I read an old thread about cheat days and from what i understand its a day off your diet. Correct? I didn't see anything in the other thread about if it is a good or bad idea. May someone please help me please?
I wouldn't say a cheat day, more a cheat meal. It's just a meal of whatever you want (not too mad, a pizza or something). Some people feel the need for junk food and have cheat meals to fill that need otherwise they'll just go mad and eat a whole load of **** food for a few days. Others get along just fine eating healthy 100% of the time. It's phsychological, nothing more.
There days where you eat what you want and don't worry about diet. Theres a belief that it helps you lose weight(dnt get why) but it does help mentally imo Probably because the op enjoys and has urrges foods that he doesnt consume usually. I don't believe it hurts you in the long run but thats opinion Yeah this. I started having cheat days and it helped alot mentally and i was still losing weight so i thought they worked................. Untill it became a cheat weekend.
I have cheat meals every day. My training allows it and I feel better eating calorie dense food, I can train at a higher intensity more often without gaining any weight. Food is energy, no such thing as 'bad' food. Alcohol is the only thing that is purely 'bad'.
i work along these lines. I dont need to fit in a weight class yet so i train hard and eat what i want. Im quite lucky that i dont really want junk food and **** anyways. I eat alot of home cooked meals that are probably high in fats ect but in the grand scheme of things i know im fit and healthy. At the moment i wouldnt mind loosing a couple of pounds but for me that will mean just going t-total for a while or having slightly smaller portion sizes and it will start to come off again
