"cheating" or "cellebrating" or whatever you want to call it - it's still cheating!

Bravo !!! Very well said !!! That is one of the great things about
LC....you are made much more aware of what is going into your body with
every bite. On previous diets (WW for one) as long as it was within the
"point range" it was ok...and it didn't take long to start using all my
points on junk food. Hey, it was still within my daily limit right ? Yes,
but a day's worth of crap food is not a WOE. LC teaches us all to make
smart, nutritional choices that work for our bodies, not just our diet.

Now, we know what is considered a special treat and what is everyday
eating. And isn't that what life is about ? The treats that come along to
make life interesting ?

Thanks Kelly,

Susan S.
"TayaFaire" wrote in message
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The way I see it is this, it's only cheating if you're on a diet.

My sentiments exactly. I have ten months under my belt, so to speak, on
this way of eating. To me, it's not a diet anymore. It's just how I eat
now. This is one of my pet peeves and I've stated this numerous times.
Sorry to those who have read it over and over, but here I go again.

Once you take charge of your eating habits you will find that it's all
about
choices. One of the reasons I got fat in the first place is because I
didn't realize, or maybe just didn't care, that I am the one responsible
for
putting food into my mouth. I am the one that has to suffer the
consequences of going off plan. But I've also learned that those little
off
plan goodies keep me on plan in the long run. For instance. Sunday night
hubby and I went to the Texas Steakhouse for dinner. A real treat for us
because it's pretty expensive and I've been dying to go there since they
opened six months ago. We ordered the blooming onion. I ate about a
third
of the blooming onion, which is pretty much "off plan". It was delicious,
I
enjoyed it immensely. I ordered the Texas Sizzler, beef tips, shrimp and
unbreaded chicken strips with mushrooms, green peppers, onions and red
potatoes. Actually other than the potatoes, everything fit into my
"diet".
I CHOSE to eat a few of the potatoes, I made the conscience decision to
eat
those potatoes just as I did the blooming onion. It didn't throw me into
a
binge, it didn't make me feel like I had thrown away the past ten months
and
well, it was damned good! I just got right back on plan and drank a bit
more water that evening.

If you "choose" to eat off plan then you are the only one that has to deal
with the consequences. The whole idea of changing your eating habits is
that you consciencely recognize every morsel of food that you put in your
mouth. I use to graze throughout the day, it didn't matter to me what I
was
eating, it filled the void and I went on with life. Subsequently I got
fatter and fatter. The day that I said enough is enough is the day that I
realized that I had to take control of my eating. Not only do I have the
choice to put something down and walk away from it, I have the option to
eat
it and deal with those consequences. It's my choice and that's something
that I enjoy about this way of eating.

Another thing, if you don't take charge of your eating by acknowledging
every morsel that goes into your mouth, you are on a diet. You haven't
changed your mindset, and when you do go "off" the diet, I bet you a
dollar
to a donut you'll put the weight back on and then some. So if you are
just
dieting, you go for it. But unless you change your eating habits and
mindset, in the end you are going to end up right back where you were in
the
beginning. For me, I've taken charge and this way of eating is going to
be
a life long commitment. I've taken control and not one morsel of food
goes
in my mouth that I don't think about the consequences first. It keeps me
on
track and I don't ever feel deprived.

If you go off plan for a meal, for a day, or even a few days, all you have
to do is get back on plan. You didn't get fat overnight and you aren't
going to get thin overnight. And the 44 inches I've lost and almost 60
pounds I've lost tells me that I'm doing something right. )


--
Kelly
270/213.5/3.5 lbs for March/Goal Weight 140
44 inches
Start Date: April 21, 2003
March Challenge Weight: 210




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Susan S. wrote:

Now, we know what is considered a special treat and what is everyday
eating. And isn't that what life is about ? The treats that come along
to make life interesting ?

Exactly. It's all about doing a switcherooni on which foods we
eat when. My WOE takes very high priority on the nutritious protein,
green leafy veggies, and high quality fats. Everything else is
once-in-a-while.

Well, it's not fattening so it must be okay.

In ,
LCer09 stated
|| If you cheat on your low-carb lifestyle, then is it OK to sleep with
|| someone other than your significant other?
|
| What.. it's not OK??? ;-)
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| LCing since 12/01/03-
| Me- 265/224/140
| & hubby- 310/246/180

In article ,
Crafting Mom wrote:

Susan S. wrote:

Now, we know what is considered a special treat and what is everyday
eating. And isn't that what life is about ? The treats that come along
to make life interesting ?

Exactly. It's all about doing a switcherooni on which foods we
eat when. My WOE takes very high priority on the nutritious protein,
green leafy veggies, and high quality fats. Everything else is
once-in-a-while.



The way I eat now reminds me a little of how I ate as a child. Cake,
cookies, and candy were special occasion foods at birthdays or holidays or
when we spent the night at grandma's house. We didn't have dessert after
dinner as a rule. Of course, the difference is that we had starchy sides at
every meal, but now I put those starchy foods in the same category as
sweets. Life is short. My WOE is for forever. Forever is a long time to
wait before ever having chocolate again.

--
Michelle Levin
http://www.mindspring.com/~lunachick

I have only 3 flaws. My first flaw is thinking that I only have 3 flaws.

On 2 Mar 2004 15:23:24 GMT, Ignoramus29721
wrote:

In article , Emil Mroz wrote:


Igor? Is that you?



No, but I agree with the OP, right up to the point when he went off a
tangent about spousal cheating.

i

I'll give you one thing. You are predictable.



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Emil

On 3 Mar 2004 14:42:23 GMT, Ignoramus3771
wrote:

I'll give you one thing. You are predictable.

It would be a safe bet that I will hold the same opinion on junk food
half a year from now.

i

It's an equally safe bet that your opinions about junk food and
morality will remain quite different than many (most?) other peoples'.



--
Emil

Cluelesstraveler wrote:

I'm not sure that I understand or agree with the concept of cheating.

A to be new and in the rush of the first few weeks. To think that it
will continue to be about "understanding" or "agreeing". The trouble
is for many people carbs are addictive. One bite and I'm off the
wagon picking myself and looking for a horse to get back onto. In a
world where almost everyone stresses that since it's a lifestlye it
must be okay to have stuff occasionaly the peer pressure never lets
up.

Hi! I'm Doug and I'm a carb addict. I stay on the wagon for a while
but every once in a while I fall off. Over four years in and the
longer I go the better I realize that if I try to take it more than
one day at a time, I'm toast. Or candy bars or whatever. I can and
do stay on the wagon one day at a time. But when I expand that
horizon the addictive stuff tempts me and I make the wrong choices
and I fall off the wagon. One day at a time.