It’s drinking for me. I still drink a couple beers socially with friends but on nights where they “go hard” I just leave and go to bed. I don’t like feeling like crap anymore. It makes my sleep bad, my workout bad, my studies bad. I like feeling good!
I personally don’t do cheat meals and it’s because I know there are days where I accidentally consume a little more than an actual serving of say, peanut butter. I don’t get mad at myself because it doesn’t add up to a whole lot over the course of a week and I feel ok letting it slide as long as I’m not eating foods that don’t belong in my diet. If I were to start adding cheat meals then I would not only focus on those excess cals but would really regret that extra teaspoon of peanut butter too.
Not really feeling like crap… I generally feel really well when I’m eating a lot, no matter what.
But I do know that 1-2 cheat days can ruin an entire day of cutting for me. While I’m in the middle of a cheat day I’m always trying to soothe myself that it can’t be as bad but the following days I always have to make up for it.
Singular cheat meals aren’t an issue though.
For me it’s at most a cheat meal or some sweets Friday evening. Nothing more. If I go all out I feel like shit for two days, energy levels suck. I feel incredibly hungry and sugar cravings are back. Not worth it at all.