Do "Free Days" Exist?

[attagirl_]

georgiana, you are always so helpful to everyone here --just want to take a moment to recognize you! you've saved me more than once on here already. thank you!

[liv]

Every day on Atkins is free.
I am free of my double cheek
I am free of my three tummies
I am free of my sagging bums
I am free of thighs that rubbed together when I walked
I am free of rolls on my back
I am FREE

[Lisa]

Liv, you are truly gifted...

[bikinidreams]

I think that once you get to your goal weight, and you are maintaining, you may work free days into your plan. Of course, you'd have to be careful to not put the pounds back on. For now, I'm not considering them in the near future . My only goal is to get to my goal weight!

[not2late]

Originally Posted by bikinidreams

I think that once you get to your goal weight, and you are maintaining, you may work free days into your plan. Of course, you'd have to be careful to not put the pounds back on. For now, I'm not considering them in the near future . My only goal is to get to my goal weight!

During Maintenance Phase you may eat potatoes, bread, etc. because you are now maintaining the weight and you've learned during Pre-Maintenance how to eat for your body and maintain weight.

So there aren't really any "free" days on Maintenance Phase because you may eat foods that your body can tolerate and in the amounts it can tolerate without gaining or losing weight.

[imagood1]

as far as birthdays are concerned there are plenty of great tasting ways to celebrate birthday - there is a wonderful cheesecake recipe I'm dying to try and it's "LEGAL"....as far as holidays you can have meat, veggies, salad - nothing missing there.

Maybe I'm lucky having diabetes because I couldn't eat any of the candy and cookies this past Christmas - so when I started Atkins in January I didn't have the sugar cravings to deal with but when I want something sweet I find something that satisfies it and move on -- but I make sure it's all good for me. I've given up too much -- I've given up 26 pounds -- and I'm happy it's gone...why would I cheat and throw it all away.

I believe Liv put it very eloquently!

[Sunny_0ne]

I was going to write that every day on Atkins is a free day, but Liz beat me to it, and far more eloquently than I could say.

Here are some other things that Atkins has freed me from:

constant heartburn
insomnia
dry, flaky skin
food cravings
the hopeless feeling that I could never lose weight
joint pain
faintness and irritability before meals...

I could go on and on, but Atkins has given me far too much to even think of jeopardizing it with cheat days.