Sun, Nov-16-03, 12:54
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Senior Member
Posts: 2,260
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Plan: CAD
Stats: 171/146.0/133
BF:
Progress: 66%
Location: Seattle, WA
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No, actually...this is my second time back on Atkins. The first time, I cheated twice, and both times my weight was okay the next day, but went up two days after...but it's just temporary water weight, if that happens. I don't think the leptin thing ever applied to me because I was only on atkins a month the first time, and the cheats were at 2 weeks and 4 weeks. This time around, I'm only on day four of Induction.
For some, a cheat can break a stall, but for others it just knocks you out of ketosis and postpones your weight loss for the two days it takes to get back into it, and then the time it takes to shed the water weight (which usually isn't much). Or, it can trigger cravings for other things and turn it into a binge.
My personal opinion is that calling them "cheats" is unfair...things are going to happen. Special occasions, or just a weak moment...I think it's better just to accept it and move on, without the guilt. The only problem with cheating, to me, is when it's done so often that weight loss progress is never made.
My personal goals for atkins are to make it through the two weeks of Induction without any sugar alcohols or splenda, because I'm pretty sure that one of them was reponsible for my skin breaking out terribly, and that was the reason I quit the first time. After two weeks, I'm going to try introducing one or the other in small amounts to see what happens.
After that, I will probably allow myself one high-carb "cheat" meal, or day, every now and then. Once a month, maybe. It all depends on how I'm progressing...it's really important for me to lose the weight by April, when I have to be in a wedding. If my progress isn't as quick as I'd like, the cheats may not seem worth it. Does any of this make sense?
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