Seven decades of stupid diet tricks

This was great, since I really do still know people that are into the cleanse diet, cabbage soup diet ( can you say: flatulence?) and the Atkins from hell diet. I personally quit dieting some years back - deciding to eat sensibly, exercise regularly and release my grip from the fork more often -and lost nearly 40 pounds. A few have come back over the years, but nothing I can’t control with a little tweaking.

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5 diet tips that everybody can live with

I’ve lost - and kept off - more than 30 pounds for about 10 years now. It isn’t rocket science, but it is about acting like an adult, having some discipline and adhering to routines.

When I go out with friends, I hear them making up all sorts of reasons why they should have the high calorie thing - since they ‘don’t do it every day’, or this is ‘a special occasion’. This is simply justifying what you want. I have, perhaps, three occasions over the course of an entire year that I consider so special that I throw calories and caution to the wind.

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