"cheating" or making poor choices as I say may not catch up to you but I will tell you from my experience that I felt "fatter" and more bloated when I was eating carbs....once I got back on LC...I felt better..slimmer..more energetic. Lets face it, since our WOE is for life, there will be times you will make those poor choices....just get back on track...you will feel so much better.