There was one other rationale that made me think the cheat day was better that occasional cheats. I figured that you get the whole insulin roller coaster when you cheat, so setting aside one day to wreak havoc on your system was better than multiple dips during the week. Personally, I also find that once I get off the rails the rest of my day is shot due to lethargy and my appetite will be mucked up. Seeing how Mat says you can be screwed for TWO WEEKS off an all-day bender, I obviously must have been wrong here too.

I discussed your posts with a friend of mine and some additional questions came up, hopefully you can help us out. From the sound of things, one should optimally aim for no cheats. However, for the mental aspect would you advocate scheduling your 10% cheats? For some, this can keep them on track rather than trying to NEVER cheat and binge eating when they finally break.

Secondly, how does this work with someone on CLC and/or IF? Random cheats would seem to derail the benefits of CLC so would it be best to only do so on the "refeed" window? Similarly, with IF the time you'd be most tempted to cheat would be WHILE fasting and you have fewer meals to contribute to your 10%.

I'm probably overthinking this, but I appreciate any knowledge you can drop on me!