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My Favorite Foods Equals My Favorite Diet

There are two basic types of dieters. Type 1: Some dieters just decide to go on a diet with no plan in mind. Type II: Some dieters pick out a diet plan.

One of the first things that the Type II dieter does is check out the diet menu that they'll be eating throughout the weight loss process. On the other hand, Type I dieters are lost in diet space - not knowing what they should eat, or how much they should eat. Let's see if we can bring these two diet types together, shall we?

Whether most of us want to accept it or not, the current manner in which diets are carried out isn't working, with obesity reaching new levels each day. So while the Type 1 dieter may not know which foods to eat, and while the Type II dieter is curious to learn the foods in their new diet plan - both may do best by looking no further than their own Diet Backyard. Sounds a little Oz, doesn't it?

Here's why.... When we deter too far away from Diet Home, we have higher odds of getting lost on the Diet Path - even when we've got a diet plan in place. Of course, the further we travel down the Diet Path while remaining on our new, improved diet, the more our Diet Confidence builds. Unfortunately, most dieters don't last that long on the Diet Path. They grow weary of unusual foods, boring foods, bland foods, sometimes strange and exotic foods and they take the fast lane leading off the Diet Path to Diet Destruction.

The Type I dieters typically eat the foods in their current diet (i.e. mostly favorite foods) but their willpower wanes quickly. It's difficult fending off our favorite goodies - and therein lies the Big Diet Problem. Type I dieters must get control and keep on dieting until the weight is gone, and then work to keep weight gain from returning.

So we have Type I dieters needing to lasso control, and Type II dieters who need to find a way to insert favorite foods into their diet so they'll continue to remain in control. Perhaps a good solution in helping all dieters spend more time dieting than not, would be to include favorite foods in their diet plan as well as encourage the following:

Revise recipes to include healthier ingredients.
Make it a practice to enjoy those favorite 'sinful' goodies now and then, but also learn to reach for a natural treat most of the time.
Celebrations are one of the major roots of weight gain, so there is a need for dieters to plan ahead for these events - not only financially and socially, but also in the area of diet.

We've got a long way to go before we learn about everything that makes us tick, but this is a good start in the area of diet, weight loss and control. Simply put, our favorite foods equal our favorite diet.