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Old Tue, Jul-02-02, 14:06
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Plan: Modified 'BODYOPUS'
Stats: 238/212/200
BF:22%/11%/7%
Progress: 68%
Location: Columbus, OH
Question How harmful can a 'Cheat Day' be...?

A friend of mine who is currently following the 'BFL' program came to me with a question: "On the cheat day, should I limit myself or pig-out on whatever I please?" I told him that if he is going to have a 'cheat day' every week- he should limit himself. However, I also said that he could 'gorge' himself if he only allowed himself a cheat day once every few weeks. Now, for my question- how hurtful is the cheat day? When I say "cheat day"- I don't mean carb-up; I mean, eat anything and everything you want for a day. I find it hard to believe that if one is following a strict diet and decides to implement a cheat day every few weeks that they will put on any substantial fat. I am even more hard pressed to believe that one could put on a couple pounds of fat in ONE day. Why? I feel that the body could not deal with the barrage of calories (fat, sugar, etc.) and would have to 'excrete' the excess calories, etc. Is it even possible to put on 3-4lbs of fat in one day (even if someone happened to eat as many calories over 'maintenance' as it took). I just don't see how this could/would be possible. Am I correct in assuming that a cheat day every few weeks will not be harmful even if they did gorge them self on that day? Just thought I would get some opinions/insights so I can pass it on to my friend.
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Default BFL Free Day

I've just come off of 6 months of BFL-by the book, free day included. I did a free day every week. I started calling it "Eating Disorder Day" because I would binge too much and feel very ill. I could eat 4000 calories in one day. I still saw good results with BFL (eating 1800 cals and 100% clean every day but Sunday). But, I did not meet my fat loss goals (due largely to out-of-control free days), so I'm now on CKD for my 3rd challenge. The free days can get way out of control for a lot of people, very easily. I also think it's one thing to eat high fat 6 days a week and have 1 high sugar day, I think it's much harder on your system to eat very low fat 6 days a week with one high fat day---I would think it would wreak havoc on the gallbladder. My advice on BFL free days: limit it to 1 free meal. Many people "got a handle" on free day by doing 2 free meals a week, any time during the week. HTH
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