<grin> Cheat?? Who me??
Here's how it goes for me...
If I have a single high carb meal, I do not adjust the rest of my eating for the next couple of days, and I eat around 30 gm of carbs a day. Not truly induction, but not very high either, and I don't ever leave ketosis. When I do it that way, I consider it a Heller hour (CAD) and I don't feel I have 'cheated.'
If I have a whole day of high-carb eating, I go straight back to induction. It usually puts me back in ketosis by dinner of the induction day, but achieving fast ketosis is not why I do it. I do it because if I were to have a high carb day, followed by more of an OWL day I know I would be much more at risk for the "Oh, one bite won't hurt" kind of thinking that will lead me into a week long lapse (or more!)
Whether or not I consider a whole day of high-carb a 'cheat' depends on what triggered it.
If it's my planned, CKD carb-up day, and I stuck to mostly wholesome, non-junk food, I don't feel I have cheated. (yes, I know, CKD is not Atkins, so Atkins purists can pretend they didn't see that
)But if, say, I've had a totally snarly day at work ( I teach emotionally disturbed, assaultive adolescents and my head administrator has a bad case of rectal-cranial inversion) and I come home and do the pizza and ice-cream thing, then I consider it a cheat and I try to limit it to an hour or go straight back to induction as damage control.
I'd say to watch your results and make your own judgement. If your cravings are higher and you find yourself rationalizing this or that, or there's an effect on your weight loss that you don't like, go back to induction. If not, OWL should be fine.
Hugs!
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