The fear of going astray with your diet and ruining months of food sacrifices is a real nightmare, but if you do it like this you won’t do any damage!
When you go on a diet, the free meal is always expected, but in everyday life it happens that you have to go beyond the free meal. But don’t worry: if you do it in a constructive way, the mistake will not affect your results.
In any type of diet there is at least one free meal, a day in which you don’t weigh food, you don’t watch calories and you don’t have to pay attention to what you eat: you just have to think about enjoying the well-deserved meal that the more we like it. However, if you add birthday dinners, unscheduled aperitifs, evenings out, and business lunches to the free meal to which you can’t say no, following the diet can become really difficult, and guilt can start to creep into our conscience.
The bad news is that you have to give up something. Otherwise what diet is it?! The good news, however, is that even the mistake, if managed well, can not only be accepted without feelings of guilt, but also preparatory to maintaining a healthy and happy lifestyle, as well as balanced and dietary. The important thing, therefore, is know how to handle mistakes which more or less daily lead us into temptation.
First, the first tip to manage mistakes in a constructive way is to accept them and not see the excess as a failure, because it isn’t. So, it’s okay to try not to go astray, but when it happens you shouldn’t blame yourself, because it can happen and because no one is being killed. Having said that, it is normal that cheating cannot be the order of the day. For example, if you are invited to a birthday, it won’t be a (small) slice of cake that ruins our physical shape as well as a business lunch will not damage our figure if you order low-calorie foods.
When you go out to dinner, or find yourself in situations where you don’t eat at home, with your own doses and foods, just choose dishes that are not excessively fatty or excessively heavy, and opt, for example, for a second course instead of a first course. Likewise, a glass of wine doesn’t do any harm, but you have to limit yourself to that and don’t add more or drink spirits or sugary drinks, because It’s always excess that ruins things!
Experts recommend following 5 simple tips. Tip number 1: Don’t let one slip-up lead to a cycle of reckless binging. Tip number 2: after a mistake, slightly reduce the portions of subsequent meals or increase physical activity without too heavy restrictions. Tip number 3: if you want to eat a full-fat cheeseburger in a time without cheats, choose a post-workout time because the channels that carry glucose into the muscles have been opened by physical activity and the energy from the cheeseburger is used by the body in a more functional way.
Tip number 4: use breakfast to eat something more delicious and tasty, will help you start your day better, both nutritionally and emotionally. Tip number 5: plan the breakdown and set it on a certain date it will help you have a goal during the previous period and will make you enjoy the free meal even more.