If You Haven’t Reached Your Health & Fitness Goals, Skip the Cheat Meals
Find a different way to reward your progress
Let’s face it, we could all use a treat meal here and there — especially when our diets primarily consist of healthy eats. But if you’re overweight or obese, your body is begging you to take a break from the processed foods and sugar; these foods will only slow down your progress and potentially set you mentally back with the cravings that come along with eating them.
Choose Your Rewards Carefully
As people lose weight and come closer to reaching their goals, it’s easy to get on the reward train and give yourself an edible treat for all of your hard work.
Foodies, emotional eaters, and people who struggle with their weight often reward themselves with food. To reach your fitness and health goals, though, this should be avoided until you reach your goals.
After you reach your goals, it’s okay to have treat/cheat meals every so often, but not to the point of it leading you back to where you started: overweight.
The tricky part of consuming processed foods and sugar is that they are extremely addicting. Once you start, it can be difficult to stop.
