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Is it good/bad to have a once per week "cheat meal" while on weight loss diet?

I am on a low carb, calorie restrictive diet to drop a quick 10lbs before a wedding. I follow my diet to the T. I exercise one hour per day, and after 4 days I am already seeing results (I am thin to begin with). But, I've been reading up on different diets. Some say it is important to have one cheat meal per week to trick the metabolism and rev it up again, others say dont cheat at all ever bc it will slow weight loss down.

I would only be cheating for strategy, I really am not craving bad things. On the other hand, one cheat meal will not throw me off track I am pretty disciplined. I just want to know which is the best way to go

hear two different school's of thought. One says its important to have a 1/7 cheat meal to keep motivation up (something to work toward), and to "trick" metabolism before it gets used to restricted calories.