One of the more toxic beliefs I used to have was the idea of a cheat day(or week) where I was free to binge eat (even when not hungry) and "get it out of my system" before going back to a restriction.
I have seen this concept echoed a lot, and it is pretty irrational. Usually the people that do this end up dieting all week, and then eating back the extra calories on a weekend for the heck of it. Bad idea.
My current idea of a cheat day means eating what I would eat during a normal day at my ideal body size. I define this as maintenance CICO, which is around 2000 kcal + whatever calories I burn at the gym. I have as many of these days as I need to depending on how stressed out I am, and it allows flexibility while still losing weight.
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