I'm curious if there are any chronic cheaters out there that are still losing weight. For example, people who are very good during the weekdays but go overboard on the weekends.

I guess you could call me a chronic cheater. I just can't keep to LC for more than a few days at a time (although it's getting a little better as I get used to it). But I am NOT losing. I've been stuck at the same weight for a couple of weeks now, so I don't recommend it. If you don't want to give up carbs, I would recommend checking out CAD/CALP instead.

I suppose I am a chronic cheater. I don't eat sugar regularly but I have say a Chinese once a week and still lose.

I stop losing pretty quickly though when I chinese it say 3/4 times a week .

However, I am not on Atkins so maybe that's why my body doesn't go completely mad when I have a high carb meal. Plus I always balance a high carb meal with a good quality protein.

There is an article on the Atkins web site that discusses this. Read "The Uses and Abuses of Induction" Basically it discusses how people who go off on the weekends put not only weight loss at risk, but general health. Also it talks about how induction becomes less and less effective as the body catches on and becomes more resistant.

nope, if i cheat, that equlas no loss and even gain sometimes.

My sister does and I think she is still managing to lose weight. I'm pure as the driven snow and even I get stalled.

She'll do things like eat 3 french fries, have a bowl of oatmeal on the weekends while following Atkins. But I couldn't stop at 3 french fries...

i've been stuck at the same weight for about a month now, seem to be losing inches still, but the weight ain't leavin'. probably due to the fact that i do have the occasional cheat on the weekends--pasta on friday nights, birthday cake on saturdays, rice or potatoes on sundays at the in-laws, etc. i try to keep it to a minimum but it seems that once you start cheating, you cannot stop!

Unless you exercise like a fiend, cheating (or, "going off plan") will slow, if not stop, your weight loss. I know this from experience. Granted, YMMV, but for the most of us, this proves to be true.

-G.

Plain old food addict here. One bite of my trigger foods (99% sugary foods) and I'm off to the races... the binge races. It could take me weeks, months to find abstinence again.

If I cheat, I cheat myself and give my power away to the food. An occasional planned indulgence is another thing entirely.

JM2C.

Watch out for that slippery slope of cheating. I just quit a terrible binge after promising to end it for 5 days. Today, 10 lbs heavier, I came to my senses after experiencing to worst stomach ache ever. Why did I do it? Because I am an addict. Always remember, guys, we are addicts. The only difference is, no one even looks at us funny when we are in the supermarket with a cartload of our drug of choice. I think that is partly what the problem is: what most people consider normal food is like narcotics to me. Tonight, I am reafirming why I live lc--to be slim and healthy. Everyone please beware--that one piece of poison can be the death of you!

Im with Nancy's sister. I can eat just a french fry or two or one bite of something, but I DONT recomend it.

It is really easy to have too much and realy go over bard with little bits.