Here's how to go another round

“You know you need to eat better but you also know that as soon as hunger pang**** you'll throw in the towel. Here's how to go another round.”

When we think about a "diet", we quickly imagine ourselves crawling on hands and knees with only the strength to utter, "Need food...need food." Let's get real. First, forget "diets." Weird programs that have you eating only salad with no dressing and restrict everything you'd normally eat are not going to work. Eating a healthy diet is something you just need to learn, and something you'll probably enjoy once you figure it out. You'll need to re-educate your palette and before long you'll realize you don't need all those sauces, condiments, and gravies to enjoy your food. For many people, you can eat five to six times a day so hunger won't come around. You just need to eat good food the majority of the time, in portions that make sense, and keep treats to a minimum, but don't ban things you love. Get your workout in, go for a walk or engage in a physical activity on a regular basis and you'll find that only don't you feel deprived, but you'll be exhilarated by the healthy change you've created.