I have been on a 1,200-1,500 calorie diet for almost one full week and so far lost about 4 pounds. Tomorrow is Friday and i am supposed to go out for Pizza...i heard that it is ok to have ONE cheat day every week or so...will it be ok for me to eat 3 slices of pizza tomorrow night?
It%26#039;ll be normal crust and not extra cheese (i actually usually take all of the cheese off my pizza lol i just like the crust with some parmigian cheese) and i am going to have about 120 cals in the morning from Special K cereal and lunch just veggies then pineapple around 4:30ish.
I am 5%26#039;9 and 134 pounds (if it matters) will i gain weight from having this one cheat day?
Thanks!
(and how many cals is a pizza slice with the cheese taken off?)
It%26#039;ll be normal crust and not extra cheese (i actually usually take all of the cheese off my pizza lol i just like the crust with some parmigian cheese) and i am going to have about 120 cals in the morning from Special K cereal and lunch just veggies then pineapple around 4:30ish.
I am 5%26#039;9 and 134 pounds (if it matters) will i gain weight from having this one cheat day?
Thanks!
(and how many cals is a pizza slice with the cheese taken off?)
Absolutely, have a cheat day and don%26#039;t feel guilty about it.
There are a few reasons why a cheat day makes sense:
(1) If you%26#039;ve been eating 1200-1500 calories a day for a length of time, then your body is routinely burning more than it is receiving. Slowly, your body is slowing down the metabolism because it %26quot;senses%26quot; a famine. By eating a cheat meal once a week, you %26quot;reset%26quot; your body%26#039;s metabolism. It thinks whatever famine is over (this is because most of mankind%26#039;s history has been about times of famine and times where food is plentiful). So will you gain weight ? Maybe. But it might just be mostly water gain (much of what you eat is water, not calories). But even if you totally splurged, one day isn%26#039;t going to hurt you. Assume your basal metabolism is 1800, you would have to eat 4300 calories that day to gain a pound of fat. And really, if you ate that much in one day, you%26#039;d probably crank up your metabolism over the next few days(assuming you went back to the diet after the cheat day) so much you%26#039;d quickly lose it and possibly more...Answer Over!
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There are a few reasons why a cheat day makes sense:
(1) If you%26#039;ve been eating 1200-1500 calories a day for a length of time, then your body is routinely burning more than it is receiving. Slowly, your body is slowing down the metabolism because it %26quot;senses%26quot; a famine. By eating a cheat meal once a week, you %26quot;reset%26quot; your body%26#039;s metabolism. It thinks whatever famine is over (this is because most of mankind%26#039;s history has been about times of famine and times where food is plentiful). So will you gain weight ? Maybe. But it might just be mostly water gain (much of what you eat is water, not calories). But even if you totally splurged, one day isn%26#039;t going to hurt you. Assume your basal metabolism is 1800, you would have to eat 4300 calories that day to gain a pound of fat. And really, if you ate that much in one day, you%26#039;d probably crank up your metabolism over the next few days(assuming you went back to the diet after the cheat day) so much you%26#039;d quickly lose it and possibly more...Answer Over!
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