Cheat Days!

[katt]

Oh god, just eat what you want every once in a while and keep regimented besides that.

EXACTLY!!!

 

[Beth1]

Hi everyone;
I am new to IM. I recently began a high protein diet w/ 20% fat 20%carbs. I'm doing this to lose body fat & it is working. I had my first chest meal yesterday. I am having a cheat meal every ten days. Does it make sense to eat a higher carb meal for a cheat meal since i'm eating so much protein?:

 

[katt]

IMO I would - it would restore the glycogen levels

 

[Emma-Leigh]

Hi everyone;
I am new to IM. I recently began a high protein diet w/ 20% fat 20%carbs. I'm doing this to lose body fat & it is working. I had my first chest meal yesterday. I am having a cheat meal every ten days. Does it make sense to eat a higher carb meal for a cheat meal since i'm eating so much protein?:

If your protein intake is too high then your glycogen levels will already be high anyway (excess protein will undergo gluconeogenesis).. So if this is the case then a 'carb up' will not be that useful... Also - if your BF% is really high (>20 in a male or >25 in a female) then re-feeds are not that useful either (your leptin levels will not be low enough to require a 'top up').

Also - % mean little unless they are taken into consideration with your total calorie intake and your weight.... 20% of carbs with a diet of 2800 calories is still an awfull lot of carbs.

If your diet intake was less than 60-80g of carbs (100 at the most), no more than 1.25g protein per pound LEAN mass and the rest of your calories from fats - then yes, a cheat with high carbs would help...



However - with that said - carb cheats have a higher thermogenic loss than high fat cheats... So you will do less damage!

 

[LB_SpecV]

My cheat meal, about every 10 days is all-you-can-eat sushi, followed by a big bowl of cold stone ice cream. I run about 8.5 miles before the meal to minimize the damage, also, it depletes my glycogen storage quite a bit so the sushi (rice) is almost beneficial, as it replenishes it. The ice cream on the other hand....is just for the cheat of it.

 

[Beth1]

Thanks for the advice; I am reconsidering the cheat meal.

 

[dontsurfonmytur]

dam 8.5 miles is quite alot, and all u can eat sushi and icecream is quite a lot of calories also.... but you look like u can cheat 2 times a week and ur fine

 

[Action-Jackson]

thats a good idea.. so replace one meal with 'cheat food' and then back on track. Do u keep trck of the calories amount for the cheat food? or just go all out for that meal?

I have a cheat meal everynow and then. About 2 weeks ago on a Saturday I ate an entire Dominoes Pizza. Afterwards I felt like shit, physically and mentally but funnily enough, that week I lost 2 kilos

 

[Tha Don]

any tips for a cheat weekend?? my family is coming up tonight and its going to mean a meal out tonight, and most probably lunch tomorrow and i'd like to be able to eat well without holding back too much

FYI i'm currently cutting, should i just drop cals at other times of the day to compensate? will an ALA cap (or 2) help along with the cheat meals? or should i make good use of it and carb-up over these couple of days? am i allowed to mix fats and carbs, or should i really try to seperate them? (i guess carbs would win that battle right now! lol)

i'll probably try and fit some cardio in tomorrow morning in an attempt to minimise the damage to an extent, and most likely go out clubbing with my sister tonight to burn off cals from tonights meal

thanks you!