Feeling Guilty About Cheat Day
Hey Ray,
I have a question about the "cheat" day. It was my friends birthday the other night, and I took her out. We naturally split a dessert after dinner because it was her b-day. But I have to admit though that I felt compelled to have cake with her because it was her birthday and didn't really want it.
PROBLEM: You are the captain of your own ship. You should never do anything that is not inline with your beliefs or goals.
Anyway, because I hadn't scheduled out this dessert as part of a cheat day before I had the cake, I felt guilty about eating it after I ate it and decided to make the harmless dessert into a "cheat"/"binge" night since I figured I had already screwed things up.
PROBLEM: You allowed one hit of a fight to knock you out. When you see you have taken a wrong turn, get back on the right path. Going further down the wrong path will not get you to your destination any faster.
And now I feel like I've just blown my entire week and will have to spend the next week just to burn off all of the fat I stored on this one night. And this feeling makes me want go for hours without eating just so I can burn off the fat faster (which is how I have dealt with binge/cheat nights in the past. And the number goes down quickly when I do this, but, after reading your book, I know now that this doesn't work and is counterproductive. Anyway, my question for you is how do I make a "cheat" day into a day that doesn't take me off track or impede progress: a day where I don't feel guilt and have no reason to feel guilt? Thank you and I hope you are having a great day,
SOLUTION: You have educated yourself and know that everyone needs a cheat day for sanity and to enjoy the finer things life has to offer. A benefit of this is a zig zag pattern in your caloric intake that keeps your metabolism from stagnating. Trust yourself and your knowledge…trust me and my expertise and simply get used to doing the right thing.
*Also, how do you stay patient with yourself at losing 2 pounds per week? In order to lose 2 pounds of fat, I need to be so meticulous about my diet, and workout very hard the entire week. And only seeing a 2 pound loss/week is such a bummer after all of that hard work and detailed planning. How do you look at this?
SOLUTION: Two pounds a week is awesome weight loss by anyone's standards. I would like to be a millionaire by next week but guess what? Some times you have to follow the steps that need to be taken in order to acquire something of great value.
Everything that has a payoff requires a sacrifice and this is the price you pay to succeed at anything worth while. Once you acquire the goal, maintaining it is easy…that’s the light at the end of the tunnel.
Ray Burton
Author http://www.fattofitbook.com
I have a question about the "cheat" day. It was my friends birthday the other night, and I took her out. We naturally split a dessert after dinner because it was her b-day. But I have to admit though that I felt compelled to have cake with her because it was her birthday and didn't really want it.
PROBLEM: You are the captain of your own ship. You should never do anything that is not inline with your beliefs or goals.
Anyway, because I hadn't scheduled out this dessert as part of a cheat day before I had the cake, I felt guilty about eating it after I ate it and decided to make the harmless dessert into a "cheat"/"binge" night since I figured I had already screwed things up.
PROBLEM: You allowed one hit of a fight to knock you out. When you see you have taken a wrong turn, get back on the right path. Going further down the wrong path will not get you to your destination any faster.
And now I feel like I've just blown my entire week and will have to spend the next week just to burn off all of the fat I stored on this one night. And this feeling makes me want go for hours without eating just so I can burn off the fat faster (which is how I have dealt with binge/cheat nights in the past. And the number goes down quickly when I do this, but, after reading your book, I know now that this doesn't work and is counterproductive. Anyway, my question for you is how do I make a "cheat" day into a day that doesn't take me off track or impede progress: a day where I don't feel guilt and have no reason to feel guilt? Thank you and I hope you are having a great day,
SOLUTION: You have educated yourself and know that everyone needs a cheat day for sanity and to enjoy the finer things life has to offer. A benefit of this is a zig zag pattern in your caloric intake that keeps your metabolism from stagnating. Trust yourself and your knowledge…trust me and my expertise and simply get used to doing the right thing.
*Also, how do you stay patient with yourself at losing 2 pounds per week? In order to lose 2 pounds of fat, I need to be so meticulous about my diet, and workout very hard the entire week. And only seeing a 2 pound loss/week is such a bummer after all of that hard work and detailed planning. How do you look at this?
SOLUTION: Two pounds a week is awesome weight loss by anyone's standards. I would like to be a millionaire by next week but guess what? Some times you have to follow the steps that need to be taken in order to acquire something of great value.
Everything that has a payoff requires a sacrifice and this is the price you pay to succeed at anything worth while. Once you acquire the goal, maintaining it is easy…that’s the light at the end of the tunnel.
Ray Burton
Author http://www.fattofitbook.com
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