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Allow For "Cheats"

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Allow yourself a cheat now and again--but include it in your plan for the day. If you don't let yourself have "forbidden foods" occasionally, you will end up binging and doing far worse!

- Submitted by BARBARASDIET 6/18/2010 in Healthy Eating | 2 Comments

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I tell myself that I am not allowed to cheat and I stick to my resolution. This way, I am not tempted to cheat on my diet because I already told myself I couldn't. It has worked really well.

- Submitted by JAMMASTERJENN 6/18/2010 | 0 Comments | View Secret

Cut out baked goods

I was pretty much hooked on baked goods. Removed them from my diet except for allowing one "cheat" day per week.

That in addition to daily cardio work contributed to 20 pound weight loss.

- Submitted by JAALSPA 6/18/2010 | 0 Comments | View Secret

If you spill red wine on a white carpet, you just clean it up, not pour on more.

We all have days when we don't follow our nutrition goals, when we eat so much we feel really, really bad later. Sometimes it's tempting to just keep on going like this because after all, we blew it once again right? Wrong. Just like you can get any stain out if you act quickly, you can turn yourself around by thinking about what you did and how you can prevent it next time.

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Allow yourself "cheat" days once in a while, maybe once a month. Don't count your calories that day, eat whatever you've been craving and only eat until you're full. When you have a craving write it down and then on cheat day see if you still feel like eating it.

- Submitted by FATTIEBOOMBATTY 6/18/2010 | 2 Comments | View Secret

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