It's like going to an AA meeting and saying "I had a beer and a shot last night"...is that okay.
The point of the fast IS the fast...not the fast with what foods you can sneak in...chew & spit out etc.
I agree with you 100%
When I started mine, my mind was 1000% into it and if at any point I felt I couldn't keep going then that would have been the end Day 1, Day 10 or otherwise