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Cheat meals don't speed up fat loss on their own, but a study shows they improve diet adherence by boosting satisfaction. The metabolic boost is temporary. Strategic higher-calorie days help you stick to a deficit longer.
Cheat meals don't speed up fat loss on their own, but a study shows they improve diet adherence by boosting satisfaction. The metabolic boost is temporary. Strategic higher-calorie days help you stick to a deficit longer.
Having cheat meals increases your metabolism and helps you burn more fat. Just kidding. Having cheat meals is going to ruin your fat loss progress. People argue about if cheat meals are good for fat loss or not. Well, good thing we don't have to argue about it because there's studies that tell us the truth. This study showed having a cheat meal increased your metabolism, decreased your hunger, and even balanced out your hormones. But there was an issue with that study. Those positive benefits were very short-term and temporary, which means there was no real difference in the long-term fat loss. But don't discredit cheat meals yet, because this study showed something pretty interesting. Having cheat meals, or just periods of times with higher calories, led to people mentally just hating their diet less, which led to better long-term adherence, which did lead to more fat loss. I do think incorporating days and weeks where you intentionally eat more calories can help you stick to your calorie deficit.
