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submitted: Aug 13th 2008 | by: JoelRiley | Total views: 1 | Word Count: 441 | |

If you're the average person on a diet, then you've experienced times where you fall off the diet wagon and succumb to the many temptations in your daily life. It's all too easy to be tempted by advertisements of the juicy hamburgers so perfectly put together and just waiting for you to order them.

Unfortunately, those ads can sabotage us when we're trying to stick to our diets. One effective advertisement and you can cost yourself too many calories or fat for the day, but more important is the mental damage it does when you decide to give up your whole diet just because you had one bad day

Sometimes it is not as easy as barricading yourself inside and never watching TV again; this isn't a realistic solution to the situation. You have to be stronger than your cravings and steadfast to your commitment to your health

By remembering that the ads are designed to sway and tempt you to splurge, the food never tastes quite as good as it looks. Who enjoys a lukewarm, smashed up burger with a bun that is soaked in grease? Somehow it just kind of kills the desire to gorge myself on fast food.

Get it your way - Don't be afraid to ask for what you want or don't want. If you decide you need a burger, then order it with no cheese or mayo as an open-faced sandwich. A regular hamburger can satisfy your hunger and will have less fat.

If you use the drive-through, chances are you won't be as tempted as you are if you go inside. There are sights, sounds and smells that act as a mental stimulation and encourage us to sit and gorge on food. If we drive through and come home and eat, chances are we probably aren't going to even eat everything we bought.

Drive throughs are also helpful when the smell of the fries boiling in oil tempts you to order the biggest size available. When you go through the drive through, the smell isn't as apparent as it is inside.

When you order food to be delivered to your home, this can be to your advantage. You pick what you want, you don't have to be tempted with seeing other pictures of food on the menu, thereby maybe avoiding the trap called over eating.

Sometimes paying a little extra money to someone for doing you a favor can keep you from falling off the diet wagon. Let's face it, temptations are out there and are noticed more readily by those who are on a diet. Take steps to prepare yourself for those situations ahead of time.

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