Originally posted by primodonna
If you think of it as cheating, you won't enjoy it and you will defeat the purpose of having that meal. Think of it as something you earned...sort of like a treat then it will dispel all negative feelings towards what you are doing so you won't feel as if you have to compensate for what you just did.

(i.e. now i have to do another hour of cardio because i ate some pizza vs because i stuck to my diet all week and didn't give in to temptation, i am going to have some pizza and enjoy it)

~6 meals x 7 days in a week = 42 meals

1 cheat meal is only 2.3% of your entire diet

1 cheat DAY is 14.2% Big difference

Everyone loses it completely once in a while. Forget about it and remember how bad you felt right afterwards so it doesn't happen again.

Well I thought that I had quoted only one line but the whole thread came up. Oh well, it was a good thread anyway and deserves to be posted again. Well said Primodonna. Evrybody slips up, BUT it is those that notice it and strive on to vow to try to do better next time that excell. Nobody's perfect, even though we all try so hard to be.
Tobey