
Originally Posted by
RMK711
Panagsa raman sad na nako gibuhat.. maybe 1x a month. On most weeks I try to balance out what I'm eating over the whole week, so I'm not that strict with what I'm eating from day to day. If I eat too much this day, then the next day I'll eat less. This works for me because there are some days when I can eat whatever I want and not feel like I'm forcing myself into a diet. I think most people are too strict with what they eat, so they go on a kind of yo-yo eating pattern where for weeks they watch every calorie they eat and go to parties and not eat anything, then after that they crash and give up on the diet and eat whatever they want.
I prefer what I'm doing, because it allows me to fail a few days a week and still feel like I'm following a long-term plan. For me, it's unavoidable for most people to have off-days from any plan in a given week, because of things like parties, dates, etc. The main reason people give up on eating right is because they are too strict for too long and feel they've already failed when they eat too much for a couple of days and so decide to just give up. With what I'm doing I don't feel I'm restricting myself when I go to a party, I eat whatever I want, so I don't feel left out. This is what works for me, I know it's not science but I feel it's the only common sense way to follow a long-term plan. Plans that don't allow failures every now and then just don't work for me, and I think for most people.