Personally I think every single time you cheat it affects you in some way. If you cheat by 1000 cals a day over 3.5 days you can not only gain a full pound of fat but you will send your metabolism and fat burning processes the wrong way for some period of time. Can you make all that back up?? Sure. Does it affect what you are doing? Absolutely. The question is how much does letting loose for a few days affect you personally? If you are causual about your weight loss and gaining a few pounds doesn't bother you then probably not much at all. I could see several of the people who responded to you who would fit in this camp. If a few pounds extra on the scale will ultimately freak you out or cause you to feel like throwing in the towel, then it will affect you hugely and you need to be very careful about how much you cheat. If you like to see positive, consistent results in weight loss and gaining weight just plain isn't accpetable then any amount of cheating is too much. I fall in the last camp. It really matters on how you feel about the consequences of the things you do doesn't it?
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