It's Okay to Break Your Diet

Splurge on one meal or day a week. Include a fun day (In our home it’s Sunday) where you can eat anything you want, even if it’s not a complete meal, not from all of the food groups and not necessarily healthy. Everybody gets to choose what they will eat on Sunday. It's planned early in the week so we can include any "special items" in our shopping - and gives that person something fun to look forward to all week.

Splurging once a week is frequent enough that you can stay on your diet or healthy eating program all week and still celebrate at the end.

(We've also found that in the beginning, we ate lots more junk food on Sunday than we do now. After a few weeks of trial and error, you'll most likely find yourself cutting back, not wanting so many sweets or junk foods, as you learn how much of a tasty thing you can eat without making yourself sick.)

Splurging one day a week also encourages buying small quantities of junk food (a pint of ice cream rather than a half gallon) Or going out for a donut rather than buying by the dozen or a bag.

- Angela