8 Diet Rules That Are Meant to Be Broken

James Worrell

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By Jeannette Moninger

If you don't eat red meat or snack after 8 p.m., girl, it's time to loosen up. The secret to losing weight is finding your happy medium (or medium rare). Get ready to break a few rules and lose weight, too.

Put Some Fun Back in Your Diet

Sticking to certain diet must-dos may actually be sabotaging your skinny-jeans goal. "A black-and-white 'This is good, this is bad' mentality sets you up for failure," says Judith Beck, PhD, author of The Beck Diet Solution. "With one minor dietary infraction, the mind-set becomes 'I've blown it, so I might as well keep going.'" Even worse, you may be following faulty advice. Learn why you should break these eight hard-and-fast diet rules -- and get ready to drop a size, you rebel, you.

Next: The Rule: Swear off red meat to cut calories.

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mccuskertam62 wrote:

I concur the less meat you eat, the less you miss it I haven't eaten meat in many years and I don't miss it. Plus meat causes too many problems, slow digestion, atherosclorosis, high blood pressure, cancer,weight gain, tiredness ,makes some people meaner. Not to mention the sodium nitrates that are bad for your brain and allergies.Plus you have less energy for exercises, it goes to digestion instead. Save the animals!!! TM

6/23/2012 11:47:13 AM Report Abuse

electricjudy wrote:

I think that "swearing off red meat" is too simplistic and a dynamic than can set you up for failure. If you have been a red meat eater for a long time the best thing to do is to reduce and then maybe eliminate after you have protein substitutions established. I've seen way too many women go straight to anemia with this type of drastic change. Moderation leads to success.

1/16/2012 10:54:34 AM Report Abuse