Diet Saboteurs

From MyCurves.com

“You want to eat better but there are saboteurs at every turn...what is a girl to do?”

Why is it that the people who love you the most are the first to sabotage your healthy eating goals? Your best friend knows you're trying to make better choices, but that time of the month is coming and she just must have some fries. Your husband tried eating healthily with you for a few days, but now he's missing his meatloaf and mashed potatoes. Your kids just don't understand why you're baking fish instead of fish sticks, and why you're reluctant to fix them an ice cream cone.

It's just a fact that you may often be alone in striving to achieve your goals. It's best if you start off expecting the worse from those around you so you can plan your offense, so here's some tips:

1) When eating out with friends, don't let others dictate what you get. Don't feel weird if everyone else gets burgers and fries- you can still get the baked fish and veggies. You can be happy because you can steal a few fries off their plates and not feel guilty about eating a whole order.

2) Like it or not, your new healthy menu probably won't be a hit with your family. Although eating well won't kill them - although the drama that may escalate can seem as if you've just served up a plate of poison ivy with a side of arsenic, you may want to keep the peace and make a deal that you expect them to accept that the menu will change at least a few nights a week.

On nights they're having what they like, plan to have plenty of healthy sides for yourself and substitute here and there for your portion: make yourself a turkey burger when they're having hamburgers, throw on a piece of seasoned (unbreaded) fish next to the fish sticks they want, or make yourself a big salad with grilled chicken (even if it's pre-packaged) when they're having fried chicken.

Plan ahead for the diet snipers in your life and you may make it out alive, well, and healthy.