Thread: How often do you guys cheat on your diet?

don't feel bad.... i do it all the time and don't ever see it have an effect on my physique....yet

ex: other day was suppose to be a high carb day...so i was plannin on havin a ton of oatmeal and stuff....well i ended up eating a whole box of devil food cake cookies (non-fat) and felt really bad about it....

Don't judge yourself, let your body be the judge. If you feel great physically than a cheat is no big deal. As for me I just feel like crap if I eat junk so I don't.

Instead I let myself have a real bagel instead of a whole wheat bagel or something like that a couple times a week and that keeps me satisfied. Listen to your body, i'll tell you what it wants, just don't feel guilty after....you workout hard enjoy it.

I cheat all the time, but it's to have things like Steak, or Arby's beef and cheeder, or burbon chicken and mashpotatoes. Not stuff like candy, coke, or chips.

What Diet?

whenever my coach lets me. right now it's two meals a week, i try not to stray outside of that but it happens every once in a while. don't worry so much about it. you can't fix what's already done so focus on looking ahead.

as an aside, i'm not such a big fan of a cheat 'day'. an entire day dedicated to cheat meals can set you back quite a bit (or me at least...) while a meal will not.

Originally Posted by The13ig13adWolf

whenever my coach lets me. right now it's two meals a week, i try not to stray outside of that but it happens every once in a while. don't worry so much about it. you can't fix what's already done so focus on looking ahead.

as an aside, i'm not such a big fan of a cheat 'day'. an entire day dedicated to cheat meals can set you back quite a bit (or me at least...) while a meal will not.

What sport do you have a coach for??

Put it this way, if my diet was my girlfriend i would of been dumped along time ago.

Originally Posted by Stu

Put it this way, if my diet was my girlfriend i would of been dumped along time ago.

Originally Posted by The Monkey Man

What sport do you have a coach for??

training/nutrition coach. i'm doing a couple comps in '06 but nothing outside of that.

I cheat whenever I get a chance. j/k
2 out of my 3 main meals are brought to me by other folks, so I'm at their mercy as to what I eat. I tell them what kind of stuff to get, and they get what they can for me. But I endulge in some ice cream at least once a week, after my lunch.

Originally Posted by The13ig13adWolf

training/nutrition coach. i'm doing a couple comps in '06 but nothing outside of that.

What kind of comp's???

Originally Posted by The Monkey Man

What kind of comp's???

If it's a strict cut for a show then no cheating the first 3-4 weeks, after that one meal a week.....anything goes except booze.

Originally Posted by ForemanRules

If it's a strict cut for a show then no cheating the first 3-4 weeks, after that one meal a week.....anything goes except booze.

Two words...

"IF & "SHOW"

And you still didn't narrow down what kind of show

I cheat from time to time myself but I guess I am like Steel20. When I cheat I usually have a steak or something of the sort.

Originally Posted by The Monkey Man

Two words...

"IF & "SHOW"

And you still didn't narrow down what kind of show

I was talking to the thread startrer not you....

Show: any show where you have to make a certain weight....could be Bodybuilding, power lifting, wresteling ect......

Originally Posted by The Monkey Man

What kind of comp's???

figure to start. maybe BBing later on but i'm not even close to big enough at this point. lotta work to be done.

Originally Posted by ForemanRules

I was talking to the thread startrer not you...

(you quoted me, but)

My apologies, good sir.

Originally Posted by The13ig13adWolf

figure to start. maybe BBing later on but i'm not even close to big enough at this point. lotta work to be done.

BBing is a huge step up from figure physically and chemically but you dont need me to tell you that, it is a big decision though.

Originally Posted by Stu

BBing is a huge step up from figure physically and chemically but you dont need me to tell you that, it is a big decision though.

i plan to stay all natural. chemical enhancement is not a 'must'.

Originally Posted by The13ig13adWolf

i plan to stay all natural. chemical enhancement is not a 'must'.

good for you

Far too much

Originally Posted by The Monkey Man

(you quoted me, but)

My apologies, good sir.

That's enough out of you. Get back to snatching some weight, NOW!

Just curious... what kind of "cheat meal" guidelines do you guys follow (if any?)

I don't follow any

A cheat meal is just that! You have a single meal that you cheat and eat whatever. The only thing that I do is make sure that this meal is in the evening. This way I don't get aggravated and cheat all day and make it a binge day. If I save it to later in the evening and be good during the day then I won't ruin my whole diet

I'm a freak of nature.

I don't cheat. Like Wolfie I'm allowed to have two a week, but choose not to.

I just don't have the need/craving to do so.

Originally Posted by Jodi

A cheat meal is just that! You have a single meal that you cheat and eat whatever. The only thing that I do is make sure that this meal is in the evening. This way I don't get aggravated and cheat all day and make it a binge day. If I save it to later in the evening and be good during the day then I won't ruin my whole diet

nice post.

Originally Posted by emunah

I'm a freak of nature.

I don't cheat. Like Wolfie I'm allowed to have two a week, but choose not to.

I just don't have the need/craving to do so.

you are a freak, LOL .

if i didn't care about progress i'd be eating pizza every night .

it is getting harder n harder for me to enjoy cheat food. i just ate a few peanut m&ms my son gave me and sweet stuff is sickeningly sweet now and other "bad" stuff seems like it's going to just slam the brakes on any progress.