Let’s see if this sounds familiar: you just started a new diet, absolutely sure that this time it’s going to be different and that it’s going to work. You’re getting used to the new routine standards for food and training, and everything is going well.

You’re hit by an unexpected problem, maybe something small, like a small excess in your diet. That pack of cookies that doesn’t belong to you but was given, where you end up falling into temptation and eating something that isn’t included in your diet. Or, it could be something bigger, like that party that comes up. When that happens you have 2 options: Not going, or knowing right from the start that you’re going to blow your diet. It could also be something that lasts longer, like a holiday where you might stay away from home for days, or even weeks. What would you do in this situation?

Well, if you belong to the majority, the scenario we most expect is the one we call “lost because of 100, might as well lose because of 1000!”. After not resisting that cookie, the guilt feeling is installed, because you broke your diet. That leads to you eating the whole packet. Seen as that party is going to ruin your diet, might as well eat as much as you can and give up, right??

What if we tell you that this doesn’t have to happen? What if we tell you that the fact that you’re so restricted in your diet is exactly what’s making you fail, and that by being flexible with your eating habits you’ll make everything work better?

What if we tell you that scientific studies prove that people who follow a flexible diet (as a pose to those who follow a restricted diet) display a better physique and have greater ease in maintaining their diet in the long run, resulting in many less episodes like the one we just described.

VEJA TAMBÉM: O QUE É A DIETA FLEXÍVEL?