He recently did a show talking about the benefits of what he called FATURDAY--basically a cheat meal/day!! I keep trying to wipe that theory out of my mind so I can stick to this weight loss journey and now my beloved Dr Oz is working against me too!! Ugh! I cheated on Saturday but I was able to keep it to one meal, excluding a couple frozen fruit bars that I had for just a little sweetness.
I only gained a pound based on my Friday weigh-in but my total body fat number didnt change, so I am assuming it was water weight due to my increased carbohydrate intake. My monthly is also expected this week, so that could be it as well! It is true though, knowing you have that one meal to eat whatever you have been craving, not only gives you more incentive to stick to your diet fully throughout the week but also reduces your level of craving so preventing any binge in the future!
I still am going to try and reduce the cheat meal to once every 2 weeks though.
I would t worry about the scale it's evil especially around that time of the month :/
I never followed the philosophy of 1 cheat meal a week. I do what I want. For instance since I started to eat healthy. I no longer care for a cheat meal. I don't crave them anymore. Because bad food makes me tired and feel like crap. Not saying I don't have chinese once in a while ect.....But I don't do it once a week. I eat about 90% clean and exercise 4-5 days a week. Plain and simple.
Quoting jrock75:
cheat meals can trigger to eat more bad food.
That is usually what happens to me but this time around, I was prepared for it and made sure I just had that one meal and when it was done, it was done. I am making a conscious effort not to keep my trigger foods in the house. As far as the frozen fruit bars, I figure they are better than icecream because i get the fulfillment of finishing it versus a pint of icecream and of course there is a hell of a lot less calories in them.
Thing is for me, I can obsess over that craving until I have it and once it is gone, it is gone. I know for me that sometimes the food for me is not because I am hungry but to fill another void. I am trying to fill the voids without the food.
I was watching that day. I don't practice having a cheat day, but I do allow myself some dark 60% cocoa twice a week. I just eat a bite and I'm satisfied. I have little desire to eat badly one entire day a week, like DR Oz suggested. Like, what is the point? I work had all week to keep my body healthy, why should I take one whole day and stuff my arteries full of fat and sugar?
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- MixedCooke
on Feb. 7, 2012 at 2:13 AM