90% Of People Fail a Healthy Diet
Here are 5 TIPS that will help make dieting successful:
1. Your Mindset Most people who start dieting view it as a means to an end; however, successful healthy dieting is a lifestyle that you adopt for the rest of your life. It is unwise to achieve your health goals only to go back to your previous form and repeat the cycle.
2. Make it sustainable Since we have established that healthy dieting is a lifelong practice, you should incorporate meals you will be able to enjoy. Potatoes, steak, and fruits are some tasty but healthy foods. You can also incorporate your favorite sugary, salty, and fatty foods once or twice a week and in moderation.
3. Change your environment Out of sight, out of mind. If you get rid of junk food from your fridge, you are less likely to crave them when bored. Also, have around only the people who support your journey, and not those who will be a gateway to your 'relapsing.'
4. Do not fail twice It is difficult to be faithful to your diet forever as unavoidable circumstances and mistakes happen to the best of us. The first mistake is never the one that ruins you. It is the spiral of repeated mistakes that follows. Missing once is an accident. Missing twice is the start of a new habit.
5. Have an expert guide you This ought to be the first thing you do before starting a healthy diet as it goes unsaid that you will need an expert to help you come up with a diet to ensure you get all the required nutrients for your goals and are not actually getting yourself into health problems when trying to do the opposite. If you are looking to start your journey to lifelong health, healthy dieting is your best bet.
Remember, the food you eat can be either the safest and most powerful form of medicine or the slowest form of poison.