Jun 05, 2022

THE SCIENCE BEHIND CHEAT DAYS

IN HIS BREAKTHROUGH WORK, The Four Hour Body, the great Tim Ferriss reveals his support for the idea of Cheat Days...

... where you ditch the regimen.

I loved it.

It backed up everything I loved about my Sunday rituals. No bike, lots of rest and lots of treats...

... a time to return from the mountain, so to speak.

While it is nice to mow down a pint of ice cream or half a pie, I have also found there are two terrible consequences:

Any cravings I may have conquered the preceding 6 days are reactivated, not satiated. Almost worse than before.
The 6 days of progress are followed not by 1 day of regression, but 3-4 days to get things back to where they were.

Cheat days are awesome, if you're into continuing to struggle with cravings and stunting your progress...

... otherwise you're just cheating yourself.

BTW, you can eat whatever you want on a big ride... the pic above is 4 hours and 6000' in.

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