Cheat Days

My diet is calculated to the last gram of protein. I make sure to calculate everything and to know exactly what comes into my body, even on my cheat days as much as it sounds horrible I try to count calories to know what to adjust the next day ^^.

I have a cheat day every day, during these days I eat 1650 calories or so, and my favorite go-to’s are pizza, donuts, and bubble tea.

As far as cheat days go, off season has 2-3 days and in season has 1 day (I won’t be cheating the entire day, it will be one treat, it does not last the entire day). I do not drink coffee however I will drink wine once in a blue moon (special occasion, really rough week and will only have 1-2 glasses max).

When I’m not in camp for my competitions, I would give myself cheat day once a week but when I’m in camp, I would avoid sugar until my fight is over so that I can really treat myself after all the hard work.

Cheat days are weekly and in my opinion it’s definitely more of a psychological treat than a physical one but I’ve got my set standards because binging isn’t great either so I plan it and it’s usually movie night with my Viking, Rocomamas burger and chips or Chinese chicken fried rice with a chocolate donut and a jam filled donut or carrot cake.

During my preparation for a competition, I tend to skip cheat days because I am motivated for my competitions and my cravings usually disappear. However, during my off-season, I eat what I want but I don’t exaggerate.

I eat about every three hrs and enjoy cheat meals more in the off-season and sparingly in season. My cheat days usually include the things I don’t usually eat like bread, cheese, and chocolate! And yes, I’m a chocoholic. In season I’ll have a spoonful of peanut butter and Nutella to curb my craving.

I usually like to have my cheat days on the weekend, these serve as an award for having a successful week. I like to enjoy myself and socialize on weekends so I find myself spending money out on dates and events.

Being in a surplus has no problem in eating out during occasions, cheat days or junk food cravings as long as I am aware of how much effort I should put in for the food that I am taking in.

I don’t really subscribe to cheat days myself.

My cheat day usually on Saturdays, I eat a hamburger or pizza and chocolate milkshake. I don’t bulk. When I need to lose weight I eat lots of vegetables and chicken. I never drank alcohol and I don’t even like the smell.

Personally, I do 8/12 but I’m very flexible so every day I change a little my open eating window. Of course, I do the cheat day and I strongly recommend it to everybody (only one cheat day per week).

I have less cheat days, but I do have some and to cut on to these days, I try to understand what my body really needs or craves in for at that moment, sometimes It just wants a lot of fluids, sometimes it demands glucose, so instead of eating those cakes and cookies, have a tiny piece bitter chocolate or some fruits.

As for cheat days, once a week or every two weeks. For junk food cravings, I give in a little, just to taste OR I distract myself with fruit, water, or nuts.

I currently do not get a cheat day but I do get 50 extra carbs now and then. I try to eat every two to three hours. I do stay pretty lean the whole year but I do add about 20-25 lbs in the offseason.

On my cheat days, I would eat a lot of fried meals.

I have one cheat day a week, it usually consists of lots of carbs as carbs are my weakness! I love breakfast food (pancakes, French toast, hash browns)!

Like most people from Italy, I also really like (and I am very good) at cooking, so I have cheat days of course, where I am more focused on taste rather than proteins and carbohydrates.

I don’t ascribe to the idea of a cheat day or cheat meals. Who is getting cheated on? How does that person feel? I always ask myself these questions. Instead I focus on moderation.

I prefer not to have a cheat day, I like to eat everything as long as I know what each food will bring benefit and no harm to my body’s health.

For cheat days, I let myself have free meals in the weekend now, however still like my clean food. I will have a dirtier meal once a week but often don’t crave it as don’t like the aftermath on my body and feeling sluggish from it.

My only no, no’s on diet are flour, sugar, fried foods, and processed foods except for cheat days.

I tend to distribute my meals to six equal distributions so I will not pig out on my main meals. Cheat days are usually every weekend or when I decide to rest, snacks in between meals is just okay and my body will really react when I eat more than I am used to.

For cheat days and cravings, I usually have half of what I’m craving.

