Cheat Day Chronicles

Once every month and a half or so, I try to have a cheat day. A cheat day is a day where I eat/drink whatever I want. I’m not sure if there’s any physical benefits, but I know it helps me a lot psychologically. It’s hard for me to eat healthy all the time, so it’s good to have a day where I can get out all of my cravings. Some people like to have a cheat meal once a week, but I prefer having a full day because it gives me more time to eat more things. On my cheat days, I don’t like to try a lot of new stuff because I’m usually craving certain things already. These are my favorite places to go on my cheat days.

Five Guys

This is my favorite burger place. It’s mad expensive, but it’s worth it in my opinion. The burgers are astounding. Every bite is like a bite of heaven. Their fries are my favorite fries too. I try to eat here at least every other cheat day.

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Cracker Barrel

Their pancakes are heavenly. I get breakfast here every cheat day, unless it’s Christmas or Thanksgiving. Walking in to the restaurant makes me feel like I went back in time 100 years to when things were still segregated. It’s usually full of old, white people, which makes me kind of uncomfortable, but those pancakes are worth it.

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Sonic

Every cheat day I like to start it off at midnight by going to Sonic. I get mozzarella sticks and a brownie cookie dough madness blast. Really sets the tone for the rest of the day, If I can’t make it to a sonic, I go somewhere else that I know has good mozzarella sticks.

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Coldstone/Freddy’s

I used to eat at Freddy’s all the time when I was fat. I eat there less now, but it’s still good. I combined these two restaurants because I basically get the same thing from both places now. From Freddy’s I get the Chocolate Brownie Delight Concrete with cookie dough. They have good burgers there, but they’re not as good as Five Guys, or Bad Daddy’s. At Coldstone I get the Chocolate Devotion Sundae with cookie dough. I try to eat at one of these two places every cheat day

Pizza-Hut/Davincis

I know a lot of people don’t like commercialized pizza, and obviously Pizza Hut is commercialized pizza. However the stuffed crust, meat lovers pizza is delicious. That being said, it’s also mad expensive because you have to order a full, large pizza. Da Vinvi’s is much more affordable, and it’s just as good if not better. My last cheat day was my first time getting food from there, and I was not let down. I got a slice of pepperoni pizza, and a stromboli. Both were amazing, and a lot cheaper than Pizza Hut.

Bad Daddy’s

I ate here for the first time in February on Super Bowl Sunday. People were comparing it to Five Guys, so naturally I had to see what all the hype is about. While it’s not as good as Five Guys, it’s definitely a high class burger. This is now my second favorite burger place.

Other

• I used to eat at Wendy’s a lot for my cheat days to get the Baconator, but now there are too many other burger places I’d rather eat.
• I go to Bojangles on my cheat days occasionally. I think I’ve gone 2-3 times over the past couple years. The chicken supreme combo is a good go to meal though.
• Sometimes I’ll go to the store and buy snacks that I’ve really been craving like oreos, pop-tarts, cereal, and pecan pie.

Once my cheat day is over I feel really bloated. It takes me a week or so after the cheat day to get back to where I was before the cheat day, which is why I don’t have them every month. It’s worth it though, because I’m usually a lot more focused on my eating habits after it’s over. I get all of my cravings out in one day.