Okay, I know that these work out vids really want you to follow their diet strictly, but I am going to do something now that I've always done when I've dieted: the 80/20 plan. You need to eat well 80% of the time and 20% of the time you can splurge. (it's probably more like 85/15 for me).
The way I see it, if this is going to be a more lifestyle change, rather than crash diet, it has to be something that I can see myself doing long term. And every now and then I just need a big pot of melted cheese! (we're going to have fondue tonight). I think this actually keeps me on my diet better than if I don't take the time, 1 meal a week, to just eat as though I'm not on a diet. For one, it makes me feel like I'm not completely sacrificing all that delicious food. That feeling makes me want to give up. I do think that we should be able to enjoy delicious, fatty, unhealthy foods, as long as it is in moderation.
Second, I think doing this splurge meal actually makes me crave the better stuff. When I am eating well, my body doesn't deal well with overly greasy, fatty foods, so this is just the reminder my body needs to think, "woah, that may have tasted well, but it's not so good in here."
I've done this numerous times and don't think that it halts my weight loss as long as I am committed to working out and eating healthy the other 85% of the time. It also makes me really push on my next day workout because I know I have more calories to work off.
Plus, I do like to go on date nights, eat out, and be social and I don't like being that friend/girlfriend/co-worker that can't go here or there because they don't have a good diet menu. I know I have to do this 80% of the time, but for just that one meal, I'm dipping cookies in chocolate, carby bread in cheese and having 2 (maybe even 3!) glasses of wine.
And it doesn't hurt that I took a sneak peak at the scale and have lost 3 pounds!
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