Diet Relaxation — Balancing Comfort and Healthy Foods
Sometimes you just have to indulge — don’t fret it!
People who attempt to adhere to strict diets often fail. I know this from personal experience where I went on an extremely low calorie diet, only to gain back the weight I had lost within a year after coming off the diet.
It’s why I now eat what I plan on eating normally. I don’t consider it a diet. It’s just my normal eating. And by restricting the time frame daily, I gain the benefit of fasting. It has worked for six months, and I don’t have any cravings for things I might be missing.
At least, not usually.
Comfort once in a while — don’t stress it
Too often, jumping off a diet creates stress — you’re breaking your promise to yourself by eating food you know you shouldn’t. Relax! It’s okay to ‛cheat’ now and then. Just don’t go overboard and cheat every day.
In the photo above, I balanced a comfort food — a Vietnamese donut (called banh tieu) with a cranberry/mint smoothie I found on Dr. Greger’s site, pistachios and walnuts, blueberries and raspberries, and pumpkin seeds. Since it was early in the day, I added coffee for a boost of energy.
