Georgia-based women’s weight loss expert Jenna Rizzo claims that organizing cheat meals was the one poor habit that kept her back and prevented her from achieving her fitness objectives.
In 2015, Rizzo started her fitness adventure, working out frequently and hard. “I basically started going to the gym one day and just didn’t stop.” – she clarified in a TikTok last week, “You think this would lead me to have some crazy transformation, but nope.”
Rizzo shared before-and-after photos, pointing out that the first one was taken three years after she started exercising daily. “Nevertheless, my stomach was still soft, and my b*tt was still the same size. I was simply dissatisfied with my appearance.”
According to Rizzo, cheat meals prevented her from changing the way her physique looked.
Rizzo remarked, “I used to try to eat as clean as possible Monday through Thursday. Every day, I would eat kale and egg whites. Then, on Friday, I would persuade myself, I just deserve a cheat meal.”
Her Friday cheat dinner would get out of control, even though she was typically able to keep up her good diet during the workweek.
She continues, “I would have one cheat meal and it would turn into a full-blown cheat weekend. “I’m referring to eating until one is literally in excruciating bodily pain, and continuing to do so.”
She had a “now or never” and “good versus bad” mentality.
“I needed to eat as much as I could when I could,” she explained, “because these foods are limited.”
According to recent studies, this tendency is known as “hedonic compensation”—the pursuit of additional delight elsewhere to make up for the loss of pleasure.
“Cheat meals do not exist to me anymore,” she declared.
Rather, Rizzo concentrates on ensuring that between 80 and 90 percent of her diet consists of fresh, healthy foods.
She does make room for what she refers to as “fun food,” fostering an attitude of abundance that guarantees nothing is off limits and prevents her from ever feeling constrained to the point of wanting a cheat meal or a weekend of binge eating.
