[3v1l]

Approximately 1x a week my wife and I have a cheat breakfast consisting of around 614 calories (2 slices of pan fried bacon, 3 eggs, 1 english muffin (whole wheat), .5oz of cheese and a tablespoon of Smart Balance Butter).

The rest of our eating is very clean, whole foods eating around 6 small meals (400 and under) a day. We have, in the past, completed a few body for life challenges and I have also done a CKD. This time around we are doing the workouts from the 10 minute trainer after the birth of our 3rd child. They are similar to P90x but much shorter. The goal is cutting body fat. So, now to the question...

Is this 1 cheat meal going to screw us?

(I just remember Body for Life and the cheat days...ahhh)

[raginfcktard]

nope...and if you are going to eat like crap at least you do it in the morning so that meal will be history by dinner anyway

[mcneil0303]

Originally Posted by 3v1l

Approximately 1x a week my wife and I have a cheat breakfast consisting of around 614 calories (2 slices of pan fried bacon, 3 eggs, 1 english muffin (whole wheat), .5oz of cheese and a tablespoon of Smart Balance Butter).

The rest of our eating is very clean, whole foods eating around 6 small meals (400 and under) a day. We have, in the past, completed a few body for life challenges and I have also done a CKD. This time around we are doing the workouts from the 10 minute trainer after the birth of our 3rd child. They are similar to P90x but much shorter. The goal is cutting body fat. So, now to the question...

Is this 1 cheat meal going to screw us?

(I just remember Body for Life and the cheat days...ahhh)

to be honest with you that doesnt even sound like a cheat meal besides the bacon. Enjoy yourselves every now and then just keep the cals under

[3v1l]

Thanks...

[ozarkaBRAND]

You could get away with a FAR bigger cheat meal imo. I'm sticking to one cheat meal a week on wednesdays for the final weeks of my cut, and it's working totally fine. And, when I say cheat meal, I mean cheat meal... Chili relleno, chips, salsa, queso, rice, beans, the whole song and dance.

Summary: It won't screw you

[DreamOfWeight]

add like 4 pancakes

[3v1l]

Okay so another question...first time I've ever gotten around to counting our calories and I'm using the AM counter. Putting in 7oz of top sirloin (grilled, little seasoning) is coming up with a whopping 1400 calories! Elsewhere i'm seeing something in the range of 400-500 calories...What is it in your opinion? I like the 400-500 otherwise i'm ****ed!

[raginfcktard]

if sirloin had that many cal's i'd be fat or jacked. you are looking at about 10g fat and 60g pro. = 330cals

[Irish Cannon]

If that's a cheat meal then I'm in big trouble

[Timmo]

To be honest, if the rest of your diet was clean you could eat that everyday for breakfast and still lose weight lol. I also cheat once a week but its usually some ridiculous fast food meal lol. Sometimes I have a couple cheat meals over the weekend if I feel I need it. As long as you get back on track the next day it wont set you back at all. Cheaters prosper my friend

[BeafSteak]

a cheat every few weeks can actually help with fatloss, as long as you dont go way overboard, which your definantly not. you could probably get away with a few more slices of bacon and some pancakes.

[dommer]

i dont think that is a cheat meal mine during footbal season is a little sandwich called "the fat *****"

cheese steak
chicken fingers
mozzarella sticks
french fries
hot sauce
ketchup
lettuce
tomato

all on a torpedo roll its amazing

[Nightwanderer]

Originally Posted by 3v1l

Approximately 1x a week my wife and I have a cheat breakfast consisting of around 614 calories (2 slices of pan fried bacon, 3 eggs, 1 english muffin (whole wheat), .5oz of cheese and a tablespoon of Smart Balance Butter).

let's see:
1.pan fried Bacon: bad
2.eggs: perfectly fine whole food as long as your other meals aren't as high in sat. fats.
3.whole wheat breads, no better time to get your carbs in than the a.m. really.
4. Cheese: more fat than anything else really.
5. S.B. butter
-- I use this same butter, all the fats are from health conscious sources, like flax & olive oil, and nothing's hydrogenated. good choice.

Overall, I wouldn't consider this a cheat meal at all, 600 cals is fine for the first meal of the day, there's plenty of protein in it, the carbs are mostly complex, etc. the fat content might be a bit high, but really if it's the first meal of the day, that's the best time to get in a rich meal.

Switch to jennie-o extra lean turkey bacon and this wouldn't be a cheat meal at all. one slice is 20 cals, 3g protein, and half a gram of unsaturated fat. I bake mine in the oven 10 strips at a time on a cookie sheet, comes out perfectly crunchy @ 400 degrees for 15-16 minutes.

You could even switch to a reduced fat cheese, all the flavor will be there, it just doesn't have quite as good of a texture when melted. In exchange you get a slightly better protein to fat ratio though.

[Irish Cannon]

Originally Posted by Nightwanderer

You could even switch to a reduced fat cheese, all the flavor will be there, it just doesn't have quite as good of a texture when melted. In exchange you get a slightly better protein to fat ratio though.

I LOVE my Kraft fat-free cheddar cheese singles. I put that on my eggs every morning.

[g37SkylineGTR]

my cheat meal consist of a LARGE bag of oreos and 2 large glasses of milk. WEEKLY yessss