How Long Can You Go???

[Waterbabe_Helena]

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Congratulations.
May I just check, when people on this thread say cheat-free do they mean no artificial sweeteners or Frankenfoods, or not? Or does it vary from person to person?

Thank you.

[Waterbabe_Helena]

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ALEXA "Day 133 here. Am starving today! Could eat a horse..."

Luckily, horseflesh is Atkins-friendly.

[Sweet Strudel]

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Cheat free since May 1, 2007

[13_jane]

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I'm day 10 cheat free!!

Helena - I think its upto what rung you are on as to what is classed as cheats!! Alexa is out and about today, but I'm sure she'll advise when she returns.

I personally only eat as to what rung I'm on, so I'm currently on rung 1 - extra veg, so thats all I have, no fruit or nuts etc. The only thing I have that could be classed as a cheat is a cup of coffee a day, but since its not stalling me I'm not classing it as a cheat! if that makes sense!

I dont really eat Frankenfoods - so dont really know too much about them! I only tend to eat fresh produce really!! I eat alot of chicken!!

You are allowed some artificial sweetner! I think its splenda we're allowed.

[iwillbethin]

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CHeat free day 3....and doing spectacular. My breath stinks but other than that i'm puuuurrrrfecto!!

[kristianne35]

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14 days

[13_jane]

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Day 11!!!!! yay!!!!!

I feel soo good too!!!

Alexa - dont let me cheat ever again!!!! lol

jane xxx

[Alexa]

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Hi everyone,

Well do to everyone - 2BME, Blazing (yay on the lb), Sweet Strudel, IWillbethin (cool photo BTW), Kristianne, and of course Jane on being so fabulously virtuous and amazing.

Waterbabe-Helena - woo! 133 days is fab I think Elizellen sums up the whole cheating idea succintly here:

I think we all have our own interpretaion of the phrase 'cheat-free'. I allow myself up to 3 servings of allowed sweetener a day and count one carb per serving whether I am adding powdered splenda myself or a sweetener tablet or one serving of a commercially prepared item like a soft (diet) drink.

To me, cheating means eating outside my stage of Atkins, so on induciton I never ate nuts or peanuts, and the only seeds I ate were a tablespoon of ground flax used to ward off constipation.

As far as I know none of the bars or other Atkins products only contain induction-legal ingredients so those were out for me.

Though now I am in premaintenance I could 'legally' eat them if I wanted, I always count sugar alcholol carbs the same as other carbs, and only deduct them to get a lower 'net carb' number if they rush straight through me and I spend the night on the loo!! Not worth the bother to my mind!!

I'm on day 139 and I've final lost a bit of weight and up under 170lbs - that took some time!

[13_jane]

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wow - under 170's thats fantastic Alexa!!! you look nearer 9 stone in real life btw!!!

[2BME]

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Good afternoon cheatless eaters! I am still cheat-free. Although I did have an Atkins shake on Tuesday. I am on rung 3, I hope this is not a cheat. It was all I had available in a group of carb-o-holics trying to foist their death food off on me!

[iwillbethin]

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Day 4!!!!

[Alexa]

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wow - under 170's thats fantastic Alexa!!! you look nearer 9 stone in real life btw!!!

LMAO! No way! I'd have to remove limbs to be this weight ever! But thanks very much

2BME - I think you're fine with that, as far as I know. I've not encountered shakes, so I don't know what's in them.

Iwillbethin - congrats on day 4

[Sweet Strudel]

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Still cheat free from May 1, 2007...

Everyone is doing great...keep up the good work ya'll.

[13_jane]

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nearly the end of day 12!! yay!!!!! day 13 tomorrow!! unlucky for some!!!!! lol

[plsmachic]

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Starting a new challenge, and I hope alot of you will jump in and participate. Its a new "How Long Can You Go without Cheating" challenge. My first goal is one week, and I'm going to start adding it week by week. If I get through the first then I go for another. If I screw up, I have to post it in my siggie for a week, and start over. And you get the reward of posting "cheat free for ___ weeks". Maybe I will be able to get one of the technical know-howers to make us some blinkies for our siggies. Who wants to join me? Sign on up!

I'm joining RIGHT NOW.
My first goal is 1 day (I know me)



Day One starts 8-21-7



This'll be fun Yay