cheat meal
Planned dietary detour
A cheat meal is a planned indulgence in food that falls outside someone's regular diet or eating regimen.
The term comes from fitness and dieting culture, where strict adherents allow themselves occasional departures—pizza, ice cream, burgers—without guilt: Saturday is my cheat meal day.
The "cheat" framing treats healthy eating as a rule system that can be temporarily broken.
Topped flatbread dish
- burgerMeat patty in bun
- friesDeep-fried potato strips
- ice creamChurned frozen dairy dessert
- chocolateSweet from cacao seeds
cake · donuts · tacos · nachos · fried chicken · wings · pasta · cheesecake
Spend freely, impulsively
- treatSomething pleasantly special
- feastElaborate ceremonial meal
- decadenceMoral decline through excess
- comfort foodEmotionally consoling dishes
cravings · satisfaction · gratification · guilty pleasure · temptation · self-indulgence · hedonism · pampering
Moral self-reproach
- regretSorrow over past actions
- shamePainful awareness of failure
- cravingPowerful urge to have
- temptationUrge toward the unwise
weakness · binge · overeating · restriction · anxiety · stress eating · comfort · relief
Measures of food energy
- carbsEnergy-yielding nutrients, informally
- macrosAutomated command sequences
- restrictionLimit on action
- trackingMonitoring location over time
discipline · willpower · maintenance · deficit · bulk · cut · nutrition · portion
pizza
Topped flatbread dish
chocolate · cake · donuts · tacos · nachos · fried chicken · wings · pasta · cheesecake · ramen
splurge
Spend freely, impulsively
- treatSomething pleasantly special
- feastElaborate ceremonial meal
- decadenceMoral decline through excess
comfort food · cravings · satisfaction · gratification · guilty pleasure · temptation · self-indulgence · hedonism · pampering · enjoyment
guilt
Moral self-reproach
temptation · weakness · binge · overeating · restriction · anxiety · stress eating · comfort · relief · reward
calories
Measures of food energy
- carbsEnergy-yielding nutrients, informally
- macrosAutomated command sequences
- restrictionLimit on action
tracking · discipline · willpower · maintenance · deficit · bulk · cut · nutrition · portion · moderation
bodybuilding
Muscle enlargement for appearance
workout · bulking · cutting · competition · prep · athlete · physique · routine · lifting · muscle
- mealssupper, brunch, dinner, lunch, luncheon
- overindulgencebinge, gorging, overeating, gluttony, overindulgence
- diet trackingcalorie counting, food diary, food journal, calorie deficit, calorie surplus
- Food Trackercalorie count, portion size, water intake, carb count, fat grams
cheat mealclean eating
Unprocessed, natural diet
meal prep · rabbit food · health food · recovery meal · salad
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