Secret #4 Stop Seeing It As "Dieting"

You have to find something you can live with all the time. You have to shake the whole idea of being on a diet. If you think what you are doing is too strict to stick to forever... then ease things up a bit. Replace the word "diet" with the phrase "healthy lifestyle". Correct people when they refer to your healthy lifestyle as a diet. Add more calories if you are feeling too deprived to stick with your plan for life. But be sure to try choosing healthier options first. Seriously consider taking off one day a week so you can enjoy the foods you love. Repeat to yourself, "I am eating this way as part of a healthy life, for my whole life." Resist any temptation to buckle down too hard for short periods of time. This can throw you off course completely. If you fall off the horse, get right back on again. Figure out what made you fall off and come up with ways to avoid that in the future.