If you are trying to get your body fat percentage under 18%, you need to be strict about eating balanced, nutritional meals 100% of the time. Otherwise, a 'cheat' meal is perfectly okay. One meal with a few hundred extra calories every week or every couple of weeks won't make a difference to your diet or waistline. A cheat meal can give you something to look forward to and makes your weight loss efforts more bearable.
Cheat days are another matter entirely. Cheat meals may only add a few hundred extra calories to your total weekly intake, but a cheat day could add a good 2,000 or more.
Every 3,500 extra calories equals a pound of fat, so you won't need many cheat days to derail your weight-loss program.. Worse, you could end up gaining weight! Enjoy a cheat meal every now and again and get right back on track by eating nutritious, clean mini-meals every 2,5 to 3 hours.
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