So I’ve been counting calories for three weeks now, heading into my fourth.
Already my roommate has remarked that my shape is different. I imagine it’s simply water weight being shed, but my stomach is noticeably smaller. I also have more energy.
I have always been really reluctant to follow a restrictive diet re food groups because a) I love to cook, and b) I like a bit of everything in moderation, and I felt like I’d be setting myself up to fail or overeat by cutting out carbs or sugar entirely.
So, I feel confortable with how I’m going so far, except I’m unsure of how to ‘do’ a cheat meal. Technically I haven’t had one yet. I’ve had one ‘not healthy’ meal of take out, but I made it fit into my count for the day. I’ve had a few scoops of halo top ice cream every now and then at night, because I crave sugar like crazy at night and I figure half a metric cup of halo top is fine, it fits into my count.
Whenever I consider giving myself one meal a week or fortnight where I don’t think about what it’s worth, I get a little anxious. What if the meal ends up destroying my weekly deficit? How often should I have a true cheat meal? How do you ‘cheat’ without going overboard?
I know I need a treat every now and then to sustain myself, because the thought of not doing so is too discouraging. How do you guys treat cheat meals? What do you do?
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