Last Thursday, the school I work at had parent teacher conferences. As a bonus, the PTO buys lunch for all teachers and staff members. In addition, we had a display for Veteran's Day. This included a selection of cookies. Well, needless to say, the staff workroom had a plethora of pizza, deli sandwiches, cookies, and other assorted treats.
I have been told by a few people that you need one cheat day a week when you want to lose weight. Ironically, most of these people appear to not be too concerned about weight loss. I thought to myself, "You know what? I've been doing good. I'm down almost twenty pounds. I think I can afford to splurge a little." And so I did. The only problem was I kind of forgot the "a little" part. By the time my shift ended, I felt so BLOATED. I had definitely overdone it.
This brings me to the point of this post. When trying to lose weight, cheat days are a BAD idea. As much as possible, stick to keep doing what is working.
However, I would say an occasional cheat MEAL is OK, PROVIDED you've been working on your plan for a sufficient amount of time. The plan I am on allows for up to 3 "cheats" a week. I try to spread these out as much as I can.
You might be wondering what a cheat meal looks like. I would say a cheat meal might consist of, for example, a couple of slices of pizza, but not a whole pizza. The main thing is not to overdo the cheat meals, and thereby sabotage the work you've been doing
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