If you’re on a fat loss diet plan, there
may be a chance that you could come to ‘fear’ certain foods after so long. You’ve been conditioned to know which foods
are ‘good’ and which foods are ‘bad’ and do everything you can to stay away
from the bad ones and only eat the good ones.
The big problem with this good and bad
thinking however is that it forms a negative association in your mind regarding
certain foods in the diet. If you’re not
careful, this could lead to eating disorders over time, which are very serious
and could require extensive treatment to overcome.
Let’s take a quick look at some of the
important things that you should remember that will help you maintain a more
positive relationship with food while dieting.
Think
In Terms Of Healthy Or Not Healthy
The very first thing that you should be
doing to maintain a healthy relationship with food is think in terms of healthy
or not healthy rather than good or bad.
This shifts the perspective and allows you to focus on the health
benefits that certain foods provide, which is a much healthier association.
Try filling your diet with the most
nutritious foods that you can, not because they are low in calories but because
they will do the most for you from a nutritional point of view.
Plan
For Cheat Meals
Next, another thing that you should be
doing is planning some cheat meals into your program. Cheat meals are great
because they give you psychological relief from strict diets and help you see
that eating a food that’s ‘off’ your diet list won’t automatically make you
gain all the fat you’ve lost right back.
This is key for maintaining that healthy
relationship with food. Cheat meals
should be scheduled once every week or two for maximum benefits. More frequently may not be a good idea as it
could hinder progress, but making sure to get them in every so often is
important.
Periodically
Take Diet Breaks
Finally, the last thing to keep in mind is
that you should periodically add some diet breaks as well. This is key for helping you learn your new maintenance
calorie intake so you don’t start thinking that you must maintain a very low
calorie intake in order to succeed with keeping the weight off.
Often what occurs is that as you progress
on the diet, your metabolism slows down so you start decreasing your calorie
intake further to spark more fat loss, but over time, this leads to a very low
calorie intake.
Before you know it you’re scared of eating
more again for fear all the weight will come rushing back on.
Diet breaks will not only help to reset
your metabolism but also teach you that you can eat more food and still
maintain your body weight.
So there you have the most important things
to note about maintaining a healthy relationship with food while dieting. For
your psychological health, this is a must.
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