Marie, this question is not about whether it is right or wrong to "cheat". In fact, I do not even like the word; but that debate is for another post. Everyone has very different opinions about "cheating", and there have been threads that deal with this. But to pretend that it will not ever happen is unrealistic, so why not try to have as much information about the physiology of it as possible?

This is an important question relating to how our body reacts differently to carbs in different circumstances. I do not plan on living the rest of my life without any carbs; do I plan on living LC for a very long time? Yes. Do I plan on indulging occassionally? Yes. And if I chose to indulge or "cheat", I am interested in knowing if there are less harmful ways to do so.

By the way, I have not "cheated" since I started this woe 13 months ago; not on my one year anniversary, not on my 40th birthday, and not on any holiday.