I don’t do cheat days, I pretty much eat the same thing everyday— coffee and oatmeal in the morning, eggs veggies and rice for lunch and dinner, plus a couple of quarantine snacks in the afternoon (chocolate, fruit, cake, whatever is available).

I don’t really have cheat days anymore because I like to stay away from that mentality. I make room in my nutrition for the day to accommodate whatever I have planned.

I don’t have cheat days and I do have cravings. I have found that if I restrict myself it makes things harder for me.

There is no cheat days for me. If I need to eat something, I consume that in a limited quantity and do intense workout the very next day to compensate the loss. Same goes with parties and social gatherings.

Friday is a day of complete rest and also a cheat day. It is like rewarding my body for the hard work!

For cheat days, perhaps two cheat meals or week. It would be pizza and chocolate.

Sugar is a NO on my diet in competition season. Sunday is my cheat day depending how big the competition is otherwise I take the weekend.

When I first started focusing on my diet, I would have cheat days and eat whatever I wanted on those days. Now, and for the past about 4 years, I have consumed absolutely NO junk food or things outside of my diet.

I have cheat days where I don’t track what I eat and allow myself to eat dessert/snacks.

I don’t have cheat days, I just work treats into my diet. I’m on a mission currently to bring my maintenance calories to 3000.

On normal days I usually take 2 free days in which I do nothing but eat and rest. The best you can do on a daily basis is to sleep 9 hours a day, so your body has time to fully recover every time.

Sundays is a rest and cheat day I will take a walk to the shopping centre or go out cycling to my favorite food joint.

I believe our body needs a bit of everything, not every week or daily of course but once in a while you can have, how we call it, a cheating day.

I do allow myself cheat days, as I am a firm believer that we all deserve them here and there, however, I refrain from eating too much junk food. I find that without a proper balance in diet, consuming a large amount of junk food really affects my energy level as well as my discipline, and motivation.

Now i prefer to be strict during all year and keep the same weight, i also have cheat days but i dont specify which exact day it is.

Usually, on the weekdays, I’ll use intermittent fasting and consume plant-based foods. That said, I’m not completely on a plant-based diet. On the weekends, I’ll have a bit of chicken and steak especially, for my cheat days.

I think if I had the ability to change anything in my fitness journey it would be to stop freaking out over the small things. It’s ok to treat yourself and have cheat days without feeling guilty! 🙂

When dieting for a show, I usually have a cheat day once every couple weeks, and I will have whatever my body‘s been craving.

I don’t believe in cheat days or that certain foods should be categorized as junk food. While I generally try to stick to eating whole foods I also believe in balance.

I also love having one cheat day per week where I usually get to be a little bit looser: my choices are vegan GF pizza, homemade cakes and dessert; I don’t use sugar but maple syrup or erythritol instead. I tend to gain weight very easily so a cheat meal is more than enough to me!

As for junk food, I have it as rarely as I can. I don’t have cheat days but I just limit them as much as I can. If I had them I might end up over eating also.

I love eggs, oatmeal, beans, grains, fish, fruits & veggies. I allow myself cheat days once to twice per week. One of the things I’m looking forward to learning about vegan diet options is exploring creative ways to make very tasty dishes from natural, unprocessed clean foods.

I don’t have cheat days but I balance out what I eat, if I have ice cream around 1000 calories I know I have 2300 calories left throughout the day. The key is knowing how to balance it out and you can really eat anything without abuse.

The main target in my diet is not to suffer of energy lacks, hence, meals and type of food are balanced to such intent. The nutritional plan over months does not change significantly and there are not cheat days, I eventually take one to two meals at the restaurant per week, but not every week.

I do not have any cheat days as that is an excuse to fall off track. When I’m having cravings I still eat healthy. I just alter the taste of what I’m eating.

0 off-plan meals, 0 cheat days, fasting til midday then eating every two hours until 8pm, black coffee x1million, 4L water, 0kal Jellies, Diet drinks, herbal teas & ALL the cucumber.