Cheat days - Extra Cardio

[slfmade]

So I've been dieting for quite some time and with the exception of Thanksgiving I've have had no cheat meals. Here lately I've been getting the urge to go out and down 6 sushi rolls or have a beer or whatever. I know if I did this that I would feel very guilty afterwards. I know many of you dislike cardio; however, I have no issues with it.

So my question is....Let's say I were to have a cheat meal and went overboard by say 1k calories. Would it be possible to hit the gym a couple of hours later and just burn them off?

It would make sense this could be the case. It's just that I've been so disciplined over the past 8 months and the last thing I want to do is go backwards even if it's a little bit. But I've really been wanted to go crazy on some sushi and sake bombs lately.

What do you guys think?

[JohnnyVegas]

I have one cheat meal a week where I don't really worry about the calories. I don't go overboard, but I just don't track it.

You could do extra cardio, but that would make it a "punishment" meal rather than a cheat meal. The point of a cheat meal is to have a bump in calories every once in a while to keep your body from thinking it is going to forever be in deficit mode.

[tbody66]

I personally have thought that sushi would be a bodybuilders dream meal. I think I could have it for breakfast, lunch and dinner and doesn't it incorporate everything we want in every meal? (the alcohol is always a poor choice for multiple reasons, IMO)

[Standby]

dude go out and have some sushi lol wtf you need a cheat meal keep you going and keep your body working

[SlimmerMe]

Seems this is the time of year for urges and cardio will balance....my theory anyway.....

[tbody66]

Planned cheating is always less damaging than un-planned cheating!