"Cheat Days"...

When I get into a health kick, I can honestly say that I don't have "Cheat Days", unless thrown off by seemingly awesome but just really charming guys. I have always known that cheating can wreak havoc on your progress, but hearing someone else say it puts the fear of god into me!! LOL. I just watched a You Tube video from a Dr, stating that having a "Cheat Day" can negate all progress you have made in a whole week. He said that you should have just a cheat meal if you are going to cheat. Having a whole cheat day is just too risky. You have to burn 500 extra calories per day just to lose one lb in a week, but in a day you can consume enough calories to gain that lb back. It is horrible but it is true. When I have a cheat, it is usually just one or two things that I am craving and I make sure to stay within my calorie range. That way I realize that eating crappy foods means you have to eat way less!! Its psychological. If I eat good foods I can eat way more food for my calorie intake. :) Then there are always the people that eat really healthy but eat too much, it's like they think that because they are eating really healthy foods, they can eat as much of it as they want and then they wonder why they aren't losing and are in some cases gaining weight. Good foods have calories too, people!!