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Old Sun, May-18-14, 18:41
tragedian tragedian is offline
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Plan: atkins '72 -now ketogenic
Stats: 260/181.4/140 Female 5'8"
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Progress: 65%
Location: Baltimore, MD, USA
Default i hate cheating

I hate hate hate hate hate it!

You would think, after all these years! I started in 2011!

I hate this! So angry!

I'm eating nothing but bacon and vitamins tomorrow.
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Old Sun, May-18-14, 18:56
CaliMatt CaliMatt is offline
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Plan: Strict Induction
Stats: 200/195/180 Male 6 ft 3 in.
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First reaction to title: Then don't cheat!
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Old Sun, May-18-14, 20:56
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Plan: Dr. Atkins/Dr. Westman
Stats: 204/194/169 Female 5'6" inches
BF:high wght over 204
Progress: 29%
Location: North West Florida
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Hate the cheat, but Not Yourself!
It happens. Most of us have done it. Just get back to your WOE as soon as possible.
It looks to me that you've done really well, overall!
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Old Mon, May-19-14, 11:03
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First reaction to title: Then don't cheat!


If only it were that simple. The good takeaway however is that every cheat helps identify triggers and avoid future cheats. I don't expect perfection of myself, or anyone, but that isn't going to stop me from striving toward it eventually.
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Old Tue, May-27-14, 16:24
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bworthey bworthey is offline
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Plan: Low carb
Stats: 352/332/240 Male 5 feet 6 inches
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Location: Nettleton, MS
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If only it were that simple. The good takeaway however is that every cheat helps identify triggers and avoid future cheats. I don't expect perfection of myself, or anyone, but that isn't going to stop me from striving toward it eventually.


I can empathize today - today I have wanted to eat everything, I've wantedto cheat, but I haven't. Funny thing is I haven't identified any triggers today - I have good food in the house, I just want other things. I hate the feeling after I cheat too - makes me sick, physically and mentally. All you can do is leave it behind you!
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Old Tue, May-27-14, 16:51
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Plan: Optimal Diet
Stats: 00/00/00 Female 62 inches
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Funniest analogy I ever got was, trying to get away with something that doesn't work, is like avoiding a required homework paper from school. You can try to skip it, or put it off, or do it half baked, or fake it, but you'll keep getting the assignment until the end of time or until you know it, whichever comes first.

Because you reallly really need to get whatever it is, and to understand. So you get to do it over and over until you get it.

That one makes me laugh. I can't tell you how many times I "did the homework" on a certain snack item (dozens if not hundreds of iterations). And now finally I really don't want to do it again.
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Old Tue, May-27-14, 18:35
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lovinita lovinita is offline
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Plan: Dr. Bernstien
Stats: 352/206.8/175 Female 5'7
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Progress: 82%
Location: Boston, MA
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Funniest analogy I ever got was, trying to get away with something that doesn't work, is like avoiding a required homework paper from school. You can try to skip it, or put it off, or do it half baked, or fake it, but you'll keep getting the assignment until the end of time or until you know it, whichever comes first.

Because you reallly really need to get whatever it is, and to understand. So you get to do it over and over until you get it.

That one makes me laugh. I can't tell you how many times I "did the homework" on a certain snack item (dozens if not hundreds of iterations). And now finally I really don't want to do it again.


Thumbs up on this post... Funny
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Old Tue, May-27-14, 19:43
Bonnie OFS Bonnie OFS is offline
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Plan: Dr. Bernstein
Stats: 188/150/135 Female 5 ft 4 inches
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Progress: 72%
Location: NE WA
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I'm finally learning the various emotional triggers that start the "want" feeling for particular carby foods. So now, once I have that "want" (which I used to misidentify as hunger), I can track back to what triggered it. As long as I'm willing to do the work, it works. If I don't, it doesn't.
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