cheat meals while ON

[abomb]

I ate a large thin crust pizza, big bag of Lays chips, and a butterfinger for supper last night. I think cheat meals are a must to stay sane.

 

[JKurz1]

Talk to madcow....he tore my head off because I am SUPPOSE to have two a week and I had none last.....he made some valid points, they are more than just for sanity!@

 

[toxicsambo]

i have a cheat day every week, on sundays. keeps me sane.

Shit yeah. Screw cheat "meals", a Cheat Day is good. I do the same thing on Sundays. Especially being a wop, sunday dinner is unreal. And now Football season is going to start, pass the fkn pizza and wings bitch.

But scientifically speaking GymIntensity, cheat days or meals are good because your body adapts to whatever diet you use over a prolonged period of time. You replenish and trick your liver/metabolism/enzymes/hormones/ etc, to prevent adaptation and slowdown. Carb cycling does this also.

Just as an example, I'm cutting down and natural right now and have been for a while. 6 days a week I eat nothing but 180-200 grams of lean
protein and raw veggies (mostly celery/lettuce/tomato/cucumber). Day 7, I'll eat whatever the hell I want. My training and diet is consistent 6 days out of the week, and I keep on losing fat and sustaining muscle. My strength is as good as my last cycle and the "cheat day" keeps me focused on the coming week. It's a positive reward system. Being hard on yourself rarely works.

 

[drdug27]

my cheat meals are absolutely insane. i try to do 1 every 2 weeks. but usualy end up being 3 evry 2 weeks. i will weigh in on friday around 255lbs and tip the scales at 272 on monday. Strong as a bull, muscles full but i feel like a bloated bitch

 

[iHulk]

bro I always have a nice carb-up day on sundays. I'll eat over 600 grams of complex carbs and enjoy some deserts. Then the rest of the week it less than 100 grams of carbs /day, often going to less than 60 thurs and fridays.

 

[silverbackn]

When dieting it depends on your goals. I think cheat meals do more damage than good. You taste all this rich food and then you have to go back to chicken and brown rice? Doesn't make sense to me. A higher carb day? Yes. A cheat day? No.

 

[instant.muscle]

i dont think their is one of us that hasn't ever cheated

 

[solidspine]

When I was single I was pretty good.

Would plan cheat days and actually in comparison to today they were not even cheat days.

Being married it is impossible, my wife came home from church yesterday with a chocolate cheese cake. Can't handle it.

 

[JKurz1]

BULKING ONLY FOR MOI.....friday was a box of oreos at 2am............maybe tonight???

 

[Whiskey]

I won't even tell you what i'm eating right now. But it is FAR from what I should be eating. For me it's about staying sane

Whiskey