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re: PuttaDaForkDown
Posted on 8/15/13 at 10:50 pm to bbrou33
Posted on 8/15/13 at 10:50 pm to bbrou33
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I do what tduecen and mouton do.
Please inform me, aside from still watching calories, not eating late and not gorging. I'm a newbie to this cheat day stuff. I hear some eating all kinds of stuff, but I don't want to destroy the gains (losses) I've made.
Posted on 8/15/13 at 11:17 pm to LE610N
I have a good friend who is a personal trainer. He has a cheat day every Sunday. And every Sunday I argue with him about his methods. He eats almost anything and everything. A ton of processed foods, sugars, calories, fats, just anything and everything. It's a gorge cheat. And I've never agreed with this kind of cheating. You will find articles and arguments on both.
My feeling, and understanding, based on hundreds of other accounts and my own personal trial and error over several years, is that if you are looking to lose weight and must cheat, then keep it as clean as possible.
There was a discussion in here about everyone's psychological relationship with food. I'm not hooked on food. Some are. If you NEED ice cream then my feeling is that there are much healthier options out there for you that will remind you of, or trick your mind into thinking it's ice cream. Rather than getting a pint of Ben and Jerry's.
Anyway. Went off on a tangent. My typical cheat day consists of me eating some bread. More carbs than usual. Maybe some rice if I go eat out and it's served with my meal. I don't drink, usually, during the week. So a few beers maybe. Cheese can be in there. All stuff I don't usually eat. But if I feel a need for a cheat day. Once every other week or so. Then that's what I'll do.
A "clean" cheat if you must. Don't worry so much if it's fitting in you caloric limit or macro levels. But don't go extremely overboard. Now sure, after over 2 months of clean eating and 3 times of clean cheating during that time, I had one weekend of basically not thinking about anything. Although I didn't let go all control, I enjoyed myself in New Orleans. But this is because I know my goals and what I need to do to reach them. Everyone is different. My mental strength is fairly strong so it's easy for me to not have cheat days.
Sorry. I know tl;dr. But basically I don't go nuts but don't keep it strict when I cheat. I eat a few things I don't typically and that's about it. Just be smart. Learn your body.
My feeling, and understanding, based on hundreds of other accounts and my own personal trial and error over several years, is that if you are looking to lose weight and must cheat, then keep it as clean as possible.
There was a discussion in here about everyone's psychological relationship with food. I'm not hooked on food. Some are. If you NEED ice cream then my feeling is that there are much healthier options out there for you that will remind you of, or trick your mind into thinking it's ice cream. Rather than getting a pint of Ben and Jerry's.
Anyway. Went off on a tangent. My typical cheat day consists of me eating some bread. More carbs than usual. Maybe some rice if I go eat out and it's served with my meal. I don't drink, usually, during the week. So a few beers maybe. Cheese can be in there. All stuff I don't usually eat. But if I feel a need for a cheat day. Once every other week or so. Then that's what I'll do.
A "clean" cheat if you must. Don't worry so much if it's fitting in you caloric limit or macro levels. But don't go extremely overboard. Now sure, after over 2 months of clean eating and 3 times of clean cheating during that time, I had one weekend of basically not thinking about anything. Although I didn't let go all control, I enjoyed myself in New Orleans. But this is because I know my goals and what I need to do to reach them. Everyone is different. My mental strength is fairly strong so it's easy for me to not have cheat days.
Sorry. I know tl;dr. But basically I don't go nuts but don't keep it strict when I cheat. I eat a few things I don't typically and that's about it. Just be smart. Learn your body.
This post was edited on 8/15/13 at 11:19 pm
Posted on 8/16/13 at 2:35 am to LE610N
My cheat day last week consisted of 10-12 beers and pizza for lunch but then baked chicken for dinner.
I track everything I eat from mycaloriecounter so I know most days I either hit my calorie goal or I'm under (I have it set to lose 1LB a week) so my goal is 1772. My cheat day I usually go 1000-2000 over that goal. However, I exercise 6 days a week and I don't input that data so at end of week I know if I went over say 2000 I've burned more calories by being active/working out/doing my cardio.
I've had cheat days where I would gorge in past but then next day I felt like shite so I've learned to back off from the gorging. If I want a particular food I will eat it on my cheat day but my next meal will be a healthier option.
I track everything I eat from mycaloriecounter so I know most days I either hit my calorie goal or I'm under (I have it set to lose 1LB a week) so my goal is 1772. My cheat day I usually go 1000-2000 over that goal. However, I exercise 6 days a week and I don't input that data so at end of week I know if I went over say 2000 I've burned more calories by being active/working out/doing my cardio.
I've had cheat days where I would gorge in past but then next day I felt like shite so I've learned to back off from the gorging. If I want a particular food I will eat it on my cheat day but my next meal will be a healthier option.
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