what's classified as a cheat meal?

[arigra123]

For example tomorrow I plan to eat this from my cafeteria..
4-5 pieces of fries
2 chicken fingers
1baked cod fillet
2 barbecue chicken legs

This will be my lunch / dinner

I am doing carb cycling and tomorrow is a high carb day.

[JosephDucreux]

more like big mac, baconator, big carl and jumbo burrito all in one sitting.

[arigra123]

So I guess my meal won't be a "cheat meal"

I eat that at lunch with buddies once every 2 weeks at college and I calculate it's nutrition info to be
50grams P/
40grams C /
20 grams F

[frodo]

For me.. I'm not huge on "fast food" a cheat meal for me is done right.. I go to a nice restaurant, 3-4 courses.. for example last weekend I went to http://www.theitaliankitchen.ca/

Course 1 - Flat bread shared
Course 2 - Caprese Salad
Course 3 - Spaghetti with kobe meatball
Course 4 - Chocolate filled donut balls with vanilla dip..

My main thing is that I can't eat salt during every other meal of the week (or very low, try to keep it between 1300-1800MG/day) because I have high blood pressure.. so even though my cheat meal is sort of ridiculous... it's the only thing that will keep me sane

[feelsg00dmayne]

when im too lazy to count macros + i know i went over.

[JosephDucreux]

So I guess my meal won't be a "cheat meal"

I eat that at lunch with buddies once every 2 weeks at college and I calculate it's nutrition info to be
50grams P/
40grams C /
20 grams F

(srs answer) bro, aside from the fries, you're taking in a lot of protein and there is nothing inherently bad about any of the other food you listed. you're good to go as long as the serving size is exactly as you described. just make sure to put in work at the gym afterwards. you have no idea what a cheat meal is until you've gorged on fast food and sweets. lol.

[arigra123]

(srs answer) bro, aside from the fries, you're taking in a lot of protein and there is nothing inherently bad about any of the other food you listed. you're good to go as long as the serving size is exactly as you described. just make sure to put in work at the gym afterwards. you have no idea what a cheat meal is until you've gorged on fast food and sweets. lol.

Aigght. I workout 1 hour after my lunch so I figure I am okay. I'll have a real cheat meal this Saturday though. Can't wait.

[waqas11]

Aigght. I workout 1 hour after my lunch so I figure I am okay. I'll have a real cheat meal this Saturday though. Can't wait.

1 hour after workout? I think you will not be able to give it all you have. Try 2-3 hours. N good luck on saturday.

[Motogp69]

For example tomorrow I plan to eat this from my cafeteria..
4-5 pieces of fries
2 chicken fingers
1baked cod fillet
2 barbecue chicken legs

This will be my lunch / dinner

I am doing carb cycling and tomorrow is a high carb day.

Yeah, to me a cheat meal is one that you know will take you out or over your macro's. You can eat whatever you want and not classify it as a cheat meal if it meats your macro's, but I would never classify any type of food as "bad."

[MAX.MAREK]

all of this...and maybe some icecream

[NaLLa8705]

when im too lazy to count macros + i know i went over.

Probably one of the best definitions of cheat meal I have seen. Repped

[ontclone]

do you guys consider pizza to be a cheat meal? around 440 cals, 25g protein and 10 g fat..

[rob2093124]

i would classify it as anything extra that put you over the macros you are shooting for, for the day. you can't say specific foods, cuz anything can be worked into someones macros, given their diet.

[havoc000]

If you ate say a burger on Monday then a Taco on Tuesday it is a cheat because your cheating on the burger. OP is a whore.

[MikeK46]

do you guys consider pizza to be a cheat meal? around 440 cals, 25g protein and 10 g fat..

cheat meal = a meal for which you don't count macros (for a person who normally counts macros)

it has nothing to do with WHAT it is....

if you count the macros it's not a cheat because you can just make up for it the next day.

[Chuck2600]

do you guys consider pizza to be a cheat meal? around 440 cals, 25g protein and 10 g fat..

The only thing I think would be considerd a "cheat" is a day you go over your maintenace calories for the day... and that would be a cheat day not a meal, if you have a "cheat meal" that you manage to fit in your daily macros it's not really a cheat meal is it?

[ontclone]

cheat meal = a meal for which you don't count macros (for a person who normally counts macros)

it has nothing to do with WHAT it is....

if you count the macros it's not a cheat because you can just make up for it the next day.

makes a lot of sense thxs, but i dont count marcos in general

[rob2093124]

makes a lot of sense thxs, but i dont count marcos in general

if you say "idc, im eating it", it most likely will be classified as a cheat meal.

[snrygo]

So I guess my meal won't be a "cheat meal"

I eat that at lunch with buddies once every 2 weeks at college and I calculate it's nutrition info to be
50grams P/
40grams C /
20 grams F

Dude, 540 cals (the calories in ur "cheat") arent even half a meal for me. If u wanna have a cheat meal, go big or go home.

[MAX.MAREK]

dude, 540 cals (the calories in ur "cheat") arent even half a meal for me. If u wanna have a cheat meal, go big or go home.

well said!

[snrygo]

Dude, 540 cals (the calories in ur "cheat") arent even half a meal for me. If u wanna have a cheat meal, go big or go home.

Edit: when I said not even half a meal, I wa referring to a regular meal not a cheat meal.

[matthew3881]

if you say "idc, im eating it", it most likely will be classified as a cheat meal.

lol this.

[MikeK46]

makes a lot of sense thxs, but i dont count marcos in general

for someone who doesn't count macros and still gets half-a$$ results, then a cheat meal would be something you don't normally eat...that's it.

for someone who doesn't count macros and doesn't get results, every meal is a cheat cuz they dont know wtf they're doing with their diet and cheating themselves out of results

[IntraVol]

When you say pieces of 4-5 fries. Are you only referring to 4-5 fries or 4-5 servings?

Just a little confused?

[arigra123]

I meant 4-5 pieces of fries.

Thanks everyone. Now I can have my cheat day on Saturday and not feel guilty.

Edit: when I said not even half a meal, I wa referring to a regular meal not a cheat meal.

Repped for being straight up honest and correct.

[IntraVol]

Is a 'piece' American/Canadian for 'serving'? HaHa.

[Ahmed81]

I don't see your meal as a cheat meal OP. I consider my cheat meals to be Chipotle, Subway, things like that.

[jsalazar92]

OP you are not cheating, you are just afraid of certain sources of food.. ( fries, greasy meats)
you would be less frigthen if you knew a little bit more about nutrition,
read the stickies..

not trying to be rude, but saving you from future eating problems...

[psychodiver9]

A cheat meal is simply one that takes you outside your target intake. Subway could be a cheat or could be fit in your macros. I have fit pizza, burgers, zaxbys, beer, etc into my macros (no haters not in one day) and thus don't consider them cheats

[snrygo]

I meant 4-5 pieces of fries.

Thanks everyone. Now I can have my "cheat"day on Saturday and not feel guilty.



Repped for being straight up honest and correct.

Fixed. :P