9 to 5 Dieting: Surviving Food Temptations

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The workday grind can be a dieter’s worst nightmare. Yet it doesn’t have to be that way.

You’re wise to avoid donuts, steer clear of vending machines and go easy on the pasta in the company cafeteria. But there’s no need to chain yourself to your desk with a mountain of carrot sticks and rice cakes.

Food boredom—and there’s nothing like carrots and rice cakes to bring that on – is one sure-fire way to kill a diet. Another is isolating yourself to avoid temptation.

“Reality of the matter is ‘dieting’ is not an on/off proposition,” Warshaw says. “It’s a long-term lifestyle change proposition. The longer that people think of this as temporary, the longer they will be frustrated by weight loss and regain.”

Bottom line, she says, is people have to make small and simple changes in their behaviors about food, food choices and the portions they eat.