If you want to know my option on “cheat days” here it is….
I think they are silly. Here is why.
Cheat days indicate you are doing something wrong. “Cheating” on your “diet”. How dare you?! It insinuates you “eating bad” or “are bad” when you eat certain foods, and I really don’t like calling foods, let alone people, “good” or “bad”.
If your “diet” is so restrictive that you have to plan certain days to eat foods you enjoy then your diet is too restrictive. You will not only fail to stay on it long term, you will fail to keep off any of the weight you are losing.
I much prefer to encourage my clients to work in “treats” into their meal plan. We talk about portions & frequency and I help them lose the guilt when they eat foods that aren’t classified as “healthy”. We focus on consistency over time and we forget about eating “perfect”.
Working in treats from time to time and feeling like there are no foods that are off limits helps with long term sustainability. Sure you can probably drop more weight quickly on a rigid plan, but again if you can’t stick to it long term, what’s the freaking point?!
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