Self/Image

Ok, before starting this post I would like to say I'm not pointing fingers at anyone particular here, no flamer comments please, they will be ignored.

I've been thinking more and more about so-called 'free days' that some dieters have in their routines (that is, a day in the week or in whatever period of time when they don't stay on plan), and I've decided I don't get it. Really.

I don't see the point, if you've worked and worked to lose weight why would you then stuff your face with everything you haven't been able to eat all week? If it's eaten on a free day do you think it's not going to stick to your ass as fast? It's kind of like the people who reward themselves with off plan food when they stay on plan for x amount of time, it all seems a little counter-productive.

This could just be me sitting on my smug-wagon considering that with the Wendie-esque changes I've made to my calories, should I want something not so good (like say, chocolate) I can have it, within reason, on my super-high calorie day. I understand that people (including me) have cravings for foods that are bad for them, I'm not an idiot (no, really), but is it just me that thinks 'Ok, if you're going to have it, have it, but count it'. If you're going to have a meal out or something, or that bag of chips, compensate for it in the rest of your diet. Have less at dinner, lower your calories over the week if you need to.

Because surely there's nothing worse than working your ass off all week and seeing a gain at the end of the week because you couldn't resist that bag of brownies on your free day that you scarfed because you'd denied yourself all week? Doesn't it kind of defeat the point?

posted by Thursday's Child @ 8:29 PM