You are only fooling yourself.
Jenna RizzoA female weight loss coach from Georgia, a bad habit says What was holding her back from reaching her fitness goals was planning cheat meals.
Rizzo began her fitness journey in 2015, and has been working hard all the time. “I started going to the gym one day and never stopped. Do you think this will lead me to some crazy transformation? No,” he explained in a TikTok last week,
Sharing a before and after photo, Rizzo explained that the first photo was taken after working out every day for three years, “My butt was still the same size, my tummy was still soft. I was really unhappy with the way I looked.”
Rizzo, who has gone viral for her videos in the past The 2-2-2 Weight Loss MethodHow to do torn to pieces in a single season, and others Fitness Tipsclaims that cheat meals prevented him from transforming his body.
“I tried to eat as clean as possible Monday through Thursday,” Rizzo said. “I'd eat egg whites and kale every day, and then Friday comes, and I'd tell myself I deserve a cheat meal.”
She explains that although she was usually able to stick to a healthy diet during the work week, her cheat meals on Fridays would completely take over.
one of Previous Post“I would have a cheat meal once and it would turn into a full-blown cheat weekend, I'm talking literally eating to the point of causing so much physical pain – and it would go on and on,” she revealed.
Her mindset was a mix of now or never and good versus bad, “My mind was telling me these foods were limited, and I should eat them whenever I could,” she reasoned.
Recent research has identified this phenomenon as “A pleasant compensation” — Compensating for the loss of pleasure by seeking additional satisfaction elsewhere.
Rizzo says she went through a cycle of restriction and sacrifice for years: “I would lose a lot of weight during the week and gain it back, and maybe even more, on the weekends.”
Now, she says, “cheat meals don't exist for me.”
Instead, Rizzo focuses on making sure that 80% to 90% of the food she eats comes from fresh, whole food sources.
She leaves a margin for what she calls “fun food,” which makes for a fun meal. Abundance Mindset This ensures that nothing is off-limits, and she never feels restricted to the point of having a cheat meal or craving overeating on the weekends.
As she poetically puts it, “A salad won't make you skinny, and a cookie won't make you fat.”
One celebrity who goes the whole hog and doubles on a patty, even on a cheat day?
Dwayne The Rock Johnson, The 52-year-old actor has served two In-N-Out burgers and two large fries, along with two different kinds of tequila, in the same meal.
