Do you cheat?

Normally I got weighed in on Saturday morning so that I could eat freely on Saturday and Sunday - and then watch everything Monday - Friday.

I wouldn't go crazy eating, but I was def. not really caring about what I put in my mouth.

I'm thinking I need to only have one cheat day. Maybe I will lose more, and faster, then in the past.

I was thinking of weighing myself on Sunday mornings that way I can watch what I eat on Saturdays also.

What do you do?

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I usually cheat on the weekends. I try to keep it to only Saturday....but that never works.
I have to cut it down to one day...I know I'll lose faster. But weekends are so much fun!

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I get weighed in on Friday mornings

Reason being I like knowing where I stand going into the weekend. I also tend to cheat/not track as much and not exercise on weekend

Mon-Friday are my tracking/exercise days so Friday morning weigh in works for me

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YES I get weighed in on Saturday am and then I eat what I want for dinner and dessert on Saturday and Sunday the same. I am more concious of my lunch on Sunday though!

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I don't have time I can't weigh in on the weekend mornings, because I hate to take DD with me to the meetings. So, I have a sitter on Thursday NIGHT so I can weigh in and attend the meeting. I hate going at night..I feel like the scale won't show that I'm actually loseing anything after eating all day, drinking water on Thursday, but that's the only time I can fit it into my schedule. If I have something high in points on the weekend, I usually use less points the rest of the day. I have been averaging using about 10-15 of my "extra" points each week.

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I don't have an entire cheat DAY...because I know myself, and I can easily have one day ruin one week of progress.

But usually I have one meal per week where I allow myself to not really think about what I'm eating. However, I do purposely over-estimate the amount of "bonus" weekly Points Plus for it to keep myself accountable.

I have to track...personally, if I don't write down what I'm eating and keep myself accountable, I will just thwart all of my efforts quickly and badly.

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I don't have a complete cheat day, but Saturday is usually the day I'll use my extra points. I count every single thing though and include in my tracker.

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I weigh in on Sundays and sunday is my cheat day. Fridays and Saturdays I stick with it.

ETA: even if i cheat i put it in my tracker.

Message edited 3/3/2011 3:48:17 PM.

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OK, For the month of March I don't have that many things on the weekends so I'm going to weigh in on Sundays. I will cheat after weigh in, and watch what I eat on Saturdays. Two days of not tracking what I eat can't be good.

If I have a party or dinner on a Saturday I'll get weighed in that morning and watch what I eat starting Sunday.

Thanks everyone.

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I ALWAYS cheat on Saturday - sometimes on Sunday too I'm super strict Monday - Friday though. I think everyone needs one day to just eat and drink whatever they want!

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I alwyas cheat the day after I weigh in!! It definatly helps to be able to indulge once in awhile.

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I weigh in on Sunday mornings this way I can cheat on Friday night & Saturday. I mostly don't pay attention to what I am eating mainly Saturday

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I weigh myself on Saturdays and typically choose to have a cheat meal for lunch that day. I too, dont do a full day because I can go off the deep end very quickly.

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I weigh in on Sundays and sometimes I say to myself "WTHeck was I thinking"? LOL
BUT, it keeps me on track on Saturdays (if we have friends over, parties, whatever) I am more aware of what I am going for food wise.

I WI at 9AM. By 10AM I am at the local bagel store getting breakfast for DH and I

I think it helps though to have one day "off" as I call it!

Been doing it since I joined in July and I am down 50lbs, so, it's working!

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not really a cheat...but sure as hell feels like it

weigh in mondays at 6:30.
so i basically starve all day.
rush home after meeting, clean and put kids to bed.
then it is 8:30.
at that point anything i want goes into my mouth.

so it is really just my points from the day

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I weigh in on Saturday mornings and the rest of the day is a free for all! but Sundays I try to do better so that on Monday morning I can get back into the swing of things...I'm not perfect on sundays but i try more than saturdays!

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of course!

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I was being really good M-F and I weigh in on Sat morning and then on Sat and Sun I would not count points but not go crazy overboard. I would usually have at least 1/2 of my 49 pts left for Sat and Sun as well. I joined 1/2 and was doing this and lost 10 pounds by 2/12...so I was happy....then on 2/14 I ended up in the hospital and 2/16 surgery...(spinal surgery).came home on 2/17 and home since but can't do much especially lift, bend etc...So I stopped counting points and just ate healthy but have been eating really health on the weekends too...I lost about another 10 pounds and I realize that it is b/c I am eating really well on the weekends so when I start up on WW again (3/14) will weigh in 3/12...I am not going to cheat on the weekends and use my 49 points and track. If I have something that I find it is very hard to count points at (wedding, etc...) then for that meal I will do my best but I don't plan on cheating every Sat and Sunday like I was....

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I've been on WW for 2 months now. I have not been cheating at all. This weekend however I had my daughter's 1st birthday party and a baby shower. I don't think I went over my points (thanks to my weekly points) but I used a lot more of my weekly points than I ever had up until this point. As of this morning I'm up .2 from Friday so I guess I didn't go too overboard.

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The last couple of weekends, I've been cheating on Sat and Sun but before that it was every other weekend and usually just on Sat. DH and I would go out for a nice dinner and I would order something greasy.

I weigh in on Friday mornings and I have also weighed in on Sundays after I cheated and I would drop.

I was curious about this so I googled it and read up on calorie confusion. My body was used to eating the same amount of calories every day and you NEED to cheat every once in a while to get you past the plateau.