Sport home delivery pizza ok for cheat meal?

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Basically I'd just like to know if a home delivery pizza is ok to have as a cheat meal (only one cheat per week).
I was thinking of ordering a 14 inch diameter pizza and eating half of it, giving the other half to my brother. I don't know what toppings I'd have so you'll just have to tell me roughly.
 
Heh, when I cheat, I usually just... well, cheat. I.e., I don't care.

But if you do want to remain health conscious while you cheat (and I commend you for it) I'd go easy on the cheese (they will do this for you) and try not to go "meat lovers" :) Any other things you add (vegetables, for example) are going to add to the nutrition, calories, or both, so your best strategy may be to go minimalist.
 
cheat days are meant to break your clean diet...not to be a pig.
The average slice of pizza from a major chain contains close to 500 calories. A half pizza would easily be 2,000 calories, and probably 40% of that from fat (and not the good kind of fat).
An extra 1,000 calories one day a week is going to negate the calorie deficit you've been creating the other 6 days.

Have your pizza in moderation, and you'll be ok.
 
thanks for that guys, looks I'm going to send myself into calorie overload but hopefully now I won't feel as guilty about it as I would have done before your posts. ;)

You mention about the extra calories making up for the decrease you've had over the previous 6 days, but doesn't that ruin the idea of going lower if your just gonna top it up again at the end of the week?

(I'm only going overboard on this pizza this once because I feel like a good chill out on friday night)
 
You have to burn 3500 calories to burn 1 pound of fat.

Here's an example: Each day, you burn a certain number of calories - let's say 2000, with exercise - and on your diet you ingest about 1500 calories. That's a 500 calorie a day defecit (1500 Kcal IN - 2000 Kcal OUT = -500 Kcal).

So, after 7 days of losing a net 500 calories a day, you've lost a total 3500 calories, or 1 lbs of fat.

Now if on day 7, you eat pizza and have 3000 calories in that day, you get a surplus of 1000 calories (3000 Kcal IN - 2000 Kcal OUT = 1000 Kcal surplus). This takes the 3000 calorie deficit you've built up during the week down to 2000 -- delaying the time it takes to burn off that pound by another 3 days.

So, this way it takes 10 days rather than 7 days (remember, just an example) to burn a pound of fat. Small difference? Over time it amounts to quite a bit.

If you stick the diet, you can lose 4 lbs in a month.
If you cheat too badly, you'd only lose 3 lbs in a month.

By the same token, if you stick to the diet, you'd lose 48 lbs in a year.
If you cheated too much, you'd only have lost 36 lbs. Big 12 lbs difference.
 
is there any guide for working out how many calories you burn through exercise and day to day activities?

You say that you have to burn so many calories to burn so much fat, but will that not be different for each individual. To be honest I can't see myself losing 1 lb of fat each week, I'm almost lean, but then I have been all of my life so I don't see how I'm suddenly gonna shed 1 lb of fat each week just because I've reduced my calories and increased my exercise
 
i agree about a cheat meal not being meant to be a total pig out session, i personally believe you can easily negate your previous week by overdoing it. i've also found that the longer i'm eating a clean diet the less i desire really junky food. if you wanna do pizza, i'd go the route of buying a pre-made crust at the supermarket, then putting on your own sauce and toppings. you can make a fairly healthy little meal if you go that route and are careful what you put on. commercial pizza like dominoes and pizza hut are the mcdonalds version of pizza - in other words: complete, high fat, high sodium, high calorie, unhealthy crap - all made to make america as fat as possible. but i digress, LOL! if you are gonna get some commercial pizza, skip the meat and cheese lovers versions (as mentioned above). maybe just have one slice? and add a salad. :)
 
turned out I chose not to do a home delivery pizza and instead had a small "Chicago Town" microwave pizza that I had in my freezer. I couldn't bring myself to order such a huge amount of calories that could ruin all the good work I've done, plus it would have cost me £10!
 
bigmaczach said:
I dont gotta worry about all those calories from that pizza. Im alergic to cheese or some kind of preservative in it. :(
If you're allergic to cheese, it's more likely that you're just lactose intolerant. If it's a particular preservative you're allergic to, there are thousands (!!!) of cheeses prepared in different ways. I'm sure you could find a pizza-suitable one that works for you.

Also, pizza can be prepared (and tastes just fine, too) without cheese.
 
Im not lactose intolerant. Ive been to allergist twice and they havent found out jack crap about me. I dont just have allergic reactions to cheese tho. To a lot of other things like certain fast foods sometimes. I only have the reaction when my body gets too physically active in any way. The reaction consists of hives and swelling. I dunno what to do about it except take benedryl. O well maybe ill grow out of it someday.
 
Why do you have to "suffer" for a whole week and go all out in 1 day? If I were you, I will have a slice each day and walk an extra 15 min or so :)
 
fas said:
Why do you have to "suffer" for a whole week and go all out in 1 day? If I were you, I will have a slice each day and walk an extra 15 min or so :)
15 minutes of walking does not make up for a slice of pizza :)
 
I know...but it's still better than eating half a pizza without doing anything extra. Why not spread it out? It's faster to digest and you get to eat what you like every single day.
 
fas said:
I know...but it's still better than eating half a pizza without doing anything extra. Why not spread it out? It's faster to digest and you get to eat what you like every single day.
Because it could seriously hinder someone's fat loss goals

Plus, if someone's been sticking to their fat-loss diet very strictly for a while, a cheat meal will help fool the metabolism as well as have good psychological benefits
 
I see! Thanks.
 
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