My "cheat" day is saturday and occasionally I'll have a bowl of ice cream, or maybe even fast food ) : how often do you guys cheat while on cycle? if so what do you eat?
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My "cheat" day is saturday and occasionally I'll have a bowl of ice cream, or maybe even fast food ) : how often do you guys cheat while on cycle? if so what do you eat?
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once a week. Usualy on saturday or friday.
Last cheatday I ate a big bag of potatoe chips. A big serving of pasta and super fat pasta sauce, 2 big servings of lasagne, a big bag of mixed candy, 4 danish uhhh...there was something more aswell that I cant remember.
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I usually eat only one cheat meal a week of anything i want.
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Sometimes i go a cheat MEAL every week, sometimes i don't. I haven't had one in 2 weeks and had one last night - it consisted of chicken breast (like i always have), salada with olive oil (like i always have) and ready for the cheat part: 2 pieces of garlic bread.
it was SO worth it. oh yeah and some air popped popcorn for desert.
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I need to cheat once aweek, eat 3 bags of crisps, 1 bar of choc and a meal whatever i want, favourite chicken Korma mmmmm. then back on the wagon. but i have been known to go on abit of a bender over the years which knocks me back aweek so a try not to let it happen to often. but im still young have to enjoy me sel.
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Im like bcap, its a cheat meal, not a whole day. And it's never really that bad. I may have a serving of bread, or cheese on something. Although my big big weakness is gummi bears. So occasionally I'll have some of those
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yeah i don't see a point in having a whole cheat day, it ends up putting you back like 4 days, which means for every 7 days you work so hard, you end up only getting 3 days progress out of it.
i usually don't even have a cheat meal unless i HAVE to (i.e. a special occasion, i'll have something like a piece of bread)
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I have a cheat meal once or twice a week, and usually is a couple slices of pepperoni pizza.
The strange thing about it is that the day after I'm usually at a lower bodyfat%.
I'm on a pretty low cal diet so I'm not sure whats going on, but its a pretty consistent thing that my bf is lower the day after a cheat meal. The only thing I can think of is that my body, being in a caloric deficit, knowing its not getting alot of calories is preserving as much energy (bodyfat) as it can. Then when I give it a high calorie food it thinks, "oh, now I'm getting more food so I can burn some extra stored energy." Something similar to metabolic trickery where you have a high calorie high carb day once every four days while on a low calorie low carb diet.
Does this make sense or anybody or am I crazy?
Last edited by vacarski; 03-21-2006 at 02:39 PM.
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it depends on wether you're cutting or bulking really...Originally Posted by DBflash21
my cheats for bulking are similar to Johan's I go all out, maybe even for the majority of the day. but while cutting, I'll enjoy a small cheat in a meal (and it is usually only something I have been craving), just enough to subside the craving. but in any case, i try to keep cheats to one in anytime over a weeks time, and i never plan them...
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Dont you guys feel one meal just makes the cravings worse??
Just having one meal would make me crazy.
Offcourse Im not that concern anymore about a cheat day setting me back a bit. Im in no rush and I enjoy food as much as I enjoy beeing in shapeits a equal tradeoff to me.
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I cheat every day right now. When I'm bulking I'll eat anything, just make sure to get my protien intake too, other than that it's game on.
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when it comes to candy, potatoe chips, fast food, icecream ect Im like a alcoholic. I cant just have a little. I got to have it all.
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The way I look at it, is like, Im working so hard, and eating so clean all week, why do I want to just gorge myself for a whole day and blow it all? Id rather just keep my cheat to one meal...besides, I dont know about you guys, but if you eat clean all the time, then eat something that's really greasy or high fat, I get super sick.Dont you guys feel one meal just makes the cravings worse??
Just having one meal would make me crazy.
Offcourse Im not that concern anymore about a cheat day setting me back a bit. Im in no rush and I enjoy food as much as I enjoy beeing in shape
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my view is that I love good food so much that I would be seriously taking away one of the greatest joys of my life if I stopped having cheat days.The way I look at it, is like, Im working so hard, and eating so clean all week, why do I want to just gorge myself for a whole day and blow it all? Id rather just keep my cheat to one meal...besides, I dont know about you guys, but if you eat clean all the time, then eat something that's really greasy or high fat, I get super sick.
