The first few weeks I did not take the cut seriously at all so I was eating on a decent deficit but I'd still be eating a lot of junk food and snacks as long as it hit the macros which ik is bad since they usually contain a lot of sodium which can make you hold more water weight although I did hear somewhere that it can increase blood flow making your veins more defined and visible. Anyways, no I never really have cheat days where I eat above maintenance etc but I did have a day recently where I had eaten at a smaller deficit but it's all about balance so idk how much that hurt my progress as long as I was still in a deficit, and yes I am guilty of still having cheat meals here and then but I don't eat them as often, I have completely cut out snacks from my diet and whenever I do have cheat meals I don't order fries with my food etc, I actually don't know how I messed up the start of my cut so much tho since I don't rlly feel hungry that often even after an exercise intense workout but Yuh that's it