How to Cheat Without Wrecking Your Diet
Diet-Friendly Foods
The secret to shedding pounds isn't saying no to guilty pleasures, it's learning how to say yes without causing diet damage.
"Cheating should be planned and deliberate," says Ann Kulze, MD, author of Dr. Ann's 10-Step Diet: A Simple Plan for Permanent Weight Loss and Lifelong Vitality (Top Ten Wellness and Fitness, 2004). "Avoiding favorite foods can lead to bingeing, followed by regret and abandonment of all your efforts." Allowing yourself the occasional splurge helps you truly enjoy the treat -- and that makes it easier to take a pass on little extras the rest of the time.
Fortunately, you can indulge and still keep calories in check by substituting an equally gratifying and decadent yet more diet-friendly alternative for the food you're craving. (Would you believe cheesecake is an option?) Try these 10 trade-offs and we promise you won't feel the least bit deprived.
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1/13/2012 04:11:00 PM Report AbuseWell I hate to be the bearer of bad news but none of these are "good" choices. Of course, depriving yourself all the time will not help you stick to a healthy lifestyle change. I tell my clients that if you want a piece of cake eat a small slice just don't eat the whole cake. If you want dessert out with friends, get one dessert and share it with yours friends.
1/8/2012 07:49:08 AM Report AbuseI feel any diet that limits you from cravings leads to binge eating. So allow myself great tasting snacks like YoCrunch candy yogurts. They have Oreos, Crunch Bar, m&ms, etc so any of those always help. www.yocrunch.com
10/14/2011 05:06:59 PM Report AbuseUm, sorry to nitpick, but these foods are not "without" calories as you state in the lead-in to the story.
9/19/2011 05:18:54 PM Report AbuseWhat about DARK chocolate instead of MILK chocolate?!
9/19/2011 10:28:58 AM Report Abuse