We are fond of overindulging. This leads to obesity as most of what we eat constitutes junk. People try great many pills, crash dieting programs and fatiguing exercises to lose weight fast. Eventually nothing works and it results in quite a psychological trauma. Cheat days can also be tried instead of all those regimens built over a lot of hype.

Cheat days or free days work on the theory that people who are on dieting need an off for a day every week. This day, they can eat whatever they like provided it is done with a little moderation. The idea is to indulge and not overindulge. People who get over conscious on a dieting regimen harm themselves by suffering from fatigue, immunity loss and many other things. A cheat day helps maintain the balance.

The criticism of cheat day lies in the name itself. Dieticians believe that if one looks positively toward dieting, a cheat-meal is enough. Such meal cannot obviously include ice creams; yes they can have flavored cheese potato and cheese salads among other such things.