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    Default Cheating, yay or nay?

    On your diet that is!

    'Tis the season for holiday parties and going off your normal easting schedule/diet.

    Cheating on a diet – good or bad?


    In discussions about dieting, a topic that often comes up is that of “cheating”; is it good or bad to cheat once in a while during a diet?
    In order to answer this questions appropriately, it is necessary to look at both the quantitative and qualitative aspects of dieting, and the physiological and psychological responses they each elicit.
    Dieting – what are we really talking about?
    The dictionary definition of “diet” and “dieting” is “to eat and drink sparingly or according to prescribed rules” or “a controlled intake of foods, as for medical reasons or cosmetic weight loss”.
    However, these definitions do not tell us anything about the two different aspects of dieting; the quantitative and qualitative parts, and their respective consequences. In everyday parlance, dieting usually implies both eating less calories (quantitative aspect) than usual and eating “specific” foods (qualitative aspect).
    Nevertheless, when considering the consequences of “cheating” (more formally known as dieting consistency / inconsistency) and trying to answer the question whether it is a good or bad practice, it is important to distinguish these aspects of dieting. Let’s take a quick look at each:
    Calorie restriction
    Calorie restriction (also known as dietary restriction). When reducing calories our bodies respond by lowering basal metabolic rate, and there also is reduction is spontaneous physical activity. If the calorie restriction is severe enough, our bodies go into starvation mode, which will counteract any fat loss efforts 1,2.
    A diet usually has an explicit (or implicit) list of foods that it recommends. Eating specific foods has a more psychological impact than calorie restriction per see, especially if you don’t like the foods that are part of your diet plan.
    The different types of “cheating”
    Now back to the issue of cheating. Looking at calorie restriction and specific food restriction separately, you see that that you can cheat in three different ways:
    - eating more calories from the same “dieting foods” = quantitative cheating
    - eating non-dieting “forbidden” foods, but still within your daily calorie allotment = quantitative cheating
    - eating non-dieting “forbidden” foods, and exceeding your daily calorie allotment = double whammy cheating!!
    Dieting consistency/inconsistency is not yo-yo dieting!
    Before we continue I want to make clear that this discussion on diet cheating (dieting consistency) should not be confused with yo-yo dieting (also called weight cycling; when one is repeatedly losing and regaining weight). Yo-yo dieting definitely has detrimental effects, especially psychologically 3,4.

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    clever thread hook!


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    "Nothing tastes as good as skinny feels"-Kate Moss
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    i'm not on a calorie restriction diet, just trying to lay off the sugar :/ i'm going to try as hard as i can tomorrow, but damn it will be hard. i will probably cheat a tiny bit

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    I already had my gluttony in Albuquerque.
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    Default Re: Cheating, yay or nay?

    If you are having a big family dinner for Christmas etc, then it's only polite and festive to participate . You don't have to over eat or over indulge though and declining desert is a good way to end the meal (the excuse that you are already "too full" is pretty credible lol).
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    People ask questions like:- "If I eat cheese, will I get fat?", "Will eating poptarts cause fat gain" etc.

    And the answer is always:- If It fits Your Macros.

    As long as you count the grams of fat carbs and protein you eat for the day, and you've substituted them out for the treats, it won't make a lot of difference to fat loss. As long as your fibre intake and micronutrient intake are at their minimum too, for health reasons. Or you don't have any food allergies.

    The only consideration is the energy levels the food gives you.

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