Are cheat meals/days a meme?

It's a meme. Only positive effect is that it's enjoyable.

Stop thinking about diet as a set of rules you impose on yourself to deny yourself joy, it's unhealthy.

Don't have cheat meals because of the bioscience, personally I think they're helpful because if I want to sustain being healthy long term, I don't want to cut out certain good tasting food for the rest of my life (ice cream and pasta is gold), and I find I give into cravings less if I have a certain slot to indulge in them without feeling guilty.
Never go overboard and waste a weeks worth of progress though, eat max a meal or a couple hundred more calories than normal (ie like 500)

However, some people are better off quitting cold turkey because they want more after a day, so just see what works for you op

>>41291243
I had a cheat day today and feel like shit. I've had no problems with food cravings and have been dieting at 1.8k per day until roidbro told me "bruh have a cheat day and eat 3k today, good for metabolism bruh". Never again

>>41290901
It makes you not want to kill yourself because of how bland food tastes
1 every 2 week is what i go for (but coca cola is my kriptonite)

>>41291279

same. sometimes on cheat days i feel like i should be having more but it turns out im only having like 300-400 calories at the most since i learned how to portion right and im not craving huge amounts of junkfood like before.

sorry for blogposting but an example was today. it's my birthday tomorrow so i had a handful of chips and it was so salty to me. i used to be able to have half a bag in a day but now im much more controlled and can get satisfied with less.

cheat meals or snacks i think are a good way to reward yourself and indulge without hindering your progress. if you dont want to eat a whole cake though don't.

sometimes i work in cheat meals into my td but it's still cheating bc it's fatty food and greasy

cheat days are only if you want them. it's understandable, but it slows you down.

Cheat days have an actual purpose. If you eat clean for too long your stomach will have issues digesting certain types of food.

>>41291699
[citation needed]

this is the definition of broscience

>>41291717
It's not tho. That's where lactose intolerance comes from. Go long enough without dairy and your body will start to reject it. It's why there's a higher incidence of LI amongst East Asians.

>>41291717
No it's not you idiot. It's common fucking sense. Ask any competitive bodybuilder about how their body handles extremely fatty or greasy foods. Spoiler: Diarrhea, farting, upset stomach

If you had a basic understanding of anatomy or physiology you'd know about a little thing called gut flora and how a diverse diet (or lack of) affects the diversity of your gut microorganisms.

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If you're so weak that you need a cheat day, you're not gonna make it