Problem with "cheat meal"

[PistolPete452]

Hey guys...I always hear about how you should spoil yourself with one cheat meal a week. If you are trying to lose weight then wouldn't a cheat meal just be extra calories, which in turn will slow down the weight loss process?

[LAclippers]

If you are trying to lose weight then wouldn't a cheat meal just be extra calories, which in turn will slow down the weight loss process?

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people say to take a cheat meal every once in a while to help keep your sanity. waiting huge periods of time before having one could cause some people to break, making their cheat meal --> cheat meals, or worse, reverting them back to their bad-food diet.

[n2d]

Cheat meals are there so you don't quit after 1 month like most do. If you have been lifting for 6 months and think you can go without cheating, power to you. Some argue for physiological benifits, but I haven't found anything that seemed convincing.

[PistolPete452]

I am just starting my cutting.....should I give in to a cheat meal or wait a few weeks? I wanna lose a lot of weight before spring break

[LAclippers]

I am just starting my cutting.....should I give in to a cheat meal or wait a few weeks? I wanna lose a lot of weight before spring break

if thats the case, do it for the ladies...dont take a cheat meal. be strict.

[OhioUstud]

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people say to take a cheat meal every once in a while to help keep your sanity. waiting huge periods of time before having one could cause some people to break, making their cheat meal --> cheat meals, or worse, reverting them back to their bad-food diet.

smart man...i think people would see better gains if they cut wayyy back on their cheat meals (1/week to like 1/5 months).....i dont always go crazy about measuring my food, maybe once every 2 weeks ill eat as much oats as i want instead of just 1 or 2 bowls, or slam down the natural pb......but as far as a cheat where you eat junk food, i save those for rare occassions, like when i got wasted at a wedding last April and ate as many cookies as i wanted....but ya, no cookies since then, not even Christmas...anyways i think cheat meals do cause a fair number of people to turn their cheat meal into cheat meals and then just give up totally

[msclfrk]

Cheat meals also help boost your metabolism, and shock your body. But it is a nice break from the norm. Chris Cook does a cheat meal every Sunday when he's prepping for a show, he explained it in flex. Can't remember what issue.

[aikurushii]

Cheat meals also help boost your metabolism, and shock your body. But it is a nice break from the norm. Chris Cook does a cheat meal every Sunday when he's prepping for a show, he explained it in flex. Can't remember what issue.

According to Ultimate Diet 2.0 by Lyle McDonald.. Cheat meals doesn't boost/shock your metabolism.. It's the high carb that does... So it's better if you do a carb-up or refeeds(clean foods) atleast once a week depending on your body fat level..

Less body fat = more refeeds
More body fat = less refeeds

coz if you have high body fat, you have more leptin and don't need much carb-up. if you have low body fat, leptin are low and need more refeeds.

[msclfrk]

right which is what I'm talking about. If you're on a low carb diet, a cheat meal would naturally be a high carb meal, makes sense huh?

[chad12121]

A tip on cheat meals, eat something with some nutritional value. For example if you are going to eat pizza, get chicken topping for extra protein and such or chinese food chicken and rice. Don't cheat with candy bars and soda.

[aikurushii]

right which is what I'm talking about. If you're on a low carb diet, a cheat meal would naturally be a high carb meal, makes sense huh?

cheat meal = eating what you see and don't care what it is(high fat, high carbs, etc).

refeeds = eating clean foods esp. from carbs.

[msclfrk]

thenI guess it depends on your definition then,cause if you're cheating on a low carb diet, it seems to me you're eating carbs. this is futile

[PistolPete452]

im not on a low carb diet. I'm eating a good amount of protein, fats, and carbs. Well I guess I'll try and stay strict in my diet and if I do gocrazy I might eat a slice of pepperoni pizza.


Thanks again guys

[msclfrk]

If you're not trying to diet off bodyfat, then don't stress over cheating now and then.