See, I'm on day 4, and thinking of a cheat day already. 
How often do you allow yourself to break your diet and eat your favorite foods guilt-free? Or, how often is it okay to do it? Does it do a lot of harm to your progress? Do you exercise more afterwards to burn it off?
I would endeavour to resist cheat days for at least the first month. This really is not a habit you want to get in to. Once you see how your weight loss is going you will be better equipped to judge how often you can afford to go off plan without sabotaging your weight loss journey. As with everything connected with losing weight we are all different and what one person can get away with will completely wreck another persons weight loss
Never guilt free. It's a slippy road to hell and the 'oh just the one and another and it was OK the other day'. If you are going to cheat then aim for a special occasion and you have to lose this amount by then. There has been the easter bunny challenge and I am going to be 2lb short of target because I re-set it, but it means no bunny! ;(
Don't worry, no bunny, grilled sausage and sour rye soup for me too this weekend. But that's only for the better!
Don't think of Cheat Days, it is a negative term.
But in my opinion, a Treat Day or Meal can be manageable without ruining your progress . You can have some pieces of easter egg ( sharing is good ! ) and count it into your days calories.
Or if you really dont trust yourself , don't have any at all ever, but in my experience denying yourself completely means you never learn the principle of moderation , which we all need to learn going forward, if we are to keep the weight off longterm.
I speak from personal experience. I lost my excess 30 lbs on 1400cals of assorted foods, including small amounts of wine and chocolate. That was in 2014 / 15 , and I've since maintained my goal weight since april 2015.
Don't do it!! Analyse what are your "favourite" foods do these include sugar laden biscuits, cakes, chocolate, pizza, take aways etc? if so then those are what brought you to here in the first place!
You will start to discover new, healthy favourites as your taste changes and you see the benefits of the eating plan.
You have hardly started so you still have cravings for the "foods" that put the weight on in the first place, as has been suggested, keep going for at least a month or set a target of losing half a stone and then have a non food treat to celebrate
Do not go there ! John
It was just a question, i'm not going to give up for a cheat day after a week I came here to change my life so that's what I'm going to do
I think everyone has given you the answer to your question mamiyou The thing is we have all had these evil thoughts and paid for it after ha ha!! Good luck John
I think you should think about what is that you really want. For example, I have to attend a leaving party tonight and my colleague wanted to buy me a drink all week, so I decided: I allow myself a bottle of Koppaberg which is 211 from my daily intake. You can do this with a dessert, cake etc. That is a treat. A celebration. This is why you can have everything in MODERATION. Having a lighter lunch to balance work really well.
If you have an actual cheat DAY, that will easily end up above 2000 even 2500 calories. It is fine if you have strong self control and can work very hard after. But in all honestly, that will take you some time to do right. Really sit down and calculate how many exercise slots it will cost you to balance it. So just think about yourself and how you can control the situation. Maybe do some extra sport hangout with friend the following day. Do not let a 'cheat' day to be 'and I do not care' day.
Very well said, thank you
I don't so much have a cheat day as a weekly treat - I have a bit of cake once a week - I go out for cake at the weekend, although if someone brings cakes in to the office, I have a bit of that instead and no cake at the weekend. It just means I don't feel like I'm missing out at work, but I can assess whether the cakes on offer look better than I'd get at the coffee shop, so it helps me restrain myself too. And you don't feel so deprived...
You can do something similar, but the treat doesn't have to be cake! An unhealthy side 1 meal a week for example (obviously don't go daft and have a lasagne as a side :p)
I want lasagne. 
I just re-read my post and realised I wrote the word "cake" about a dozen times in one sentence! Something on the mind I think...
Two people are leaving work today, and I gave £10 to their going away gifts and neither brought in cakes to say thanks/goodbye! I feel duped...
I'm going to have small treats every now and then, for example Coke Zero, and I've got white wine in fridge for tomorrow. When 12 weeks are over, I'm probably going to indulge in some high-calorie foods like pizza and ice cream, but not during these 12 weeks.
I am hopeless at feeling deprived so I am not 'on a diet' 😕 If I really want something I have it but work it into the plan 😊 If it's very calorific I will just have half, but then my losses are slow so it wouldn't suit everyone 😊
Good luck!
I calorie cycled which means that I could plan ahead for celebration days without 'cheating'. In some ways it is a healthier way and also meant I never felt deprived when others were partaking of treats.
Basically it works like this. My daily allowance was 1400. I multiplied x7 but shared them out across the week. I never went below 1000 a day and never had a high exercise day the same day as a low calorie day. Eg Monday 1000, Tues 1400, Weds 1200, Thurs 1400, Friday (Out for drinks with friends and a meal out) 1800, Saturday1400, Sunday 1600.
I never failed to lose weight whilst in the weight loss phase and have maintained below my goal weight for 6 months. I never felt deprived. I was able to cope with the low days because I looked forward to the treat days knowing I would be able to pretty much eat what I wanted.
Worked for me, hope this helps!
Cheat day is an alien concept to me. I just don't think of losing weight like that.
My question to myself is "Does this help me achieve something that is important to me?" (and there are more things that are important to me than merely losing weight, although it is important to me)
This does not mean I don't occasionally think "That wasn't worth the calories"
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