I was recently asked about cheat days and what I thought of them.
Well, I'm going to be pretty blunt. If you have a large amount of weight to lose, then I don't think one should even be considering a weekly cheat day.
But then the question is, why do I have to withhold food that I love from myself? Isn't that why you are where you are now?
We all love food. But here is the problem, when you have one cheat day during the week, it often leads to another that same week. Then you are off track.
This is a bit of a touchy subject, that I get. But FOOD is what you got you to be over weight, Making poor decisions about what you put in your mouth got you to where you are. So why would you then sabotage your great eating habits, your week of great workouts for food-the very thing that got you to where you are?
I have observed how some workout. Do you really know how many calories you have to BURN to LOSE one pound of fat? IT TAKES APPROXIMATELY 3,500 CALORIES TO BURN TO LOSE ONE POUND OF FAT. Do you know how many calories you are burning in one workout? Just put it this way in an intense 45 minute soaking wet, sweating buckets workout you can burn up to 600 to 800 calories. And I'm talking that is an intense workout. In my R.I.P.P.E.D. class that I teach in 50 minutes I have gotten feedback from those that wear calorie counters that they have burned up to 750 calories. So how are your workouts? So think about that let's just take 750 calories in a one hour workout which again is an intense workout how many of those workout would one need to do in a week to burn 3,500 calories to burn one pound of fat? Do you follow me yet? Do you still want that cheat day?
Here's an example of a one that only walks as their form of exercise: Depending on the intensity of your walking, walking can burn up to 280 to 460 per hour. Depending on how much you weigh and how fast you walk, if you weigh about 150 lbs., and walk for one hour, for 7 straight days in the week, at approximately 4.5 miles per hour you should burn 1 pound of fat in that week. But some weigh over 150 pounds and don't even know how fast they are walking and don't do it 7 days a week and want a cheat day?
If your workouts are not intense enough and say you've only worked out 3 times in one week, YOU SHOULD NOT BE REWARDING YOURSELF WITH A CHEAT DAY! Losing one pound of stored fat is a battle. So if you workouts are not intense and you have these cheat days, you are basically going to stay on that road for a much longer time. And I know that will only continue to frustrate you. So why do it? Is it really worth it?\
For those that have a ways to go in weight loss, I try to help them by helping them see that on the days they want it to be a food cheat day, turn that around and use your will power. Will power, determination, dedication and consistency is what is going to help you stay focused, on your path to getting ALL the weight off of your body. Cheating is only going to keep you steps back away from reaching your goal.
Well, I'm going to be pretty blunt. If you have a large amount of weight to lose, then I don't think one should even be considering a weekly cheat day.
But then the question is, why do I have to withhold food that I love from myself? Isn't that why you are where you are now?
We all love food. But here is the problem, when you have one cheat day during the week, it often leads to another that same week. Then you are off track.
If you MUST have a cheat day, have a cheat day at least once a month. That's it. Rewarding yourself with food while trying to lose another 50 pounds or 100 or what have you isn't really a good mindset to have at this stage. Reward yourself with a a new outfit. A size you couldn't get into. While you are this road to losing weight, you also have to learn how to view food. Sure there is nothing wrong in enjoying food. But I'm sure at some point you would love to lose the weight and get off the road of "I've gotta lose weight."
This is a bit of a touchy subject, that I get. But FOOD is what you got you to be over weight, Making poor decisions about what you put in your mouth got you to where you are. So why would you then sabotage your great eating habits, your week of great workouts for food-the very thing that got you to where you are?
I have observed how some workout. Do you really know how many calories you have to BURN to LOSE one pound of fat? IT TAKES APPROXIMATELY 3,500 CALORIES TO BURN TO LOSE ONE POUND OF FAT. Do you know how many calories you are burning in one workout? Just put it this way in an intense 45 minute soaking wet, sweating buckets workout you can burn up to 600 to 800 calories. And I'm talking that is an intense workout. In my R.I.P.P.E.D. class that I teach in 50 minutes I have gotten feedback from those that wear calorie counters that they have burned up to 750 calories. So how are your workouts? So think about that let's just take 750 calories in a one hour workout which again is an intense workout how many of those workout would one need to do in a week to burn 3,500 calories to burn one pound of fat? Do you follow me yet? Do you still want that cheat day?
Here's an example of a one that only walks as their form of exercise: Depending on the intensity of your walking, walking can burn up to 280 to 460 per hour. Depending on how much you weigh and how fast you walk, if you weigh about 150 lbs., and walk for one hour, for 7 straight days in the week, at approximately 4.5 miles per hour you should burn 1 pound of fat in that week. But some weigh over 150 pounds and don't even know how fast they are walking and don't do it 7 days a week and want a cheat day?
If your workouts are not intense enough and say you've only worked out 3 times in one week, YOU SHOULD NOT BE REWARDING YOURSELF WITH A CHEAT DAY! Losing one pound of stored fat is a battle. So if you workouts are not intense and you have these cheat days, you are basically going to stay on that road for a much longer time. And I know that will only continue to frustrate you. So why do it? Is it really worth it?\
For those that have a ways to go in weight loss, I try to help them by helping them see that on the days they want it to be a food cheat day, turn that around and use your will power. Will power, determination, dedication and consistency is what is going to help you stay focused, on your path to getting ALL the weight off of your body. Cheating is only going to keep you steps back away from reaching your goal.
So once a month that isn't so bad. Although I would prefer those that have a lot of weight to lose to not have them. Think about it. Is shoving that food down your throat really all that wonderful when you look at yourself in the mirror naked and not like what you see? Is it really worth it. Or is rewarding yourself each month with a new outfit, you put that one size smaller on and look at yourself in the mirror and you feel so fantastic, so proud of yourself, is that worth it? Is that worth passing up a cheat day? Give this some thought. I think getting back on track and sticking to your workouts and making them more intense each time - challenging your body is what should be going on, not cheating.
Do your body a favor, reward it with healthy foods, stay on your path, workout harder and increase the amount of days you workout. Don't sabotage yourself, because that's what you could be doing!
To Your Health!
Do your body a favor, reward it with healthy foods, stay on your path, workout harder and increase the amount of days you workout. Don't sabotage yourself, because that's what you could be doing!
To Your Health!
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