Good cheat food is as important to me as sex or weights.
Last edited by Kärnfysikern; 03-21-2006 at 04:00 PM.
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Im really dieting hard now and I want to no if I should have an entire cheat day, or only one meal per week? I have a fast metabolism my body fat is 10.9 I weight 200 lbs cardio 4 time a week in the am on empty stomach for 35 to 45 mins also lift 6 days a week
Thanks for any help
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geller imo(strictly my oppinion) one simple rule of thumb is have a full cheat day as long as you can get away with it.
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LOL. Am like that too bro
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LOL. Am like that too bro
its sic isnt it. It must be something like a addiction because I just cant ****ing stop myself and when I start eating I dont stop until I just cant fit down more into my stomach
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I'm on a lean diet right now, trying to gain lean muscle, and this is the first time I've been on a strict diet, when I was in highschool I use to eat very poorly, so it's been rather hard changing to this lifestyle. Saturday is a reward for working hard all week. I don't think having a bowl of ice cream, or some home made cookies is really gonna hurt me that much. I should have clarified above...I don't make a day out of it, normally just 1 meal, or some snacks. I noticed above that you guys said you will eat a piece of bread, what's wrong with bread? like wheat bread?
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I like muffins on cheat day...blueberry
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and it's not usually sick out of my mouthThe way I look at it, is like, Im working so hard, and eating so clean all week, why do I want to just gorge myself for a whole day and blow it all? Id rather just keep my cheat to one meal...besides, I dont know about you guys, but if you eat clean all the time, then eat something that's really greasy or high fat, I get super sick.
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dbflash, i was talking about a nice piece of garlic bread - mmm. that was quite the cheat for me. usually the only carbs i have is pre workout (oats), pwo shake (dex) and ppwo (oats) so having osme bread with dinner IS a cheat for me
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then you must be cutting..........when I cut, I'm clean 7 days a week.........when I bulk, well, its fair game.
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l priest - definetly AM cutting, in fact i'm going through a transformation (check out my 12 week transformation thread), really changing my body, so the cheats just won't work with me! i don't want to look like I used to, cheating only brings me closer to that.
no need to cheat if you have discipline.
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You dont need it......cheat as often as youd like when you bulk and then it will be out of your system when you cut.......
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BTW- havent had fast food, pizza, etc. for at least 5 years......
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Nah, thats why I'm always under 10%
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I usualyl cheat on saturdays. Last saturday I went to McDonald and ate 4 hamburgers some fries and a diet coke. Later I had marshmellows, liquorice, potato chips, garlic bread and a couple of big slices of banana cake made by my sister.
For this saturday I'm thinking pepperoni pizza is going to be a part of my cheating day. Also hae some chokolate bars and some potato chips left over from last week.
Another favorite of mine would be to to to a restaurant and order the brunch buffet and hit it like there is no tomorrow
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I couldn't tell you the last time I was over 10% either, but when I'm bulking a large pizza, or a Monster Thickburger hits the Spot!
Attitude is a little thing that makes a big difference
Ditto.my view is that I love good food so much that I would be seriously taking away one of the greatest joys of my life if I stopped having cheat days.
Good cheat food is as important to me as sex or weights.
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make me some
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u nerd
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Nah.....to stay lean, that shit cant be in ones diet
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Oh there's nothing wrong with bread, I just choose to get most of my carbs from oats, sweet potatoes, brown rice, stuff like that. If I were to eat bread in a cheat meal, it's like a piece of bread in addtion to the chicken, brown rice, and broccoli im already eating.
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Seriously, I feel like hell if I eat anything with grease in it. I can't say I don't have my cheat days, but dark chocolate is my weakness. . . if you eat clean all the time, then eat something that's really greasy or high fat, I get super sick.
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I am kinda new to the eating right thing...only been doing it properly for a good 2 months or so. But when i cheat...i end up going overboard, so i try not to cheat... like last week i woke up... ate a dozen donuts (yes by myself) with some milk... then a good 12 hours later i ate crazy bread and a large cheese pizza. Again...all by myself :P
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