Honesty is the best policy...

[debi1746]

How many people on this forum sneak something they shouldn't from time to time...And if so what is the weakest area for you..Mine is chocalate and after I cheat I go right to the water and I am good for a bout a week...So far I haven't hurt my weight loss..I have heard of some who have lost a lot of weight from Atkins but when they go out for special occasions they treat themselves and don't go back to bad habits..What do you think?

[IrishIrish]

I think I'm not one of those people. It took me years to find this WOL, I'm not going to chance it by trying someting that could trigger and avalanche for me. I've read to many posts from people who return a month or two after their "cheat" ... it turned into something a little more than that and I'll trust their experience, thank you.

[2big4mysize]

The more you allow yourself to cheat the easier it gets and the more you will push the envelope as they say remember the very first time you drove on purpose faster then the posted limit? How you doing now staying in that limit all the time?

Dr Atkins wrote the rules and foods in order to allow the most folk to be successful on the plan. Based on your individual metabolism and how large each pound you are losing is in regards to you total body weight you can seem to get away with stuff that as you get closer to goal might just stop you dead in your tracks pounds away from your desired goal weight.

you can make low carb Atkins legal chocolate so why chance it.

[cleochatra]

debi-- I did what you're doing, and for awhile it didn't hurt me. That last time I had a little cheat, however, the cravings were SO bad and it slowed me right down!

So, while it might seem innocuous, those itty bitty tristes with the low-carb item or a pizza (*lol*) might cost you a week, or like me... a month!

Don't risk it. The only way to get rid of addiction is to abstain from them...fully.

{{{{{debicutiepatootie}}}}}

[Trying2]

If I could allow myself the luxury of a chocolate treat once a week with no weight increase consequence, maybe I would. That, however, is not in the cards for me.
I simply can not have just one of anything remotely like that. I am a carb addict.

[iwillbethin]

Nope...no cheating here either. Even though my mom is here and she told me she would make me some homeade chicken soup...the good stuff (mexican mind you) along with spanish rice corn tortillas etc. I said naaa maa that's alright...i'll mend on my own.

I cant cheat...it's to easy for me to say just take this bite and i'll make up for it...etc.

[debi1746]

You guys are all right..

Cheating is the wrong thing to do, all it does is put you back on the path to eating, or over eating all the wrong stuff..I do feel so much better when I show self control and stick to the diet and eat healthier and see the rewards when the pounds drop off. I shouldn't think that just because I become weak in this area that all people do..Some of you have been on this way of eating for a long time, and know how to handle the urges when they hit..I have only been on this way of eating for over a month, so I have a long way to come..B ut once again I am back on track..thanks for you honesty.. :tweety

[Starmaker]

{{{{HUG}}}}} I have such a hard time with sweets/chocolate cravings at least 6 days a month, cream cheese with cocoa and splenda is my salvation. That and this recipe for emergencies:

HEY where did all the recipes go at http://www.lowcarbrecipes.org/ ?

Looks like its been hijacked.

[camera]

I think I'm not one of those people. It took me years to find this WOL, I'm not going to chance it by trying someting that could trigger and avalanche for me. I've read to many posts from people who return a month or two after their "cheat" ... it turned into something a little more than that and I'll trust their experience, thank you.

I agree with this. I've only been on this WOL for a little over 2 months and I have yet to really screw it up for myself by doing something I really shouldn't. Yeah, one day (after my intitial 2 wk induction) I had more than 20 carbs (had about 22) because I indulged on green beans but that's as far as I've gone and I should have been up to 25 a day at that point anyway but I hadn't moved on to OWL. So I don't feel bad about it and I don't really consider a cheat because I wasn't harming myself to begin with.

I think for anyone to allow themselves to do something "just this once" they're opening the flood gates. It's not worth it, especially when you're living this WOL for yourself, and no one else. We owe it to ourselves to treat our bodies better than anything else in the world. I won't jeopardize my body with a piece of chocolate cake no matter how good it might taste. I've made the committment to this, I'm sticking to it.

A committment is not a committment if you break it "just this once".

[jessica129]

I used to cheat quite often but for the sole purpouse of breaking a stall. My last cheat caused me so much pain (literally) that I swore i'd never eat that kind of stuff again. I haven't cheated since. It stirs up too many cravings and feelings of guilt. I personally don't think it's worth it at all. I don't even have the urge to cheat anymore and I feel great about myself so I definetly don't want to change that. That's my opinion.

[cala]

debi-- I did what you're doing, and for awhile it didn't hurt me. That last time I had a little cheat, however, the cravings were SO bad and it slowed me right down!

So, while it might seem innocuous, those itty bitty tristes with the low-carb item or a pizza (*lol*) might cost you a week, or like me... a month!

Don't risk it. The only way to get rid of addiction is to abstain from them...fully.

{{{{{debicutiepatootie}}}}}

I am right there with you. If only I knew this would happen...
In fact, I am still recovering, not very successfully :anger

[Carotan]

i know how you feel :nono right now i feel so commited! i just hope it lasts...but easter's coming up so that's going to be hard, especially in my family