You can have regularly scheduled cheat meals, and this will vary from one individual to another based on workout level, goals, and willpower. Somewhere between one cheat meal per week or per month is fine.
6. You can have regularly scheduled cheat meals, and this will vary from one
individual to another based on workout level, goals, and willpower.
Somewhere between one cheat meal per week or per month is fine.
If you are determined to go as long as possible without cheat meals, and
would only consider cheat meals when your body absolutely needs it, look for
the following signs:
• Your workouts are shitty on a regular basis–no pump, poor strength, lack of
focus.
• Your body temperature is starting to drop; you feel cold all the time.
• Your fat loss has plateaued and lowering calories isn’t helping.
• You just dropped a lot of weight in a short amount of time (more than 1% of
your total bodyweight in a week, not including water and glycogen weight
which is common during the first week of dieting).
If one or more of these apply to you, a cheat meal is certainly warranted.
8. Rule 1. Have the cheat meal replace the last meal
of the day.
Rule 2. Keep it around 45 to 60 minutes
Rule 3. Make them count
Rule 4. Train a large body part, like legs or back,
around your cheat meal
