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Thanks for all the support guys, you all have some great ways of making it work for you! I'm so glad to see people sharing what they do as it inspires me to possibly take the next step and make it a cheat/treat meal with a cap like @PongKriangsakWongwaimahasan363 has rather than a whole day! Personally my intake is too…

I do feel like I'm depriving myself though of some things I love - to an extent and for a really good reason! Because really the reason it often tastes so good that I miss it like this is that it's terrible for me unless eaten seldom. I used to eat take aways and high calorie food so often that I feel deprived and like to…

It was before my breakthrough of "I have to fix this way of eating", but this year on my birthday I got a 32x1inch portions proper sugarcream, iced 'Frozen' cake ordered for me by my mum seen as I'd been so low all winter. My family of 12 all had a slice of about 1by2 inches each (I got Sven because reindeers taste better…

Thanks! I love these for either days I'm sick or just want to be lazy!

I actually started less than 3 years ago being very very underweight with trouble eating again after starving (came from secretive, ignorant dieting because when I asked for help at size 12 I was told it was big bones and brushed aside) and now know I'm capable of a uk 4 eek! I got used to eating sugar (literally rainbow…

Yep - I'd much rather lose weight slower than spend the next x number of weeks whining about how much I miss having a Chinese! I only eat half a Chinese anyway but to me it wouldn't be the same if I had to have less - half is exactly what I want but probably most of my calories! EDIT: @jazmin220 I know! I actually have a…

ratrapper made some brilliant points here and I only want to add a little of what I wish I'd known:* Find out what foods fill you up best. * Spend a couple minutes looking through recipes every now and then - same stuff gets boring and so will the diet, but it doesn't have to be! * Diet soda. If you can find one you like…

OH don't get me started about parm! I may have a healthy but large portion of lasagna next week with mince as my main treat, putting a delightful heap of cheese on top! For me it's all or nothing with certain things, plus I find I savour it more if I get to look forward to it! Mmmm, I think for my own safety I'll have to…

If that works best for you! Well done by the way - we all know we have to suck it up sometimes, but it's still hard and I admire you for being able to do it! I certainly have a few hours of nervous "I should just quit" thoughts when I unexpectedly go over so to me it's amazing how strong you guys are sometimes haha!

Thanks - I generally save most of my extra calories on cheat/maintenance days for the end, but do have more all over! I think changing to "cheat meals" is a good idea. Really didn't matter much this week though as I am an insomniac and decided to do some HIT to get sleepy! Just under 300 extra calories burnt which I've…

I agree, I merely think that my explanation of what I meant by cheat was pretty clear - giving the example of me going to maintenance and another of people who eat less throughout the week so that their overall deficit would be the same if they'd stuck to their 'calorie goal'. Therefore those who attacked the use of word…

I'm salivating at the thought of a 3000 maintenance! Mine is somewhere between 1600 and 1650! EDIT: Before I do my exercise that is!

I agree with this, even though I do feel calling it a cheat is okay! The reason I feel upset however is that I am to an extent being attacked purely for using a word even though I'd made it clear that I am still making sure that I am not actually negatively affecting any of my progress.

Only if it's pissing someone off ;) haha! I just though "Cheat day" was the best way for people to understand what I was talking about! I wouldn't in real life call it anything - because my mouth is too full of yummy food! :tongue:

I eat below maintenance every time, but above my usual deficit goals so really I can't be going backward? Are you saying that rather than finding a way that works for me which slows my weight loss a little, I should just do as you say and realistically be likely to quit completely because either I feel it's too exhausting…

Macros can bite my enormous slice of cake - oh wait, no, I already did! And via the arguing I know :cry: I just wanted to have some fun, some food, and occasionally a happy meal :wink:

I'd grow up, but I've been 4'9 since I was 13. ;) So upset that my fun little way of making conversation has turned into 60% people just telling us that it's not okay to be a little immature (I personally think it's very grown up to work around the need for some extra cake) or say "Cheat" as just a metaphor/term even if…

These. You and I are on a wavelength.

I can't have one of some things. Nevermind chocolate - even on my cheat/treat/refeeds I try to have a 'chocolate covered biscuit' or something or it's just too morish and whoops! I eat the whole pack of bars! Cheat/treat/refeed days don't have to be scheduled really, I personally do as I have a problem controlling my…

That's such a good one! I was trying to think of an example, but my brain is busy thinking about how yummy my dinner (and a dessert) was! Well worth losing a little slower in my opinion - though if these days didn't exist I think I'd have thrown in the towel around Easter!

@svbrand It's all about how you wanna do it! I'm just curious and was dumb enough to think it would be fun to ask everyone for their personal version of it :wink: clearly not

I think if you look at her diary you can see why. I went 10 days all with her going over her goal before I got tired of it - I am not criticising because if this is still letting you lose weight, @hsmith0930 I envy you! Keep doing what you're doing however I am less than 5ft tall and can't actually make my 500 calorie…

I already answered both, but to repeat "cheat" is a term word. I can't just do it willy-nilly because I am trying to correct a binge eating disorder. Do you have a better way for me to stop food "controlling" me than for me to learn to be able to control it? Or are you just going to try to tell me that binge eating…

As I tried to explain the word "Cheat" is just a term and I am asking how those who do it turn a "ruin your progress cheat" into an acceptable part of our diet or the term you use: 'Lifestyle'. This is a term as 'diet' is in fact the correct word - our diets are what we eat whether we are watching our weight or not ^.^…

It's a cheat cause it's not your normal daily diet intake - usually above your deficit goal :) I give myself rules because I'm a binge eater and need to learn to control the way I eat - I currently have the boundary rule of 500 calories but try to stay as far from it as possible too because I eat so excessively, and the…

Wow. That was a bit harsh, as I do eat much better but to me it's a less healthy outlook on life to say "I am never going to touch fast food again even though I love it" because it's not healthy. Personal choice - neither of us are 100% right as lifestyles are all our own :) What I do do is have a half-rack of the full…

@sofaking6 I guess in a way that's true for me too I have a lot of days where I don't eat nearly as much as half my calories back from exercise and though I say I can eat as much as my 500 deficit, I am yet to do so - if my 'calories burned' were 100% correct I am about 100-200 calories over most cheat days I'd estimate :)

This is the one I'm most familiar with, I'm considering switching up some weeks! Really I don't mind if I lose my weight in 8 weeks or 16 so I mostly just have my usual deficit then once a week pre-plan to have a bit more, but it might give me a bit more incentive to reduce my "cheats" over time until they can maybe almost…

Cheat day is just the most familiar term I know for "eating a little more than usual". Sorry if you misunderstood :blush:

Not having cheat day is fair enough if you like it that way :) I decided on cheat days as I like to be able to eat 1/2 a rack of BBQ ribs in one sitting every once in a while without guilting myself about it, rather than having either 2 ribs and feel moreish or having the rack and possibly going hungry later! I have a…