Been 5 weeks now since i started cutting seriously.
My 'Cheat' day has always been Saturday.
First Cheat day, was looking forward to it all week, it was the only thing keeping me sane ! I had my favourite Pasta for a couple of meals, 3-4 of my favourite soft drink (lemon lime and bitters) and some chocolate.
Second Cheat day, i had already lost the craving for sweet stuff, but i do like my Japanese food and i figured it was a bit healthier for cheat food, so i had a few really nice meals of chicken teriyaki and chicken katsu. Thing was, the helpings i had which were 'normal' for me before now made me almost throw up since my stomach had shrunk from eating smaller meals more often.
Third Cheat day, i enjoyed some nice indian food
Now by the fourth cheat day, seriously i had run out of things i craved, I opted to goto this place which cooked very nice 'home style' cooking and had some grilled fish, a beef and chicken steak (spread throughout the day).
This last Cheat day, the only think i substituted from my normal eating is having some nice lean roast beef instead of chicken breast (and i weighed the amount of beef i ate). MY cheat days from now on are definitely going to be more scientific, i am going to count the calories and make them only 500-600 above maintenance, with basically the same diet as i eat through the week except for some 'cheat meats'.
My smaller stomach means i am hardly ever hungry even whilst eating under maintenance, i seriously struggle eating my 1800 calories a day. My body doesn't seem to have any outrageous cravings anymore.
Now all of my cheat days i feel did me no harm. From Saturday morning to saturday morning each week (when i do my measurements), i have been making great progress. But because i want to take things to the next level again to get my 15-16% BF down to sub 10%, i am going to make my cheat a refeed day.
Xmas day will be my next 'cheat day'
Anyone else have this experience with their cheat day ?
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11-20-2005, 12:22 AM #1Registered User
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The Evolution of a CHEAT Day to a REFEED Day
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11-20-2005, 02:20 AM #2Prove you're worth a damn
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Hahaha, yeah, it's always an ongoing process of taking it the next level over and over. Every couple months my diet steps up a level. My cheats started off being garbage but now for example all I had was wholegrain bread instead of sprouted grain bread, a little margarine and one chocolate turtle. It's sad that that's my cheat day but seriously I didn't really care one way or the other.
History: Mar, 2001: 135lbs @ ~14% | Nov, 2004: 245lbs @ ~40% | Dec, 2006: 168lbs @ 5.5%ish | Nov, 2008: 177lbs @ 5.5%ish | Dec, 2016: 179lbs
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11-20-2005, 05:18 AM #3Registered User
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I've noticed the same thing. I've gone from wanting to cheat with fatty/sweet foods like cake or chocolate to wanting to cheat with high protein foods.
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11-20-2005, 05:31 AM #4Banned
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Well, if you "cheat" every week, you might run out of things that you crave.
Most people cheat every 4-8 weeks. So, there are always new things to eat/try.
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11-20-2005, 01:51 PM #5perma banned
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I just had my first cheat day today, and it was kind of a let down. I thought i would really enjoy some pizza after two weeks of hard work. but i guess you get adapted and realize how little you need those things after a while.
milk was a bad choice
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11-20-2005, 01:54 PM #6Registered User
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I love my cheat days, sometimes I actually forget to cheat. After while eating clean becomes easier.
I dont remember asking you a gotdamn thang!!!!
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11-20-2005, 02:13 PM #7
I make Every saturday my cheat day to load up on carbs and cals, also restarts my metabolism and have had good gains from it..
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11-20-2005, 03:01 PM #8Keeper of the Health
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I always leave my saturday's open to cheating if I really want to, because they are my most active days of the week. After my crew practice the team would all hit up the buffet on campus and I would load up because I would try to get out surfing afterwords. Even though it was a cheat day I would still get mad at eating junky foods like homefries and biscuits. Now my cheat day consists of a few extra servings here and there of better carbs for the engergy that I need.
Stop worrying so much about overtraining. Worry about undereating and under-resting. If it works keep it up. If it doesn't, get rid of it. Compound lifts rule. So does unprocessed food.
With milk at $5 a gallon how do some of you afford so many useless supps?
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03-01-2006, 09:11 AM #9Banned
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I've never really liked cheat days . Mostly becuase of the damaga to your rpgoress. Imagine eating a whole large cheese pizza with extra cheese and a 2liter bottle of mountain dew ? God youd wake up the next mroning with fat everywhere !
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03-01-2006, 09:18 AM #10Registered User
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Really I've had some crazy cheats, and I've actually woken up feeling (and looking) leaner. Oh well, I love food too keep myself on the same stuff 24/7. I don't really have a "cheat day", if I want something bad I'll eat it then and that will be my cheat for the week. I find that the spontaneity, as well as the fact that you satisfy your craving makes the cheat that much better.Originally Posted by sst0ckiDon't get set into one form, adapt it and build your own, and let it grow, be like water. Empty your mind, be formless, shapeless, like water. Now you put water in a cup, it becomes the cup; You put water into a bottle, it becomes the bottle; You put it in a teapot, it becomes the teapot. Water can flow or it can crash. Be water, my friend. - Bruce Lee
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03-01-2006, 10:01 AM #11Registered User
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Originally Posted by sst0cki
Do you really think that or was that a joke? Half of us ate like that for years before discovering a more healthy lifestyle, and believe it or not, did not turn into 400lb masses of slop.
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