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Nothing quite like those post cheat day runs
Amen brother!
I should have also mentioned, that i feel a cheat day helps to reregulate the metabolism, after one has been dieting for a long period of time.
Cheating on Cutting Diet
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Amen brother!
I should have also mentioned, that i feel a cheat day helps to reregulate the metabolism, after one has been dieting for a long period of time.
MonStar1023
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I cheat WAY TOO MUCH! Damn!
i almost never cheat, but when i do it's usually like 2 spoon-3 spoons of 98% fat free yogurt. I work at an icecream cafe that serves sundaes, banana splits, burgers, the works.
it's a really fun and a challenge to control myself and have enough self discipline not to even eat 'a spoonful of icecream here and there'. maybe which is why i hardly cheat. i see really good tasting food everyday, i know it's there, so maybe my psychological mindset is sort of like "the food is there, no one is going to take it away, i don't have to eat it right away".
anyways, to more helpful advice, flax seed meal drink+whey protein in plain water while on xenadrine usually kills any sort of craving i have for almost anything other than girls. -_-
it's a really fun and a challenge to control myself and have enough self discipline not to even eat 'a spoonful of icecream here and there'. maybe which is why i hardly cheat. i see really good tasting food everyday, i know it's there, so maybe my psychological mindset is sort of like "the food is there, no one is going to take it away, i don't have to eat it right away".
anyways, to more helpful advice, flax seed meal drink+whey protein in plain water while on xenadrine usually kills any sort of craving i have for almost anything other than girls. -_-
HANSEL
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Fri , Sat, and Sun Night are my Cheat Meals, They only last a few hours, include no fat and alot of simple and complex carbs.
Mon-Thurs I weight train+cardio 1st thing in the morn
Then I eat like
30-50 grams of carbs a day
40-60 grams of fat
200+ protein
Ive been gaining like 1lb every couple weeks but I am seeing more cuts and gains, I think Im gaining Muscle mass and decreasing BF% but Im not sure how well this is really working, its enjoyable anyway.
Mon-Thurs I weight train+cardio 1st thing in the morn
Then I eat like
30-50 grams of carbs a day
40-60 grams of fat
200+ protein
Ive been gaining like 1lb every couple weeks but I am seeing more cuts and gains, I think Im gaining Muscle mass and decreasing BF% but Im not sure how well this is really working, its enjoyable anyway.
oneandthesame
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I've tried it both ways. When I'm strict and don't cheat I lose weight very slow.
When I have a cheat day and I do mean CHEAT the fat literally seems to melt away. I'll never do a diet without a cheat day again. Here are the meals usually on a cheat day:
french toast with gobs of syrup and butter eggs and bacon
big mac or whopper mozzerrella cheese sticks coke
ice cream
pizza and more icecream and more soda
usually some chips or cookies and milk maybe some popcorn
anyway you get the picture, Not much of anything good. Yet it seems to work wonders for me losing weight.
When I have a cheat day and I do mean CHEAT the fat literally seems to melt away. I'll never do a diet without a cheat day again. Here are the meals usually on a cheat day:
french toast with gobs of syrup and butter eggs and bacon
big mac or whopper mozzerrella cheese sticks coke
ice cream
pizza and more icecream and more soda
usually some chips or cookies and milk maybe some popcorn
anyway you get the picture, Not much of anything good. Yet it seems to work wonders for me losing weight.
MrRTTB
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It all depends in what diet you're on. If you are doing a keto diet some might see the carb up day/-s as a cheat day. When your on a "regular" cutting diet, like moderate to low carbs, high protein and low-mod. fat, I think a cheat day is necessary. Why?
