Tip #22 - Splurge Every Once In A While

As important as it is to stick to your diet, it is also important to splurge sometimes. If you get an opportunity to eat world-class food, go for it. Of course you must keep some sense of what you are eating. Just because you can splurge does not mean that you can eat as much food as you want. It just means that if your mother is making her famous New England clam chowder that she makes a few times a year it is ok to have a bowl. Your life should not revolve around your diet; your diet should work around your life. This means that for all the times you are very good at keeping your diet and watching what you eat, you are allowed to cheat every once in a while. The occasional splurge will keep you sane when trying to lose weight; the emphasis here is on occasional. I must also stress the idea of a controlled splurge. You are not allowed to have an eat fest, but bending your diet every so often is a healthy thing.

P.S. For the first few weeks and months, try not to splurge because it will be hard to get back on track. Once you have lost some weight and found a successful diet, it will be rewarding to splurge occasionally.