Diets don't work. Period.
Depriving yourself of things that you really enjoy (which, for me, is eating) isn't sustainable long-term. Life is meant to be enjoyed and, while eating healthy is important, there are times when it's appropriate to indulge. When you don't let yourself enjoy the things you love, you end up craving them more (and this is where most binge eating occurs). This is where moderation comes into play.
The challenge this week is to allow yourself to indulge in the foods you love one day per week.
The best way to approach this challenge is to see it as an attempt to eat healthy for six days a week and then splurge on the 7th. In other words, all those little things you deny yourself during the week? Go ahead and have a bit on the 7th day.
"A bit" are the key words. That doesn't mean eating an entire pizza, ordering McDonald's for breakfast, lunch, and dinner, or polishing off a bag of cookies. It means having a few slices of pizza, or McDonald's for lunch, or eating a few cookies, i.e things you wouldn't normally do during your week of healthy eating.
View your 7th day as a day off. Relax a little. Indulge a little. Hopefully, by this point in your year, you've made enough positive changes (such as healthy eating and regular exercising) that one day a week of slacking won't make much difference. :)
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