Do you have trouble sticking to healthy eating plans or diets? If so, you are far from alone in having this difficulty. There are several reasons that can contribute to this. First of all, there are simply so many temptations to stray from your diet that it can seem like you need an iron will to be consistent.
Then there is the issue of information overload. We get so much contradictory information about what we should or should not eat that we can easily get overwhelmed and simply eat whatever we feel like. It's also possible, if you have a half dozen different nutritional theories running around in your head, to selectively pick the one that conveniently fits your current whim! In this case, you are not really following any plan at all.
So how can we remain faithful to a healthy eating plan when it is so easy to fall back on old habits? If you are someone who has trouble sticking to diets, then you may want to try a different approach. Rather than trying to follow the precise rules of a particular diet, use sensible guidelines that will point you in the right direction. Along similar lines, don't make promises to yourself, such as people do when they make New Year's resolutions that you will "never again" eat a donut, drink a soda, order a double cheeseburger or give in to whatever your weaknesses happen to be.
