Ep 140: The Freedom of No More Cheat Meals (How to Eat What You Love While Losing Fat)

01/23/24 • 25 min

Wits & Weights | Fat Loss, Nutrition, & Strength Training for Lifters

Are you tired of the guilt and restriction of so-called cheat meals? What if you could eat what you want and still be healthy?

Today, Philip (@witsandweights) challenges the cheat meal mentality and helps you reframe the language around it. He talks about exploring a more balanced and sustainable approach to eating to help you say goodbye to food guilt and cheat meals and hello to a healthier emotional relationship with food.
Today, you’ll learn all about:

0:00 Intro
4:26 What is a cheat meal
7:53 Cheat meal as a reward
9:21 Increased cravings and binge eating
13:31 Flexible dieting
16:21 Manageable calorie restriction
17:45 Consistent tracking
24:23 Outro
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Are you tired of the guilt and restriction of so-called cheat meals? What if you could eat what you want and still be healthy?

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Wits & Weights | Fat Loss, Nutrition, & Strength Training for Lifters - Ep 140: The Freedom of No More Cheat Meals (How to Eat What You Love While Losing Fat)

Transcript

Philip Pape00:00:00.000

Are you tired of the guilt and restriction that comes with so called cheat meals? Today, we are challenging the cheat meal mentality and exploring a more balanced, sustainable approach to eating and a reframe of our language. Say goodbye to food, guilt and cheat meals and hello to a healthier emotional relationship with food in today's episode

Philip Pape00:00:23.010

Welcome to the Wits & Weights podcast. I'm