How do you CHEAT?

[Liberator]

I dont cheat

Because I havent touched fast food or chips blah blah for so long that it just tastes like shit to me now.

If I feel like "cheating" I'll eat some skinless chicken breast, but thats pretty rare.

If I goto a restaurant, I eat something v.light and vegatarian like a huge salad or something, since I will have cooked my meals for that day the previous day anyway.

 

[Scottyo]

Not probably the best thing...but my cheating consists of drinking usually once a week (i know all the problems..dont need to tell me)

 

[Par Deus]

I looked up 5-HTP. Would L-phenylalanine do anything similar?

No.

 

[Shinobi]

Liberator: I make your words my words... I do exactly what you do... I cook all my meals 1 day before and I carry it with me everywhere I go so I dont have to spend money with food and keep with my diet... I feel like eating fast food but I dont eat cause Im very strict but I can feel that time is passing and I like less fast food! I consider my cheat meal a big plate with rice, black beans and ground meat !!!

 

[JG1]

I'll go extremely strict for months without cheating once, then I'll get the urge to cheat and pig out the whole day. Thats what I did Sunday, burger King, pizza, all the carbs I wanted, chips, and a pint of Ben & Jerry's New York Super Fudge Chunk ice cream. I probbaly won't cheat again for another 2-3 months or so.

 

[trial0rzgrl]

cheating?

Not an option.
It's all about what is healthy for my body, not numbers.
If its my B-day ill try a piece of cake and then go dancing but thats about it!
Once I learned what processed food did to my body, it just did not seem as tasty.

 

[Kid Dynamite]

*Last Summer, a "Carb Load" on my CKD meant:
1 1/2 boxes of cereal
1/2 gallon icecream
Bag of oreos
Mexican Food
Pop Tarts
Basic processed crap in extreme amounts. What I learned from this:
-You CAN get bigger and stronger on a CKD, you just won't lose any fat and possibly gain some. I went from 200 to 211 in that time. BUT, I was trying to drop fat, not bulk, so I fucked up.
*Since about mid April, I've had one carb load, which was after 4 weeks. It was very mild, consisted of:
2 Cups Oatmeal
1 Bowl Cereal
Small Slice of Pizza
Pint or 2 of low fat icecream
A few M&M's
1/2 gallon skim milk
Thing is, i hit my goal of fatloss after 4 weeks, so I jumped calories to try to increase all those fun enzyme and hormone levels so I could try to lose more, since I diet best for 6 weeks. I hit my goal after 4, so I saw nothing but benefits in a carb-up.
So when I "cheat" it is in a much better way. Also found out I'm sick of Pizza and cereal, not so much the taste but the way my body feels after eating it. Sad, coming from someone who used to live off TacoBell and Frozen Pizzas.

 

[Kid Dynamite]

Is it *really* cheating if you eat pizza, noodles, diet coke, etc. while taking 1500mg of ALA? If not, then there's no cheating.

btw: it's taking AGES to lose that final 10lbs. Pissing me off. So from now, one protein shake at night, 3 pieces of kfc chicken at lunch, 10 glasses of water, 6000mg of fish oil, 3000mg of ala. If that dosen't do it -- i'm moving to ethiopia.

-= nav =-

ALA is not some miracle product, no matter what people say. "Cheating" is breaking your set amount of calories on a diet. ALA doesn't make those disapear.
Also, why are you eating KFC for lunch and just having one protein shake? If that's what you're doing to lose ten pounds, you might want to reserve some land in Ethiopia.

 

[Creatureofnight]

"Also, why are you eating KFC for lunch and just having one protein shake? If that's what you're doing to lose ten pounds, you might want to reserve some land in Ethiopia."
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LOL. I was thinking the same thing bro.

 

[Par Deus]

btw2: Why do we even *need* cheat days? Unless the body has a built-in mechanism to crave pizza every 7 days.

It does. It is termed the "adipostat" and its master hormone is leptin.