Don't eat ice cream, don't eat sugar, don't eat processed sugar, don't eat candy, don't drink a
coke, you've heard this advice from all the diet gurus and of course, there is truth to it.
Those things are not particularly good for you.
Those things do not help you reach your ideal body weight.
But here's the problem.
You are a human being.
I am a human being.
It is human nature to want something forbidden.
The second you tell something, someone you can't have this thing, the game is over.
You're going to spend your time, energy, thoughts, figuring out how do I get that thing, the whole
forbidden fruit apple thing.
So here's the key.
You can have ice cream, you can have a candy bar, you can have a coke occasionally with the right
portions.
The problem is not so much having ice cream.
People have been eating ice cream for hundreds of years.
The problem today is the portion size.
So if you're going to get ice cream, you can't just walk into an ice cream store and say, I'll take
an ice cream or even I'll take a small ice cream.
You have to ask for the smallest, tiniest kiddie portion available.
Same with French fries society, the food industry, the restaurant industry is conspiring to make you
obese.
It's not an intentional thing.
It's just that's the collective efforts as they come together.
So you can continue to eat bad food for you, but you're going to have to figure out how to make it
rare.
An occasional treat.
The vast majority of your meals need to be healthy food.
But don't put yourself into this trap or you think, oh, I can't eat one bite of ice cream.
If I do, my whole diet is ruined and I might as well start eating three gallons of ice cream after
dinner every night.
You don't want to make it that rigid because if you fall off the wagon, which you will, then your
whole diet goes to the wrong place.
So go into this whole idea with the idea that you can still occasionally eat food that isn't healthy
for you.
If it is in small enough portions and if it is infrequent enough, it cannot be a daily habit if you
wish to maintain or reach your ideal weight.