Emotional Stages of Eating a Cheat Meal
14 Overwhelming Feelings Experienced While Indulging in a Cheat Meal
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After sticking to your clean-eating diet all week, it's time for a cheat meal! You've successfully dodged your grandma's lasagna, and even that fresh batch of chocolate chip cookies mocking you in the break room was no match for your will power. Not only do you need this cheat meal, but you deserve it! Well, that all sounds good in theory, but it's a little more complicated than that. Avid healthy eaters know that cheat meals are essential to blast your metabolism in order to keep that year-round beach bod in check. But the real challenge is to avoid turning that cheat meal into a cheat day. Buckle up (but make sure that your belt is loose), because it's the moment you've been waiting for!
1 When there is zero chance of containing your excitement.
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2 When your eyes are bigger than your stomach.
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3 When the wait for your food is without a doubt the longest 20 minutes of your life.
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4 When your hard-earned, carb-filled meal gets in front of you.
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5 When you’re in a complete state of euphoria.
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6 When someone asks if they can have a bite.
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7 When that full feeling starts to kick in.
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8 When you refuse to be a quitter.
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9 When you’re in actual physical agony.
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10 When you feel like you just committed the most unforgiveable crime.
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11 When you’re convinced that you just gained 75 pounds of pure fat.
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12 When you strongly consider resorting to extreme circumstances.
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13 When you actually can’t wait to go back to your high-protein and veggie-filled diet.
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14 When you realize that you have to wait a whole week for another cheat meal.
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