Next time you grab that Danish or pick up some fried chips at you local grease joint, read this and hopefully you will change your mind and go for the healthier choice

http://www.wisegeek.com/what-is-hydrogenated-oil.htm

I'll never eat Danish again...

lol yea, knowledge is power, I guess you could have one every now and again as a cheat or summin, I don't really like Danish so im kewl with it

I haven't cheated yet and I don't plan to do so. I'm a perfectionist, so I want to do everything according to the plan/schedule..

Thats great man, great attitude but you don't have to be that strict on yourself, u can cheat as long as it is a small cheat and you limit it 2 once or twice a week at the max. I like cheat meals every now and then because after a good amount of weeks of eating clean youre gonna crave that junk like mad.

In the first challenge I went the first 30 days without a cheat and then craving was to much lol but everyone is different, i guess if you make all your healthy meals taste great the urge to cheat will be much less

The 'cheating' topic has always been controversial. Here's my opinion about it.

I agree with both of you. If i had the chance to keep things 100% as planned (no cheating) there's no doubt i wouldnt stick to it, but it all depends on the person/situation.

For example, few days ago (after this program started) i went to a club with my buddies and i didnt even tried to 'not drink', i had 1 beer. What i find really incredible is that after that beer i could keep drinking like crazy and have 10 beers but i didnt! I stopped for a second and i was like 'hey, 1 beer is enough. Its cheating, but 1 isnt really that bad' and i just didnt drinked more. Maybe for some of you that isnt a big deal, but for me that was fucking incredible!

All im saying is, if you have (or need) to cheat, as long as you are willing to stick with your healthy habits later, and if you have the strengh to stop cheating (in case of beer ) i say go for it! Your body will actually thank you.

Cheat or dont cheat, keep working! Results are comming!

You're right, Manny..

As for me I'm a former soldier, so I put discipline above everything else. I will try to do these 16 weeks without cheating AT ALL. I know it's gonna be hard whenever my Welsh buddies are coming over.. But I'm still gonna try as hard as I can..

By the way, 1 beer equals 1 piece of Danish... think about that when you want to down your next Corona or Carlsberg..

Thats one of my goals for the competition, to not have any alcohol for the entire challenge. So far I'm going strong. I might have a Danish though, maybe

Beer is my downfall too. It sucks because it's sooooo many empty calories and on top of that, it really demotivates me the next day to do anything. I can't even go out because I'll end up having 4 or 5 or more beers like I did last Saturday. There's something about watching football or basketball that makes me want to drink. I guess it's just my mind set and habit. I'm getting better, but it's so hard for me to sit there and not drink when all my buddies are. I'm still working at it.

Burgs, keep at it and don't give into temptations. You will find it hard and your friends will try and make you drink but you will thank yourself for not drinking in the morning.

Im still heading down the pub Friday night to see a lot of my friends - looks like i will be drinking J2O all night!

Don't forget; Its Mind over Matter

Haven't been drinking yet.. - Still going strong!

After all your post i've come to realize that i was wrong about letting myself cheat with beer. I've been reading a few things around the internet and i decided that beer is a NO-GO from now on. Im joining the '0 alcohol cool group'

Keep it up guys! And Sean, im counting on you!

Yea beer will definately be the downfall of your six pack abs. If you're able to walk into a bar and sip on your juice while everyone else is drinking away then you are the man and you will be so grateful in the morning when you're able to do that workout. Just think about it, when was the last time you drank and actually felt good the next day.... totally not worth it

Well guys, i did it. No beer at all, and no shots either! I was on J2O all night and my god that is a boring drink!!!! Might try Red Bull or something so atleast i get a kick and some energy.

It is weird i woke up this morning without a hangover - and except from being really tired (Got about 5.3 hours sleep) i feel great! Anyway im off to Swimming now