Tue, May-13-03, 16:52
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Senior Member
Posts: 150
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Plan: atkins 20-30 carbs
Stats: 164/155/125
BF:30%/?/?
Progress: 23%
Location: Miami, FL
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Originally posted by saltnpeppa
I hope I'm not sounding like I'm preaching, cuz I'm not. I'm just letting you know my perspective so that maybe it will help you if you feel like cheating. I have been on since May 6. I haven't cheated once. I've had temptaions - make breakfast, incl toast and things with _sugar_ for the rest of the family, mother's day takeout from a italian restaurant- yes pasta and bread, going out at night on the weekend. Just for fun (ok, I know I'm sick ), I bought a bag of TGIFriday's Quesadilla Nacho chips for the family and didn't have even 1 crumb.
So why haven't I cheated?
1) I don't want to start induction at day 1 again
2) My belief is that either you want to lose the weight or you are oing thru the motions to fool yourself, while you 'cheat'
3) Nothing tastes as good as thin feels! This is my mantra.
So please don't take it the wrong way, this is just what I do to get me thru this learning process.
That's not that I won't cheat- I will when I reach a milestone, but I won't just for any stray (hopefully quick to pass) temptation.
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You took the words right outa my mouth.
Let me tell you that I am the weakest person when it comes to food. On Saturday, I went to Chili's and did great. Had chicken wings, a salad and steak. Mother's Day I went to a pancake house and didnt cheat at all, had an omelet, bacon and decaf coffee. Mind you, I usually have a huge stack of pancakes drenched in syrup myself. My family couldnt beleive what they were seeing. Later that day we had lunch at a seafood restaurant and I had the piping hot bread basket in front of me AND I DIDNT TOUCH IT. Last night I made my family homamad french fries, and brownies mmmm and didnt touch one. My goodness, I, along with a lot of other people are very serious about this. For the first time in my life I am determined to do something till the end. Now, don't take this the wrong way people.... Just because we don't cheat doesnt mean we dont like what we see or like what we hear. Some major binging I just read about left me a bit perplexed. I'm sure it left othrs feeling the same. I just feel that if I were to cheat, which I wont, I wouldnt really tell other dieters about it in detail.
Maybe say something like oh, I messed up and blah blah blah.
Again, I will repeat dont hate me because of this,I'm sorry to anyone who might be offended. This is not intended for the few extra carbs cheater its just that if youre gonna do the Atkins which contains a ton of fat, why would you go on a carb binge in such a way. The consequences are disasterous on the system. Yeah you'll detox and go back to square one.Maybe you have the time and money, cause this diet aint cheap. Okay, but I think if someone cheats on this particular diet , then they dont really care about it too much to begin with. Sorry so long, just my 2 cents.
PS: Just had to add that I'm talking about the induction dieters. Come on people 14 days is not that bad.
Last edited by candyapple : Tue, May-13-03 at 16:56.
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