Cheating!

1:  to deprive of something valuable by the use of deceit or fraud

2:  to influence or lead by deceit, trick, or artifice

3:  to elude or thwart by or as if by outwitting <cheat death>

 

1a :  to practice fraud or trickery 

2:  to be sexually unfaithful —usually used with on <was cheating on his wife>

3:  to position oneself defensively near a particular area in anticipation of a play in that area <the shortstop was cheating toward second base>

 

Cheat is such a negative word, implicating that I've done something deceitfully, dishonestly or wrongly.  It creates a sense of shame and guilt.  To carefully allow myself to eat something special that I wouldn't normally eat because the calories are high is not wrong.   My mantra is:  "there's no cheating in getting healthy"  (Can you hear Tom Hanks saying it like his iconic line "There's no crying in baseball!" from the movie A League of their Own?)

 

Watching my portion sizes, eating in moderation, and allowing an occasional indulgence is part of life.  It's not cheating. I don't want to learn how to cheat on myself.   I'm not planning on spending the rest of my life cheating.  I'm working on learning to eat and live the rest of my life in a fitful, healthy manner.   As I have made healthy changes in what I eat, my body craves less for all the food that would probably fall in the cheat category anyway.  

 

Just saying....Looking at it from my warped sense of humor.    I'm removing cheat from my vocabulary.