| using it as a reward though - can be dangerous... food as a reward should never be used -and by using the mindset that you've "earned' it - is using food as a reward.
don't think of it as a cheat day - if you see it as a cheat that means you're depriving or denying yourself something... Have what you want -don't go crazy - two slices of pizza, not an entire pie - and just keep going forward - as long as it's not an excuse to go crazy for 3 days straight... eat what you like.. .
__________________ 390-191-150-199-51% Motivation is not something you find or lose, have or don't have. It is the product of how you see yourself in the world: active or passive, effective or ineffective, powerful or victimized, normal or pathological. | 
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