Personally, I don't like the idea of a "cheat" anything. If I do that, then I am looking at imprisoning myself, and after learning how to work the program (when I choose to do it), there is nothing that I can't have if I want it. One year I went to a major fair and ate everything I wanted . BUT . I ate half of whatever I ordered and shared or threw away the other half. I didn't eat 3, 000 calories, but figured that all dailies, weeklies, and bonus points were done and did a lot of walking, too. But, then, too, I guess it depends on what one calls cheating and how many points one has to work with. I am allowed more than a lot of people are, so that might help me do things like that.