Since you’re not allowed to talk about ‘cheats’ on /r/keto, I figured I’d talk about them here.
I’ve been on keto for about 10 months now, and had some great progress. When I added on OMAD IF, I lost a little faster and my hunger and cravings truly went to near zero.
For the last two weeks, though, I’ve had a BIG cheat meal on Friday evenings - in my case, most of a Costco pizza and a sandwich from my favorite sandwich shop. It’s so much food that I really don’t eat anything the next 1.5 days, and then it’s strict OMAD keto until next Friday night.
I’ve started losing a TON of weight - nearly twice as much weekly as I was before. It really feels like this approach can break a plateau, if you can avoid cheat meals turning into cheat days turning into cheat weeks, etc. Has anyone else tried this?
Sounds about right. Working in a fairly regular “cheat” day has worked well for me, but largely because I usually follow up with a longer than normal fast. I don’t do keto but try to keep carbs to a minimum and sugar to an almost never. Different things work for different people but in my experience throwing a curveball at your system seems to keep it heading in the right direction.
Because of Christmas, then New Year’s and then an extreme hangover I’ve pretty much found the same. IF + Keto + one day of a cheat meal has boosted my weight loss so much. I’m losing at a faster pace but also feeling happier because as great as Keto is, of course I miss carbs. I don’t crave them, but who doesn’t want a pizza or some chips?
Based on this and what you’ve said, I reckon I’m going to incorporate a cheat meal every so often