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I'm currently on a mild cut, but there is one thing I really am curious about.

If you were on a cut, what is your cheat meal?

Mine's a McDonald's Create Your Taste burger with 4 Angus meat patties, 2 slices of bacon, caramelized onions, slathered in sauce. Plus a 20 piece McNuggets.

At the very least, I'm getting my protein in.

I've done cut in a past. I didn't have "cheat meals" as it is but I did have diet breaks scheduled on the regular basis.
I'd say that baked goods are my cheat meals. Pies, cakes, breads.
And cheat meal without Häagen-Dazs is a way to misery. Häagen-Dazs is a king of cheating.

Large pizza with all the meat.

Hot dogs and chocolate ice cream. Especially Japa Dogs, all beef, ketchup, mustard, banana peppers and relish. God damn now I'm hungry.

Blackmetalbunny wrote:I'm currently on a mild cut, but there is one thing I really am curious about.

If you were on a cut, what is your cheat meal?

Mine's a McDonald's Create Your Taste burger with 4 Angus meat patties, 2 slices of bacon, caramelized onions, slathered in sauce. Plus a 20 piece McNuggets.

At the very least, I'm getting my protein in.

Oh my gosh, that is the most epic meal I have ever heard of haha. I have more of cheat days, but I don't pig out at each meal. This might mean a slightly bigger breakfast (Steak and Eggs anyone?) with some kind of restaurant-type food for lunch and dinner. I still try to cram in veggies by way of salad or cooked/steamed veggies. I find I don't feel as guilty running it this way and my surplus is probably only 1000+ calories for that day.

I don't have planned cheat meals per se. I generally eat pretty "clean" (sort of a Paleo + plenty of potatoes, some rice, plenty of Greek yogurt). 3 meals a day, each with some protein, veggies, and a carb. But whenever I'm feeling run down or not quite recovered, my go to meal is a big cheesburger and fries. I'm sure it's largely a placebo effect, but that meal seems like a magic recovery meal to me.

Every Friday night we do homemade pizza and some sort of big dessert (usually some sort of ice cream) with our kids. I eat very carefully all week, but on Friday's I dive into that pizza and dessert. Even when I come off the wagon I tend to stay away from fast food, because it really does just leave me feeling like garbage afterwards.

I once had a personal trainer tell me that a double quarter-pounder was the ideal cheat food cum post-workout meal. I was incredulous at first but If you have a look at the macros, the PT was actually on to something....

crnewhouse wrote:Oh my gosh, that is the most epic meal I have ever heard of haha.

That’s the whole intent – major massive protein and happiness in a box. I do this maybe once every 2 weeks, and it's something I look forward to so much. Forget fancy-pants restaurants, I'm happy with Mickey D's.

NathanC77 wrote:I'm sure it's largely a placebo effect, but that meal seems like a magic recovery meal to me.

Well I’m pretty sure that it resets your mental stress from all the clean eating, and activates endorphins which will definitely have a positive effect if you’ve been strict with your diet and have been training hard.

HICsterDoofus wrote:I once had a personal trainer tell me that a double quarter-pounder was the ideal cheat food cum post-workout meal. I was incredulous at first but If you have a look at the macros, the PT was actually on to something....

Exactly, assuming your macro profile and diet has been on point, this is awesome - approx 50g of protein, saturated fats (though it is a little high) and high in carbs. Skip on the fries and sugary drink and you're gold.

Geidi wrote:Hot dogs and chocolate ice cream. Especially Japa Dogs, all beef, ketchup, mustard, banana peppers and relish. God damn now I'm hungry.

NO not ketchup on a hotdog!