The false opulence of the cheat day video

It’s Cheat Week at Mashable. Join us as we take a look at how liars, scammers, grifters, and everyday people take advantage of life's little loopholes in order to get ahead. It doesn't seem like spending a day eating delicious food could be anything but luxurious. But diet culture is a powerful villain. In a typical "cheat day" video, a vlogger documents a day where they (allegedly) break from their diet and eat whatever they want. Usually, this means fast food, pastries, burgers and fries — foods often connoted as "bad." In February, YouTuber Sophia Kleo posted a 13-minute-long cheat day video called "in n out, pizza, & donuts." In the video, she eats all of those things (plus fruit snacks, bean dip, and more), taking enormous bites of glistening pastries and tall burgers, then holding them up to the camera. Read more...More about Youtube, Cheat Week, Mukbang, Culture, and Food