation is a hateful word, but it totally makes sense and is necessary to achieve what you wish to achieve.

I don't believe in "diets" and try not to really make foods off limits. It's too damaging psychologically to think like that. I do have a "free day" which are Sundays but I don't really eat any differently, it's more of a day to take a break from thinking about and logging everything I eat.

Sort of. I tend to crave sugar and carbs, much to my detriment, so my rule is no desserts except Saturdays, holidays, and special occassions. Then, on those days, I still eat reasonably healthy, although that's mostly because, having changed my diet, I have trouble stuffing myself the way I used to.

Basically, that's my reward for eating healthy, and if it slows my weight loss down from 1 lb a week to 0.8 lb a week, I am fine with that.

I think this can work for some people, and not for others ... so whatever works for you! It is easy to TOTALLY over-indulge and like someone else posted, you really can throw everything off track if you go really overboard. Personally, I allow myself one *treat* a day. So I choose between having some wine at night or having dessert ... or having carbs at breakfast or pasta for dinner ... things like that. It works better for me and I still get to eat whatever I want

I don't. For me, it goes against what I'm trying to do.

I just had a binge day at our family's mother day celebration on Saturday and I am still sick from it. My body just doesn't deal well with what I put into it ( i.e. a pound of banana pudding and pasta salad lol) I think they are a good idea in theory if you are able to control yourself, I am not. Good luck

Feel free to look at my diary. I eat what I want to eat at night for dinner. My breakfast and lunch are the same almost every day.
I control stuff with portion size, sauces, toppings etc.

I want this to be a lifestyle not a diet, so I cannot feel deprived or it will not last.
I make pizza and wings, but I will grill the wings instead of frying them. I will peel the skin off then toss them with 2 tbls sauce instead of soaking them in it.

I will make a pizza flatbread raither than a doughy pizza and top it with veggies, so I have the same flavors and textures without the unneccessary calories. I will eat Bison instead of beef burgers, and use sandwich thins for bread instead of rolls.

Find what works for you and go with it.

Sort of. I usually schedule in a couple of cheat meals during the week. A couple of days where I have pastries and coffee for breakfast. 1-2 dinners out with drinks and/or dessert.

But I actually find, that even on the "cheat" meals it isn't too hard to stay in calories. I can't eat that much in one sitting. So the meal might be 100-200 calories over they typical one.

I mostly try to budget it in. And I can never finish my exercise calories anyway, so there are always a couple hundred floating around from the workouts during the week.

the weekends for us is we get to eat anything we're in the mood for (using portion control of course) I dont even log in the weekends in my food diary. We are more restriced on the weekdays.

I don't have a cheat day in my routine, never have. I tried to not eliminate anything as part of my lifestyle changes, just less of the really calorie heavy things. Everything in moderation. This way I don't end up with terrible cravings, or being unable to control myself when I'm around good stuff.

Another key for me was breaking the emotional attachment with food. I view food as fuel now, not something that makes me happy. I would think having a binge day would re-enforce the emotional attachment, as you'll spend all week looking forward to it.