{"id":242,"date":"2008-10-18T11:18:59","date_gmt":"2008-10-18T15:18:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bipolarcentral.com\/bipolarsupporterblog\/?p=242"},"modified":"2009-03-17T08:57:32","modified_gmt":"2009-03-17T12:57:32","slug":"the-bipolar-cheaters-diet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.bipolarsupporter.com\/bipolarsupporterblog\/the-bipolar-cheaters-diet\/","title":{"rendered":"The Bipolar Cheater’s Diet"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Hope you’re having a good day.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Guess what? Today is the day that I measure my body fat for being in NON competitive body building\u2014meaning I do it as a hobby.<\/span><\/p>\n

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So today hopefully I will hit 6.8% and then I am going to eat whatever I want. Today is a total cheat day.<\/span><\/p>\n

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I also am taking ten full days off from the gym and cardio.<\/span><\/p>\n

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What in the world does this have to do with bipolar disorder?’<\/span><\/p>\n

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Something.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Okay I was telling my friend who was a woman about my training program. She said she was on a diet.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Ask any woman if she’s ever been on a diet and she will most probably say yes (in fact, she may even be on one now). In fact, my women (and even men) have been on several different diets over the course of their lives.<\/span><\/p>\n

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The problem with diets (as you probably know) is that they don’t work. <\/span><\/span>And there are so many fad diets out there. <\/span>What was “in” yesterday is “out” today and vice-versa.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Most people who go on fad diets end up failing and gaining back all the weight they lost and more.<\/span><\/p>\n

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I know a woman, though, who lost 30 pounds over the course of several months, and kept the weight off.<\/span><\/p>\n

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I asked her what diet she was on, and she said, “No specific diet.”<\/span><\/p>\n

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I said, “How did you lose all that weight?”<\/span><\/p>\n

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You’re not going to believe her answer! (Scroll down for the answer)<\/span><\/p>\n

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Keep scrolling\u2026<\/span><\/p>\n

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Are you ready for this?<\/span><\/p>\n

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She said, “I cheated.”<\/span><\/p>\n

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I said, “You did WHAT?”<\/span><\/p>\n

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And she repeated, “I cheated.”<\/span><\/p>\n

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I had to know. <\/span>Wouldn’t you want to know?<\/span><\/p>\n

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So I asked her to explain.<\/span><\/p>\n

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She said that all week she would watch what she ate and would be pretty strict about it. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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As she had said, no specific diet (definitely no fad diet), but she ate <\/span>good healthy food and exercised.<\/span><\/p>\n

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She still had my curiosity up, and I asked her to continue.<\/span><\/p>\n

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“But what’s your secret?” <\/span>I asked.<\/span><\/p>\n

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She said that as long as she adhered to a good healthy diet all week, she allowed herself to “cheat” on Sunday.<\/span><\/p>\n

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“Something small,” she said, “but something sweet, because I figure I feel I’ve earned it.”<\/span><\/p>\n

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So her big secret to losing weight was to cheat on purpose? <\/span>NO.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Her big secret was that if you eat a healthy diet, cheating once in a while is not going to destroy your diet.<\/span><\/p>\n

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In my courses\/systems below, I totally advocate eating a healthy diet and exercising:<\/span><\/p>\n

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But I also believe you must have a balanced life as well when you’re dealing with bipolar disorder.<\/span><\/p>\n

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If you get obsessive about your loved one’s diet, planning every meal, counting every calorie and fat gram, you’ll lose the whole point of living a healthy lifestyle!<\/em><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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There are other options, too.<\/span><\/p>\n

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For example, you know that I’m a non-competitive body builder, so I’m very conscious how I eat. <\/span>But I eat 6 smaller meals a day instead of 3 larger meals a day.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Diabetics eat this way as well, for their blood sugar.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Anyway, what my main point about all this and how it relates to bipolar disorder is this:<\/span><\/p>\n

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Don’t be so vigilant about your loved one’s bipolar disorder that you never give them a break \u2013 a “cheat” \u2013 some breathing room.<\/span><\/p>\n

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They’re not going to have a bipolar episode every day if you don’t keep watch over them.<\/span><\/p>\n

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You can still help your loved one manage their disorder and stick to their treatment plan and not \u201dwatch every single calorie” (speaking figuratively).<\/span><\/p>\n

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Remember to still have fun together \u2013 don’t let the disorder rule your life. <\/span>“Cheat” once in a while on your “bipolar diet”!<\/span><\/p>\n

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Visit: http:\/\/www.bipolarcentral.com\/testimonials<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

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Hi,<\/p>\n

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Hope you’re having a good day.<\/p>\n

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Guess what? Today is the day that I measure my body fat for being in NON competitive body building\u2014meaning I do it as a hobby.<\/p>\n

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So today hopefully I will hit 6.8% and then I am going to eat whatever I want. Today is a total cheat day.<\/p>\n

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I also am taking ten full days off from the gym and cardio.<\/p>\n

Continue Reading<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\nThe Bipolar Cheater's Diet - Bipolar Supporter Blog<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bipolarsupporter.com\/bipolarsupporterblog\/the-bipolar-cheaters-diet\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"The Bipolar Cheater's Diet - Bipolar Supporter Blog\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Hi, Hope you’re having a good day. Guess what? Today is the day that I measure my body fat for being in NON competitive body building\u2014meaning I do it as a hobby. 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