Let’s break these down.
1. Too restrictive
They are that way for a reason, faster changes. The more you cut out, the quicker you will see results. The problem? You don’t make long lasting life changes that stick long after you move on from the diet. And it makes you crave ask if the foods you ‘can’t’ have.
2. All or Nothing thinking
You’re all in or you’re going to fail. Diets are designed programs that don’t let you create a healthy balance. It’s the way of the diet or the highway, it traps you in a negative mindset that doesn’t let you thrive. It doesn’t have to be this OR that, it can be this AND that.
3. Doesn’t fit real life
Real life craves balance, in all aspects. The right amount of lazy with the right amount of get up and go. The right amount of junk food with the right amount of better for you choices. Diets restrict your ability to create balance and then they spit you out with no clear path forward. And a yo-yo diet cycle is started.
It’s time to change that mindset by creating your own version of healthy, one that you get to update and change as you move forward in your food and fitness journey. One that doesn’t keep you stuck eating one way.