My Favorite Cheat Meals & If They're Worth The Splurge

I committed to eating better last month and by better I mean I cut down on caffeine and started replacing my lunch with salad and then once a week I have a cheat meal. I try to work out when I can but right now it’s just not at the top of my list because I want to get outside and it’s inhumanly hot outside and I do not want to deal with washing my hair on a every other day basis I would rather cut it off at that point. Anyway, eating better also means that I give myself cheat days and eat whatever I want and it usually coincides with how my day is going and what type of mood I’m in. Below are some of my favorite cheat meals, why I eat them and whether they’re worth the splurge. I hope you guys can share some of your cheat meals.

Chinese food (spicy beef with broccoli, egg fried rice and an egg roll to be exact) is perfect for those days where I feel exhausted but still want to feel like I ate a real meal. The result: I’m left bloated and I’m usually hungry within the next hour but at the moment it does the trick.

Chocolate. I don’t have a big sweet tooth so when I say I need sugar I mean it! Usually it’s in the form of some extra size (the ones that are meant to share) twix or snickers bar. The result: teenage acne that last about five days.

Venti caramel frappuccino with extra caramel and 2 shots of expresso (not a meal but the calories are equivalent to one). These are for the day where I just can’t get my head straight and focus. The result is: makes me feel like I can conquer the world, fidgety and I can’t sit still. Two steps forward two steps back! That makes the type a in me a completely mess.

Yuca, red onions, fried eggs and fried plantains. My Dominican husband unfortunately introduced me to this and I both love and hate him for it. Perfect Friday night dinner or breakfast when you know you’re going to have a few drinks. The result: If I have it for breakfast I do not even need to have lunch which results in being drunk after 1 drink. If I have it for dinner I’ll get to drink a little more without feeling it. Either way it’s one of my favorite cheat meal.

Soup. I know you’re thinking its soup, and soup doesn’t have too many calories. Well, you haven’t tried what in my house we call grandpas famous! My father in-law from Indiana brings us thick homemade egg noodles that we use in soup along with a TON of chicken base, and then a side of mashed potatoes. The result: Not good. I can’t eat more than one bowl and I usually end up with a stomach ache.

They dont them cheat meals for nothing! I need some vareity, what do you guys eat on cheat days?

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