Why I don't "cheat" when dieting...what are your opinions?

[Bikini Mod]

That is so true. If I get carried away on my cheat day, my heart rate increase, I am hot, cranky, bloated and can't sit still. I can not wait to eat clean the next day. I hate feeling like crap.

I sorta giggle when my old clients used to tell me how gawdawful they would feel after halfway through their first cheat meal of their cheat day. They would usually eat something sugary sweet laden with fat. <--- then they would say, "MY GOD... how did I live on food like that pretty much 24/7?"



I would just chuckle and say, "See, I ain't tellin ya this stuff because I want you to suffer. I am tellin' ya this because I want you to feel BETTER."

If you want to have brown rice with dinner on your cheat day that is fine. It would also be a good idea the night before a heavy leg workout for example. Nothing wrong with carbing up the night before you know you will pound your own ass into the ground in the gym the next day. You will see you have more energy to train - the heavier and more intense that training day - the better you will rest - the better you feed your body - the more lean mass you will maintain and inevitably gain - the higher your metabolism will be ALWAYS!

See, one big HAPPY prodcutive cycle.

Consistency is the key.

 

[cindylou]

I also think its good to cheat a little because that way you WONT get so ill from eating those foods, your body still remembers how to handle a little grease. haha

You sometimes cant get out of certain situations, you dont want to be sick everytime you eat a slice of pizza or a piece of cake, no one will want to be around you, LOL!

That happened to me a couple years back, being sick of always being the girl who never ate the cake at work birthday parties, I finally gave in and was so sick when I was done. I wanted my tummy to act normal after social situations so I would not avoid the social situations, if you get my drift.

We all have to learn the art of not overdoing stuff. Avoiding things will ultimately not help you control your response to certain foods, you will eventually have to deal with it! Maybe once a week add the rice, then every two weeks, add a slice of pizza or go to a social function.

I dont know about you, but I find it very difficult to be social and not allow for little cheats here and there.

Good luck

 

[superqt4u2nv]

I can diet for extened periods no problem knowing one meal a week is mne. You need to stay focused on your goal and know that in just another week you will get what you are craving.

 

[cindylou]

case in point:

I have not eaten sugar in quite a while

I made chocolate chip cookies last night for my husband who is leaving to go hunting this weekend

Well, I ate ONE cookie, ONE! I was sick last night, this morning and up five pounds on the scale.

So yeah, who wants to live like that? lol, not me. What the hell am I going to do at Christmas? I guess I'll have to make sure I eat small amounts of stuff to get my tummy used to this food again I guess.

Does your stomach forget to digest this stuff? I mean, beer and wine and sugary drinks do not upset my stomach like flour and actual sugar. I dont know.

 

[Bikini Mod]

case in point:

I have not eaten sugar in quite a while

I made chocolate chip cookies last night for my husband who is leaving to go hunting this weekend

Well, I ate ONE cookie, ONE! I was sick last night, this morning and up five pounds on the scale.

So yeah, who wants to live like that? lol, not me. What the hell am I going to do at Christmas? I guess I'll have to make sure I eat small amounts of stuff to get my tummy used to this food again I guess.

Does your stomach forget to digest this stuff? I mean, beer and wine and sugary drinks do not upset my stomach like flour and actual sugar. I dont know.

Maybe Musclemom or Tatyan will chime in as to the actual chemical process that occurs when you take these types of substances into your body to explain why you feel like crap. I have a general idea but lack the vocabulary and specific knowledge to accurately convey that to everyone.

All I can say is that if the ingestion of ANY SUBSTANCE makes you ill after you've eaten it then you need to really weigh the "benefit" of the pleasure you feel when you first put it into your mouth (the smell/taste/texture) and the immediate rush from enery surge/high from the instant flood of sugar in your bloodstream/or lack of oxygen to your brain from aglutination (are ya'll impressed? I remembered that from 6th grade health film about alcohol called "Ethyl is NO LADY" ) - the process of your red blood cells actually sticking together from absorption) against the "set back" of empty calories/fat gain thereof/sickness from digestive issues.

*takes breath*

ok... I'm dun now... LOL

 

[vixensghost]

Eating right SHOULD NOT be about feeling bad. It should always be about feeling strong, having increased energy and living better while living healthier!

 

[Bikini Mod]

Eating right SHOULD NOT be about feeling bad. It should always be about feeling strong, having increased energy and living better while living healthier!

Very well put!

 

[Mandy Polk]

Does your stomach forget to digest this stuff?

In a sense, yes. It has been suggested that enzyme deficiency is a common response to extreme food restriction. So, if you eat a very limited group of foods, introducing something completely out of the norm will cause stomach upset and extreme water weight gain.

A good reason to include cheat meals or at least have some variety in your diet.