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Can a cheat day help you achieve your goal more easily?

Can a cheat day help you achieve your goal more easily?

You eat super healthy all week, but on Saturday you let it go. Without guilt. A cheat day, a good idea?

Yes, a cheat day is a good idea
According to recent research, a cheat day is a good idea. It would help you stick with your goals for longer. It helps you stay motivated and keep yourself under control – the willpower not to eat that bar of chocolate during the week.

You can see it like this…
When you unplanned eat more or less healthily than you set yourself as a goal, you probably feel bad about it. It is difficult to pick yourself up after such a 'relapse' and start eating healthy again. It is planned on a cheat day, so that you can easily continue with your healthy lifestyle afterwards.

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