I'm officially going to start this thread from the Adkins forum.

You must decide what a cheat is for you and you may outline it in your first post. I don't feel that 1 or 2 SF Reese's P-Butter cups every once in a while is a cheat. But a bag in a day would be.

I started on 12/27/03 so I have 2 days under my belt.

If you need the cheat free symbol you can get it here http://home.new.rr.com/kitanniweb/atkins/1.gif just change the 1.gif to a 2.gif or 3.gif etc.

I counted my days already.

here is my no cheat guidelines for myself ( I might modify if the weight is coming off fast and I move into OWL)

1. the obvious- no bread, cookies, cake etc!!!
2. only 2 peices of SF candy per week
3. no going over 25 carbs in 1 day (20 perferable since I'm doing induction)
4. no more than 4 oz of cheese a day
5. whipping cream only once a week. Whipped or other
6. after the first 2 weeks, only 1 LC dessert treat a week.
7. Limit splenda to no more than 3-4 packets a day.
8. Bacon, sausage and other processed meats no more than twice a week.
9. No less than 3 liters of water a day.
10. take my slew of vitamins every day, unless sick (eww that's 14 pills every morning)

Wow this might be harder than I thought. lol These are all the things I was having problems with the first time around on induction. I was staying LC, but was "treating" myself to much I think. I didn't add anything about veggies, cuz I've been eating plenty of those, and I get sick of salad, so I was going to add 2c salad a day, but 100 days of salad and I think I would puke.

Good luck to all- if ya cheat, just change your symbol back to 1 and keep going!! We will support you- after we beat you with a LC wet noodle!

Hey count me in too. I am starting Jan 2, 2004

My guidelines are:
* 6 bottles of water a day at least
* excercise 3-5 times per week
* no breads,candy,cakes, etc.
* No fried things
* limit of 25 carbs
* After first 2 weeks...peanuts allowed
* Weigh once per week on the same day

Hopefully I will make it 100 days... I will probably have to make mini goals or cheat free days to get through it...
My first one will be 10 days..

lol was this a bad day, I see you are at 10 days now.

My outline:

1)2 weeks on Atkins KISS...thats no processed meats, dairy, splenda, coffee(after tomorrow), butter, mayo, mostly unprocessed meats and a tons of allowed veggies

2) After 2 weeks then Induction: limiting coffee to 1 cup a day, limiting splenda to 2 packs a day..limiting processed meats to twice a week..limiting cream cheese to 4oz per week.

3)100oz of water every day

4) 30 minutes of exercise every day STARTING TOMORROW
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I started on 12/27/2003 as well...and I count my day when I take my last swig of water for the night..start weight for this challenge was 159..although I suspect Im carrying 10 lbs of bloat from the Christmas Cheating.

Yes this is gonna be very challenging, especially the mandatory exercise cuz Im such a couch potato, but its just what I need...thanks again Kathy

Good luck to all,
Glim

I need a challenge. I've been thinking of going until October cheatfree -- but it's good to start with a smaller goal!

I've already given up coke (huge addiction, pre-Atkins), ice tea, all caffeine and artificial sweetners in an effort to lose weight. So now I'm going to work on cutting way back on the dairy to see what happens.

First mini goal: 2 weeks cheatfree.

Can anyone tell me what I'm doing wrong with the cheatfree symbol?

I need some buddies so I want to join your group! I really need to commit to the 100 cheat free days! I was fine until I cheated over the holiday's and I just need the support & commitment to get back on track!
My Plan is to
1) Eat breakfast everyday
2) No bread, potato's & etc
3) Drink at least 3 big glasses of water daily
4) Walk around this house if the weather is too bad
(i live on a mountain and it is really hard to get walking when the ice and snow come) there is no walking here just hikeing!
For now that's it and I will start tomorrow Dec 29th

I didn't cheat over the holidays but I won't start back into induction until New years day. I was given a really lovely bottle of Champagne that I intend to toast the new year in with. I am hoping that going back to induction will jump start my weight lose again.

Lammie- it won't take a 0.gif, I tried that just to keep it on my sig line, as soon as you have 1.gif it will work for ya. you also need to put url's around it, if it didn't already add it.

Lammie:

Go to profile..then select signature..paste the cheatfree symbol addy down in your box THEN select the INSERT IMAGE ICON to place the cheatfree symbol into your signature Or you can type it....it should look like this BUT without the spaces between the [ ]

[ IMG ]http://home.new.rr.com/kitanniweb/atkins/1.gif[ /IMG ]

so that [ IMG ] will actually look like [IMG] and the [ /IMG ] is actually [/IMG]

ALSO....you want to start with the 1.gif after you complete one day cheatfree then revisit your signature and erase the 1 and put in 2...3...4 for each day accordingly.

http://home.new.rr.com/kitanniweb/atkins/1.gif
http://home.new.rr.com/kitanniweb/atkins/2.gif<cf 2 day symbol
http://home.new.rr.com/kitanniweb/atkins/3.gif<cf 3 day symbol

and so forth.

There is no 0.gif

Hope this helps.

Welcome everyone and good luck!
Glim.

Okay I am game to start. I have been on this WOE about 3 months and I am starting to have that stupid carb creep. Plus after having a few too many sweets I find myself starving. I hate that!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1
So here are my rules:
1. Walk at least 3 times a week, 1 hour either outside or treadmill
2. Only 20 -25 carbs per day
3.Start trying new recipes
4. Drink more water at home, 1 glass of water before each cup of decaffinated tea.
5. Put in my journal what I eat each and everyday starting on Dec. 29th
angie
Starting weight 194 lbs

I'm in too!

I like your #4 nawchem. It's so hard to follow anything when you are sick.

oh man I gotta quit reading all you guy's limitations, I keep adding to mine, pretty soon I'm bound to cheat with something up there lol. Now I'm up to 10 "Principals of No Cheating" lol that's what I'm gonna call my 10 little thingys up there.

I'd like to join you guys also! I need to think on my Principals of No Cheating. I'll post them after I've figured them out!

Thank you Time2shine and Kathy for helping me with the icon. I needed those details to figure it out!