:o Uh oh.....I have a question. Today is Canada day and the DH and I went out walking....LOTS of walking. It was a beautiful day here in Toronto and we ended up on a patio, sitting, talking and having dinner. I had chicken wings (no breading and suicide sauce without sugar of course) and a low carb beer plus a club soda. BUT, the DH had cajun fries with his dinner and I ate about 20 of them. WHOOPS! I have been following the program for about 6 weeks now and have lost 10 pounds (I only have 20-30 to lose so this is pretty good IMHO). I have stuck to the program to a T, no cheating of ANY kind until tonight. I dunno if eating a few fries is cheating technically.... This momentary lapse isn't going to ruin me is it? I have great will power but tonight I just wanted to live a bit and eat some fries. I don't eat them everyday, nor would I, but I just felt like treating myself tonight a bit. I'm probably worrying for nothing and getting down on myself. My DH told me that if I couldn't have a treat now and again (he is VERY supportive of my way of eating) then it wasn't a realistic way of eating. True enough....but I feel guilty. *sigh*

Should I feel this way or should I just continue and congratulate myself for noth eating 100 of them then having the full sugar cheesecake.

Having the fries really hit the spot, and I don't really miss them. But they were fun for the time being. Hehe.

Guilty, kinda,
Krystyne

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I find that if I snitch a fry or two from my husband, I won't want to order them myself. It's a treat I allow myself from time to time. You'll know if they throw you out of ketosis, but I haven't had a problem with them. You may get totally different advice from someone else.

Krystyne

Nothing to feel guilty about. This was one slip in 6 weeks. Not a big deal. The only down side is you probably are not in ketosis today and probably will not be back in ketosis until Sunday or monday. But that doesn't mean you won't lose weight anyway.

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I have potato from time to time. . . fries are not a problem for me, but when we go to the breakfast buffet and they have corned beef hash, away I go! Yes, it may mess me up for a few days, but I'm trying to look at the long term and to expect myself never to eat hash again is totally unrealistic. For me what works is knowing how these higher carb items will affect me and how much I really need to satisfy the urge. That's good info for long term success, IMHO. I find it odd, but I guess everyone's chemistry is different, I can eat a much bigger amount of a sugar item than I can a potato item before I see ill effects. I would have thought actual sugar would be worse. Hmmm. . . and Bananas. . . fuggedaboudit! *sigh*

Stacie
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To answer your question...yes, it is "technically cheating" but no, it's not going to ruin things for you. Just drink your water and get back on plan ASAP. A little cheat is only bad if it sets a big cheat in motion. Don't beat yourself up or dwell on it; you're doign great so far, so just keep going!

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(ok, who of you out there just knew i was going to respond to this one? LOL)

hey krystyne- first of all, congrats on your losses! you are right, you're doing well i think, too! now on the "incident." ha!

ok, i'm all about no guilt and no regrets. honestly, the guilt over eating off plan can do way more damage than the occassional off-plan eating.

let's look at it rationally-you made a concious choice to eat some fries, right? it was not out of control, you recognize that it will slow you up for a couple three days, but it was something you wanted and that's what you decided to do.

so look at the situation now: are you craving carbs? has it sent you into a tizzy of off-plan eating or self-recriminations or other upsets? if not, then who cares? and if it has, then ok, you know that probably isn't a good choice for you. so next time, you'll make a different choice.

dh is right. take your sig line: if you were just on "a diet" then this would be a cheat, a muck-up, y'kno? breaking the rules. but if you're looking at the rest of your life, then the choices you make everyday are going to carry though the occassional choice to eat off-plan or ingest some extra carbs or whatever.

the problem with "cheats" (and i don't even care for the word cheats, myself) is that sometimes it can lead to backsliding, or self-recriminations, or be used as an excuse to throw in the towel for the day, week, month or more! sometimes it can trigger carb cravings in folks, or worse, convince them they are unworthy in some way. which is not really about the food you ate anyway, but the emotional meaning you give to the food you eat. as in guilt!

let go of the guilt, man! eating is not a moral issue. i mean, yes, your body knows when you eat off-plan. (or as i like to say, my @$$ knows what i put in my mouth...) so it's not like you're "getting away" with something. but if your choices to eat lc outweigh your occassonal helping of fries, then you will still reap the rewards of all those lc choices.

it's all about perspective. i also believe that if you do decide to eat something off-plan, you should go ahead and enjoy it while you're doing it, because i think you'll be satisified with much less that way anyway. once the guilt and emotions kick in, you're in danger of returning to some old emotional eating habits. this may not be so much of an issue for you, with so little to lose, but for me and maybe others, yeah.

so just keep on doing what you're doing and enjoy your successes! feeling good will do so much more for you than anything else. much lc love to you, krys!

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i agree with all prior posts! really this is not a huge deal, just drink your water and get right back on track!! don't let this be an excuse to any other off plan items.
in the future, if you feel you need a "treat" try to make it a LC one. maybe some LC chocolate, or a homemade LC dessert, etc.
i don't think you were really craving fries, you just snuck a few b/c they were there.
again, just forget about it and move on!

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My thoughts precisely, couldn't possibly have said it better or more concisely.

Move on! Yesterday is gone. Today is what matters so make good choices TODAY and every day that IS today, if you get my drift....

Char

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i know that on OWL people have potatoes that they figure in to their plan... also... the oil that CAN be used to fry them might not be a BAD oil... but then again... maybe it IS... one thing is for sure.. if and when i decide to add a spud to MY owl...i probably wont have fries.. more likely a half spud with BUTTER.. but if i DID have fries.. i would make them myself in OLIVE oil...
goddess is right... its NOT a moral issue.. guilt is OUT of the question...
move on ...

p.s. *hand waving wildly*.. I KNEW.. I KNEW! *L* i knew you would post goddess... cause I read your blog..*grin*...

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