Emotional Stages of Eating 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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Whether you've been Googling pictures of pizza or adding to your Pinterest board solely dedicated to cheeseburgers, Cheat Meal Day is basically your Christmas.
2. When your eyes are bigger than your stomach.
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Cheese fries? Yes! Mozzarella sticks? Two orders! Dessert? ALL THE DESSERT.
3. When the wait for your food is without a doubt the longest 20 minutes of your life.
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I'm sorry for the things I said when I was hungry.
4. When your hard-earned, carb-filled meal gets in front of you.
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This must be what love at first sight is like.
5. When you’re in a complete state of euphoria.
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Nothing can ruin this moment for you. NOTHING.
6. When someone asks if they can have a bite.
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HAHAHAHAHA. Oh, you were serious?
7. When that full feeling starts to kick in.
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This is when you have to practice the fine art of ignoring stomach pains.
8. When you refuse to be a quitter.
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Must. Finish. Every. Single. Bite.
9. When you’re in actual physical agony.
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It could be heartburn, but it could be death.
10. When you feel like you just committed the most unforgiveable crime.
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You great-grandchildren will probably suffer the consequences of this cheat meal, too.
11. When you’re convinced that you just gained 75 kilos of pure fat.
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Goodbye, bathing suits. Goodbye, going out in public.
12. When you strongly consider resorting to extreme circumstances.
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You would do pretty much anything to get rid of this discomfort right now.
13. When you actually can’t wait to go back to your high-protein and veggie-filled diet.
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You never thought that you would crave broccoli.
14. When you realise that you have to wait a whole week for another cheat meal.
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Until we meet again, carbs.
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