You did what the diet

said to do. You ate the

right foods and gave

up your favourites. But

the weight stayed on.

Was it the diet’s fault?

Or did you cheat, just

a little—OK, maybe a

lot—and before you

knew it, the diet was

history. Try these 10

easy tricks to quit

cheating for good.

BY STEPHANIE KARPINSKE

Be truthful

W a tc h o u t fo r o v ersig h ts th a t ad d up. “P eople are

o fte n in d en ial a b o u t w h a t th e y ate,” says R u th

F rech m an , MA, RD, S p o k esp e rso n fo r th e A m erican

D ietetic A ssociation. “T h ey e ith e r p u rp o se ly u n d e r-

re p o rt w h a t th e y a te o r th e y ju s t d o n ’t know .”

T h is can h a p p e n ev en w ith h e a lth y foods. “T h e

differen ce b e tw e e n a sm all an d large ap p le can b e 50

h ea lth y calories,” sh e says. T h o se e x tra calories could be

w h y y o u ’re n o t seein g re su lts o n th e scale.

K eep a basic food diary

(and don’t fib!). Studies

show th e ro u tin e can

double your w eight loss.

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