Cheat Days

The most common question when it comes to diets….do you have cheat meals? You will get many different answers when it comes to this because it’s a subject that is up in the air and can go either way. Some say cheat days are good, some say they are bad. Now I am no doctor so don’t quote me on this but, I think cheat meals are necessary and should be incorporated with everyone’s diet a few times a month.
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I think were all familiar with this lovely picture to the left. The oh so healthy..carb free…sugar free..fat free…In N Out 🙂 This actually happened to be my cheat meal last weekend, consisted of 2 double-doubles with animal style fries and a chocolate/vanilla shake (yep pulled the combo). Not familair with animal style? Check out the secret menu it’s a goodie.

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What a wonderful chart, I couldn’t say it any better myself. You should have fun and have a great cheat meal. Cheat meals are meant to be apart of your diet journey, satisfy yourself. The whole purpose of a cheat meal is to give yourself something to look forward to, so that you don’t feel the overwhelming intensity of “NEVER”, but you are being reasonable. You must reward yourself for all the hard work and meal prepping you do. There is no better feeling than waking up and not worrying about making that same chicken and vegetables mean and just ordering a pizza. On the other hand, your tastes and digestion changes with a clean eating lifestyle. So when you do indulge on that certain cheat meal it may not taste as good (so it doesn’t seem worth it), or it also may cause a digestive upset (I have witnessed this one), so that even if you enjoyed the taste, it may not be worth it to have again. Overtime you may even choose to have smaller portions of your cheat meal and not order the whole menu and consume as much to the point where you feel sick.

All in all, cheat meals should be apart of every diet. You work too hard to not treat yourself a few days out of the month. Just don’t get too crazy with it, limit yourself to 1-2 a week at most. To me, weekends should be the days to do them. Now go on out and hit the In-n-Out drive thru, you won’t regret it. If you want to see more pros and cons, Raw has a great article on the pros and cons that come with cheat days. Go have a cheat meal…then hit the gym the following Monday….and REPEAT weekly. You won’t regret it. Have a great day.