A Few Good Reasons

Cheat days are good for more than one reason. Yes, they allow you to eat what you want and the things you crave, but it does more.

Having a cheat day allows the mind to rest and give in for a few hours. It is a lot like when you have been really busy all week and all you want to do is get off your feet and have a few moments of quiet time. We all know that we have to be productive most of the time or nothing would get done, just like we have to eat clean most of the time or we would be in a very unhealthy state. But this break can really rejuvenate you to continue on this path.

Next the cheat day keeps the body guessing. It has been use to processing and breaking down food all week. This small slip in habit will a make your body readjust how it is digesting food. This is similar to when your trainer changes up your workout from light weight/ high reps to heavy weight/ low reps. Your body has to adjust and therefore responds better to the good clean food because of it. Now remember it is a cheat day not cheat days! This does not work if you do it everyday, in fact it will hurt you in your path to health and fitness.