I don't really think about cheat days. I am truly trying to balance my diet bewteen what I like and what should be eating. For instance, being with friends I completely avoided all kinds of junk food just because in my mind I had the following thinking:

1. What benefit do I have from eating this?
2. How many calroies am I putting in my mouth?
3. How does this fit into my goals?

After that the choices became easy. As I try to maintain my calorie intake I am always keeping a running account of what I approximate in my head. As something tempting comes into my view if the answer to the above doesn't satisfy me I don't eat it.

Like yesterday, I had some pappa johns pizza, but I had about half of what I usually would eat. I didn't go back for seconds and completely avoided that "garlic" sauce. On top of that I controlled other apects of my eating that day and it all worked out fine.

I think each person has their own way of "cheating" just think of it as a lifestyle and choices and what is important to you and you'll know what needs to be done.

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