The Rock Just Shared His Latest Epic Cheat Day Meal on Instagram
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The Rock Just Shared His Latest Epic Cheat Day Meal on Instagram

"Don't cheat yourself, treat yourself."

When you're one of the henchest stars in Hollywood, your cheat day is going to be pretty epic. Dwayne Johnson chronicled his most recent cheat day on Sunday in a couple of Instagram posts, recording the truly mind-blowing amount of comfort food he consumes ahead of his Monday workout.

In the first pic, Johnson enjoyed a couple of fat bacon cheeseburgers (there was some lettuce barely visible under the mountain of beef) with a generous pouring of his new tequila. "I have a big shoot in the gym tomorrow for my next @projectrock @underarmour collection," he wrote in the caption. "In a crazy science, these cheat meals tonight should actually help my physique come in with a more fuller pump and vascularity for tomorrow’s shoot. Or maybe I’m just looking for more excuses to drink my tequila and eat like shit ?".

In the second photo, his array of sweet treats couldn't be contained to just one plate. "Now subvert all this sugar glory with a great Ken Burns documentary on PROHIBITION and we have ourselves a helluva party," he said. "Don’t cheat yourself, treat yourself and enjoy your cheat meals my friends."

All aboard the Sunday cheat meal train, here's a non-exhaustive list of everything The Rock eats on his day off:

Johnson might refer to the "crazy science" of cheat days as reason to indulge, but the truth isn't quite so simple. In fact, the idea that a cheat day can actually help boost your metabolism is a misconception. "Eating more to burn more isn’t quite how things work," nutritionist Chris Mohr previously told Men's Health. "Your metabolism does increase after you eat, but if you binge on 1,000 calories worth of pizza or brownies, your metabolism doesn’t ramp up to burn 1,500 calories to handle what you just consumed."

So unless you're going to be spending as much time in the gym working off your cheat day as The Rock, you might not want to try to replicate his Sunday menu, and enjoy your favorite treats in moderation. "While the single-day binge can be helpful for some people, occasionally indulging in smaller portions of your favorite foods may be more sustainable for the long haul," Mohr says.

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