What are some good ways to stay and stick to a diet?

Nutritionists say that if you can’t stick to a particular “diet” your whole life, you shouldn’t try it temporarily. I say there is no such thing as a diet, but a healthy lifestyle. Because in reality you can diet all you want, but when you go back to eating regularly you’re going to gain all the weight back. ;) I would know as I used to severely restrict calories/starve myself.

As for what you should do, cut out the soda completely. I’ve never been one to drink regular soda my whole life, so I thought drinking diet soda made me healthy. Wrong! When I completely cut pop out of my diet I lost around ten pounds. This doesn’t happen for everyone, but it sure makes you healthier.

To stick to a healthy lifestyle, you should have two days a week where you are lenient on what you’re eating. That doesn’t mean you should binge on pizza, doughnuts, and ice cream but you can enjoy eating “unhealthy foods” in moderation. See, if you go seven days a week being strict with what you eat, you are WAY more likely to binge and over-eat. :)

Good luck! Remember to exercise around an hour a day. It doesn’t matter what you do, just get your blood pumping! However running/jogging, biking, and rope jumping are GREAT calorie burning activities.

And Mikeh, couldn’t have said it better myself.