cheating or even go off atkins? (without weight gain?)

[imagood1]

I use to love pasta, now when I cook it for my family it doesn't even smell good and I can't imagine putting into my mouth. Give yourself a chance before you say you HAVE to have cheat days. Read the DANDR book and find out why this plan works and give it a chance. We all wished at the beginning we had chocolate or cake or pasta - after a few days those thoughts go away as you move into a healthier way of eating. Remember, it's pasta and other unhealthy foods that got you to the point where you are.

There are plenty of long term Atkins success stories here -- Elizellen is one of them....I've never heard her say she is bored with the food or needed a cheat day or that she was going off plan because it was too hard. You don't have much weight to loose but if you loose the weight and go back to your old ways you'll be right back where you started and probably gained a few extra pounds....I've been there, I know. When I was 21 I weighed 110 pounds -- many fad diets later I am now eating the healthiest way I've ever eaten - on Atkins.

Give the plan a chance - it does work. Good luck

[msanjelpie]

You are young and with only 20 lbs to lose, you could basically choose any weight loss plan to accomplish the task. Atkins is of course the best

After you lose the weight though, if you switch to a low fat or low cal plan that's healthy, there isn't any reason why you can't keep the weight off as long as you are aware of what you are eating and exercising along with that...

The main question is... if you are 20lbs overweight now, the question is why? If you don't know, you are more likely to regain the weight by cheating on whatever diet you are following...

Basically it's about taking responsibility for what goes in your mouth and why...