How often do you guys cheat on your diet?

[Tier]

So I came off my usual cottage cheese/oatmeal/tuna/beans diet today and had a buffalo chicken sandwich and 6 reese's cups and I'm feeling bad about it

Do you guys have a cheat day or how often do you guys usually have something you know you probably shouldn't?

 

[FranktheTank]

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....

 

[FenderBender]

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.

 

[Steele20]

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.

 

[The Monkey Man]

What Diet?

 

[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.

 

[The Monkey Man]

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??

 

[Stu]

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

 

[Steele20]

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

 

[The13ig13adWolf]

What sport do you have a coach for??

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

 

[dougnukem]

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.

 

[The Monkey Man]

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

What kind of comp's???

 

[GFR]

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.

 

[The Monkey Man]

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

 

[section8]

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.

 

[GFR]

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......

 

[The13ig13adWolf]

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.

 

[The Monkey Man]

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

(you quoted me, but)

My apologies, good sir.

 

[Stu]

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.

 

[The13ig13adWolf]

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'.

 

[Stu]

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

good for you

 

[njc]

Far too much

 

[BigDyl]

(you quoted me, but)

My apologies, good sir.

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

 

[Moses]

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

 

[Jodi]

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

 

[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.

 

[The13ig13adWolf]

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.

 

[The13ig13adWolf]

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 .

 

[Little Wing]

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.

 

[Moses]

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

You don't even make a conscious limit on the amount? Or fat intake? I did a rough calc on one of my cheat meals. Normally they are "reasonable" but this time we dined out at a greasy chinese restaurant with the folks. I estimate over 5k cal on that one meal. Although I felt great after the meal, the numbers when I crunched it made me sick! I bet if I had "binged" it would be easily double that if not more....