Never Say Never!

Enjoy life! Have a slice of birthday cake and treat yourself to a

burger every now and then.

When you deny yourself all of

life’s indulgences you will set yourself up for weight loss

failure. But be smart: have a small piece of the cake and forego

Fries with that burger!

Deciding whether to treat yourself during a diet or instead sticking

only to the diet plan can be a difficult choice. Studies prove that

treating yourself during a diet can not only help you achieve greater

weight loss but will also increase motivation for diet, preventing

decrease in metabolism, and help eliminate binging.

Did you know that the adaptation theory mentioned in previous post

applies to nutrition as well?

Well take a while guess, yes it does! If

one continues to eat the same foods everyday for a prolonged time

the body will adapt and slow down weight loss progress secondary

to a decrease in metabolic rate. Therefore having a tasty treat or

cheat snack in one or twice a week in your diet plan will actually

enhance ability to accomplish long term fitness goals.

One of the most diet demolishing act most people deal with is binge

eating.

Binge eating is when a person has a craving to eat something

and refuse to eat it at that moment but supplements that hunger with

eating a lot of healthy food or vice versa causing an increase in calorie

consumption which cause weight gain.

To prevent the binge effect you should eat what you are craving in little amounts.

I recommend implementing a cheat snack or two a week once you are confident in your power to follow your diet plan clean. The caveat is to punish yourself with extra cardio time

after treating yourself, this will cause negative association with eating cheat

snacks mentally preventing frequent cravings meanwhile burning excess calories!