Well, your metabolism decreases by time on a low calorie diet, for some faster and for some slower. I think everyone should have a cheat day just to increase your metabolism, bump it up. It also depends on your % bodyfat. If you are +20% of bodyfat a cheatday would be needed every 3-4:th week. From around 15+ you shpould take one every second to every third week. When you get down to 10-12% the hole cutting thing starts to slow and you should have one cheat day every second week. Under 10%, I believe you should have one cheat day every week. This cheat day should stand for OFF day conserning all training what so ever. This day is the day you should take a break from everything that has with cutting to do. It maybe sounds easy, but I promise it isn't. If you already are at 7% bodyfat and would like to reach 5% or so, I promise you it will take more that you think to have one cheating day. It's all about diciplin. This cheating day will increase your metabolism more than you think. One cheat day wont make you gain 2lb of fat or anything, just as long as you don't cheat on any other day than this cheat day, lets say every sunday. So sunday is your Cheat day.
Your mind: A cheat day is more than just good for increasing your metabolism. It's also good in the way It will make you not cheat during the week. This day is your goal to reach, a day you are looking forward to. Therefor it should be easier for you to hold your diet monday to saturday, you have a goal to reach, and that goal is not to cheat until sunday. If you don't cheat for weeks and weeks you might begin to cheat every now and then.
I always cheat once a week when I'm cutting. It allows me to keep my metabolism high during the week and for me to have a goal every week. My goal is to drop 2lb every week. I weight myself on saturday morning, before I start ceating. On the sunday I've gained lots of wather and my bodyweight sometimes reach +8lb in one day, and of course it's not fat. Think of it this way. How many calories would one need to eat to gain 8lb in one day. One gram of protein is 4cals, 1g of carbs is 4cals and one gram of fat is 9cals, you count. Then, how many of these cals would then be stored as fat..?
Anyway, on the monday I've still water left from this cheat day. When you reach the tuesday you should see some nice results, you are harder than you were last wednsday. When you reach friday you have droped more fat than you should had done without the cheat day.
Good luck
BTW: Sorry for the spelling..hehe
Well, your metabolism decreases by time on a low calorie diet, for some faster and for some slower. I think everyone should have a cheat day just to increase your metabolism, bump it up. It also depends on your % bodyfat. If you are +20% of bodyfat a cheatday would be needed every 3-4:th week. From around 15+ you shpould take one every second to every third week. When you get down to 10-12% the hole cutting thing starts to slow and you should have one cheat day every second week. Under 10%, I believe you should have one cheat day every week. This cheat day should stand for OFF day conserning all training what so ever. This day is the day you should take a break from everything that has with cutting to do. It maybe sounds easy, but I promise it isn't. If you already are at 7% bodyfat and would like to reach 5% or so, I promise you it will take more that you think to have one cheating day. It's all about diciplin. This cheating day will increase your metabolism more than you think. One cheat day wont make you gain 2lb of fat or anything, just as long as you don't cheat on any other day than this cheat day, lets say every sunday. So sunday is your Cheat day.
Your mind: A cheat day is more than just good for increasing your metabolism. It's also good in the way It will make you not cheat during the week. This day is your goal to reach, a day you are looking forward to. Therefor it should be easier for you to hold your diet monday to saturday, you have a goal to reach, and that goal is not to cheat until sunday. If you don't cheat for weeks and weeks you might begin to cheat every now and then.
I always cheat once a week when I'm cutting. It allows me to keep my metabolism high during the week and for me to have a goal every week. My goal is to drop 2lb every week. I weight myself on saturday morning, before I start ceating. On the sunday I've gained lots of wather and my bodyweight sometimes reach +8lb in one day, and of course it's not fat. Think of it this way. How many calories would one need to eat to gain 8lb in one day. One gram of protein is 4cals, 1g of carbs is 4cals and one gram of fat is 9cals, you count. Then, how many of these cals would then be stored as fat..?
Anyway, on the monday I've still water left from this cheat day. When you reach the tuesday you should see some nice results, you are harder than you were last wednsday. When you reach friday you have droped more fat than you should had done without the cheat day.
Good luck
BTW: Sorry for the spelling..hehe
bentley bear
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I'm into week three of a straight keto diet. I started off having around 50-60 lbs of fat to lose. I dropped around 15 so far. I dont plan on having any cheat days until at least another month. Then I will set aside one day to cheat.
