Abandon the Diet

What do you think when you hear the word diet? Does it make you nod your head in knowing acceptance or has it become another four-letter word to you? If you're a fan of the diet, of course there are oodles to choose from that incorporate as many foods as there are in existence - Twinkies included!

Let's face it -diets get a real bad rap. So much so there's actually an anti-diet movement because typically, diets just don't work long-term. Possibly because we think of them as temporary solutions that are so vastly different from what our normal habits are. Is it true that we have to change our habits that dramatically in order to get the results we desire? Of course, that depends on what your current habits are (i.e. eating the entire pizza vs. one slice).

Diet doesn't have to be a dirty word if you incorporate healthy habits that make sense into your life. Note the word healthy. If you want to lead a healthy life and abandon diets once and for all, establish healthy eating patterns and live by them instead of thinking of them as temporary behaviors.