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May 31, 2012
Warning! Stop Sabotaging Your Diet
Melissa Williams, HL&S Editor | Co-Owner, Yoga Junction
Is your diet making you fat? Diet fads come and go, but unfortunately some portions of these bad diets stick around ...
... Other times, we take what we hear and run with it, making what was once a healthy option into a very unhealthy behavior.
If you’re wishing to truly make a change in your life with your diet, remember this simple adage: calories in vs. calories out.
In the end, what matters is how you balance what you eat with how you move.
So unless you plan on eating an entire tub of ice cream, you don’t need to spend 4 hours at the gym. Ready to find out if you’re committing any of these diet disasters? Try this simple one on for size ...
Try this one on for size:
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Salad may not be the best choice. Oftentimes, salads do not contain enough calories or substance- including protein or fat- to make you feel satiated for very long. At the same time, you don’t want to take a healthy salad and make it a high-calorie disaster with too much full-fat dressing or cheese. When picking a salad, go for one with dark greens, loads of veggies, some protein from either beans or poultry or fish, and a healthy fat like avocado.
READ ON to find out if you’re committing any more diet disaasters without even knowing you are sabotaging your eating regimen.
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