Cheat on Your Diet
We would never advocate cheating on your spouse or on your taxes. But we want you to cheat on your diet.
Take one meal during the week and forget everything about good carbohydrates and good fats. Have whatever it is — pizza, chocolate cake — that you miss the most.
Think of this cheat meal as the carrot at the end of a good week of eating. Enjoy your meal of gluttony, but please, don’t make the carrot literally a carrot.
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05-11-07 at 8:05 am
I think this actually makes sense. If you plan for it, you can have a big fat indulgence and not feel too guilty about it.
My favorite is after a really good stretch of healthy eating, to walk a few miles the Best Ice Cream Place in the Universe and have a hot fudge sundae--instead of lunch or dinner. Just knowing I can do that every once in awhile puts the brakes (at least sometimes) on less satisfying treats.