First things first, you should never cheat on your diet.
The notion of a cheat meal is rapidly plaguing the fitness industry.
Cheating is a negative word.
Other words associated with cheating are guilt, divorce, trouble, dishonest, bad, and wrong.
So, why include this into the way we eat? The solution is the treat meal.
Everyone loves treats.
Treats are a reward for good behavior.
They make people happy and a happy person is generally healthier than an unhappy person.
These meals can save your diet by controlling cravings, lower the chances you'll cheat on your diet, and making your diet more enjoyable so that you're less likely to give up on it.
However, you cannot just decide to have a one because you are too lazy to cook something healthy for dinner.
That is cheating.
Treat meals have rules.
Cheating is cheating.
Treat Meal Rules: 1.
Stick to 10%.
The 10% rule helps you decide how many treats you can eat a week.
If you follow a healthy diet 90% of the time, you should see results, even if you don't eat health the other 10%.
So, decide how many meals you eat each week and multiply that by 10% to get your number of treat meals.
For example, if you eat 3 meals a day.
You'd be eating 21 meals per week.
10% of that is 2 meals.
(Note: Healthy snacks are encouraged but are not included when using the 10% rule.
) 2.
Plan ahead.
Always plan your treat meals.
You may find it best to write them on a calendar or in a day planner.
Cheat meals are a random disruption of your healthy diet; treat meals are a planned part of your healthy diet.
A recommended strategy would be to space your treat meals out so that you have one in the middle of the work week and one on the weekend.
This would help control cravings both during the week when stress levels are high and on the weekend when you might be tempted by friends and family.
3.
If you cheat you lose your treat.
If you happen to cheat on your diet for any reason, skip your very next treat meal and replace it with a healthy meal This will help keep you disciplined.
If you have a special meal that you are looking forward too, you'd be less likely to ruin it by eating a bag of Doritos during work.
4.
No leftovers allowed.
Never save leftovers from unhealthy food.
You should send your leftovers home with friends or family at a get together.
If you went to a restaurant do not get a box for your leftovers.
If you ordered pizza, throw away any leftovers (or just eat all the pizza!).
5.
Never treat yourself to a snack.
Keep your snacks healthy; do not waste your special meal on a snack.
Leave the candy bars in the grocery stores where they belong.
You should go all out for your treat meals.
Don't get pizza and drink water.
Get pizza, soda pop, and bread sticks.
Your metabolism will receive a boost and you'll be much more pleased with yourself.
All in all, you shouldn't try to deny yourself of the things you love to eat.
If they're bad for you, learn to limit yourself.
Use them to motivate you to sticking to a healthy diet.
Those things will become rewards instead of something to feel guilty about, allowing you to enjoy them even more.
Treating is always better than cheating.
The notion of a cheat meal is rapidly plaguing the fitness industry.
Cheating is a negative word.
Other words associated with cheating are guilt, divorce, trouble, dishonest, bad, and wrong.
So, why include this into the way we eat? The solution is the treat meal.
Everyone loves treats.
Treats are a reward for good behavior.
They make people happy and a happy person is generally healthier than an unhappy person.
These meals can save your diet by controlling cravings, lower the chances you'll cheat on your diet, and making your diet more enjoyable so that you're less likely to give up on it.
However, you cannot just decide to have a one because you are too lazy to cook something healthy for dinner.
That is cheating.
Treat meals have rules.
Cheating is cheating.
Treat Meal Rules: 1.
Stick to 10%.
The 10% rule helps you decide how many treats you can eat a week.
If you follow a healthy diet 90% of the time, you should see results, even if you don't eat health the other 10%.
So, decide how many meals you eat each week and multiply that by 10% to get your number of treat meals.
For example, if you eat 3 meals a day.
You'd be eating 21 meals per week.
10% of that is 2 meals.
(Note: Healthy snacks are encouraged but are not included when using the 10% rule.
) 2.
Plan ahead.
Always plan your treat meals.
You may find it best to write them on a calendar or in a day planner.
Cheat meals are a random disruption of your healthy diet; treat meals are a planned part of your healthy diet.
A recommended strategy would be to space your treat meals out so that you have one in the middle of the work week and one on the weekend.
This would help control cravings both during the week when stress levels are high and on the weekend when you might be tempted by friends and family.
3.
If you cheat you lose your treat.
If you happen to cheat on your diet for any reason, skip your very next treat meal and replace it with a healthy meal This will help keep you disciplined.
If you have a special meal that you are looking forward too, you'd be less likely to ruin it by eating a bag of Doritos during work.
4.
No leftovers allowed.
Never save leftovers from unhealthy food.
You should send your leftovers home with friends or family at a get together.
If you went to a restaurant do not get a box for your leftovers.
If you ordered pizza, throw away any leftovers (or just eat all the pizza!).
5.
Never treat yourself to a snack.
Keep your snacks healthy; do not waste your special meal on a snack.
Leave the candy bars in the grocery stores where they belong.
You should go all out for your treat meals.
Don't get pizza and drink water.
Get pizza, soda pop, and bread sticks.
Your metabolism will receive a boost and you'll be much more pleased with yourself.
All in all, you shouldn't try to deny yourself of the things you love to eat.
If they're bad for you, learn to limit yourself.
Use them to motivate you to sticking to a healthy diet.
Those things will become rewards instead of something to feel guilty about, allowing you to enjoy them even more.
Treating is always better than cheating.
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