Wendy...not sure you can "cheat" with healthy stuff! If you are giving your bod the nutrition it needs and not filling up on all the stuff that causes problems, then you must be doing right!
I know I don't count calories or anything else. I eat when I am hungry, or before. I try and make good choices based on what I have learned about nutrition. Sometimes my choices aren't the best, but I don't even think about that as cheating. A slip up, or a bad choice, yes!
I'm not sure what you are eating that you think is cheating, if it is healthy food! Seems like an oxymoron to me!
I think if you are working the program AND the program is working then, GO FOR IT!
Ellen