Saturday, January 31, 2015

Cheat Days

So every weekend I set aside one day as my cheat day. I like to pick Saturdays because we are generally out doing errands and have to stop off to get lunch/dinner somewhere with the kids. Lately though we have been ordering take out because taking four kids (2 newborns) into a restaurant is just not a good time. So because of this I wanted to offer a few tips to help those of you that feel like you just never do well dieting and that depriving yourself of the foods you love will just have you binging and gaining all your weight back.
What I do is I schedule my cheat day. It is a day that I can look forward to when working out and eating right and it feels like a little reward for myself. I also only pick one meal for my cheat. I do not eat poorly all day long. Eventually when you start eating clean those foods that you love now (french fries, hamburgers, pizza, etc) will not taste as good because your stomach will be used to the good food and thus you may feel poorly after you eat anything greasy or fried.
This happened to me after Disney on Ice just this week. We went to the show on Wednesday and it was amazing. They did such a great job, but we neglected to eat prior and so we decided to buy something at the show. The typical foods were served chicken tenders, hamburgers, cheesesteaks, etc. There was nothing of nutritional value in this whole show. So I purchased a hamburger. I immediately regretted my decision about 3 bites in. My stomach felt awful. I couldn't even finish it. So in essence I realized that my new eating habits were doing something right and that these old foods that I loved so much were not loving me in return. It was very easy to not finish the burger and french fries that normally I would engulf.
So my hope for you is that if you do decide to give yourself a cheat day you may find that the things you are loving may not be your favorite food for long and that is a very good thing!

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