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20 Cheat Meal Strategies that will Save Your Health and Fitness Journey
Do you have a real problem with “cheat meals? “
You have a cheat meal (either planned or unplanned), you eat it with a combination of pleasure and guilt, and then either kick your entire diet to the curb, thinking “I blew this meal, I may as well just blow the rest of the week/month/year, and get back on track later.”
Or, after the cheat meal, you practice ridiculous restrictions, like the can of tuna and apple-a-day diet that Christian Bale used to lose a ridiculous amount of weight for The Machinist, so that he could look unhealthy.
If that’s you, I get you. A lot of my training clients often come to me and “confess” their cheat meals.
Almost like “forgive me father, for I have sinned.”
Then we do some undercover work and find strategies that can better support the client’s lifestyle and physiology.
In no particular order:
Tip #1: Exercise Before Your Cheat Meal
If you know you’re going to be having a cheat meal, exercise before it. Doesn’t matter how much time before the meal, just burn some calories. Strength training, cardio, whatever.
