I have had quite a few planned cheats and I've never had a problem getting back on track the next day. These planned cheats have helped me in the fact that once I start obsessing about one of my former favorite foods, I get it out of the way and I'm content for a couple of months. To say that I'll never eat freshly baked chocolate chip cookies again is ridiculous, but to endulge once every blue moon helps me keep my sanity. It's a matter of realizing that this is the way I eat now and to fall completely off the wagon permanently doesn't even cross my mind.