"Cheat Days"

Ignoramus7266 wrote:
:: In article , Reality Check wrote:
::: Do you guys allow yourselves one cheat day per a certain period of
::: time?
::
:: Whom are you going to cheat during your cheat day?
::
::: Weekends are my "eat whatever days" (although still not going over
::: maintenance calorie level). To me, it helps psychologically more
::: than anything. I guess some of you can't afford cheat days...?
::
:: I am not sure what's the point of cheat days.
::
:: I do not eat food that I consider bad for me. Junk food, junk bread,
:: and such.
::
:: I eat everything else that I want, within my calorie limit, trying to
:: keep carbs somewhat lower. I can eat anything that I want, except not
:: everything at once.
::
:: Why would I want to eat bad foods on some days? To make myself worse
:: off?
::
:: It makes no sense.

At cheat day could just mean not eating below maintenance. It does not have
to mean eating junk food.

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Reality Check wrote:

Do you guys allow yourselves one cheat day per a certain period of time?
Weekends are my "eat whatever days" (although still not going over
maintenance calorie level). To me, it helps psychologically more than
anything. I guess some of you can't afford cheat days...?

Depends on what you mean by cheat days. My cheat days are
when I have a really good T-bone or Porterhouse steak or
orange roughy, something I normally don't have every day
because it's too expensive. That's my cheat day and it's
every bit as good as a bite of chocolate candy or whatever.

Marsha/Ohio

"Roger Zoul" wrote in message
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Cubit wrote:
:: I'm realizing I can't do cheat days. If I am over 100 carbs in a
:: day, I feel sick and lethargic. I think it is the result of my body
:: working to shift to a carb based metabolism. It can take several
:: days before Ketosis returns (according to Ketostix).

of course you can't -- you don't exercise.

Speaking of exercise - I need to burn the peanut butter sandwiches I just
ingested. MMMMM they were super yummy! :-)

Reality
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::: Do you guys allow yourselves one cheat day per a certain period of
::: time? Weekends are my "eat whatever days" (although still not going
::: over maintenance calorie level). To me, it helps psychologically
::: more than anything. I guess some of you can't afford cheat days...?
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(Thotful560) wrote in message ...
From what I have read some folks do use planned or controlled cheats...a
special occasion such as an anniversary, a birthday celebration for example.
Some WOE such as Carb Addicts have one reward meal per day..but there are
guidelines to follow-it's not a free for all binge meal!
My take on this is that we have to learn how to navigate in a *carb filled*
world, so it's better to go off your chosen plan in a calculated way than to
throw all caution to the winds.

To quote The Misfits, "When I sin, I sin real good."
I find that a major cheat day followed by a few days of induction
levels can jump start weight loss. Thing is this, best to avoid
cheating until you are close to your goal.

Teresa

--Bryan 198/149/155