{"id":39215,"date":"2011-01-04T12:20:18","date_gmt":"2011-01-04T17:20:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/?p=39215"},"modified":"2011-01-04T12:21:19","modified_gmt":"2011-01-04T17:21:19","slug":"how-to-break-up-with-your-diet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/01\/how-to-break-up-with-your-diet\/","title":{"rendered":"How To Break Up With Your Diet"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Every New Year’s<\/a>, millions of people say “Enough!” and pledge to lose weight. They begin Atkins<\/a>, Weight Watchers<\/a>, The Zone<\/a>, the Grapefruit Diet<\/a>, The Cabbage Soup diet<\/a>, or Slim Fast<\/a>. We’ve seen it time and again- they follow all of the rules, lose their weight, reach their goal and quit the diet. They return to their regular life and many times, they gain the weight right back. Why does this happen?<\/p>\n

It’s simple. It’s because they undertook a “diet” and not a lifestyle change. The word “diet” indicates an action that has a beginning and an end.\u00a0 “Diet” to most of us equals deprivation and lots of\u00a0 sweat. You often hear people say, “I’ve begun a diet” or “I’m off the diet – it wasn’t working for me!” That’s because if you diet, you don’t really change any of your firmly entrenched habits long term, and those habits return. The key to a true and lasting weight loss<\/a> is to get off the traditional diet path and get on with living a healthy lifestyle.<\/p>\n

Instead of making gigantic changes in your daily life, pick one area and make a change. When you’ve made one change a part of your daily routine, make another. Those small, incremental differences really add up.\u00a0 Before you know it, you’ve seamlessly transformed your entire life – and those lost pounds will stay away!<\/p>\n

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As an example, if you are a gaming enthusiast, saying that you will begin a running regimen is probably going to be a habit that will not stick. By the same token, a carnivore is not going to find long term love for the vegan<\/a> menu. A gamer would have more success using a Wii or Xbox Kinect to play and break a sweat. A meat lover needs to find a way to enjoy lower fat and smaller portions of remade favorites. If you love sweets, you’ll need to try sugar substitutes or enjoy them weekly instead of daily.<\/p>\n

Try some of these changes to get started:<\/strong><\/p>\n