平日减重、周末大吃。
“If I knew I had to be on a diet seven days a week, I’d go nuts,” says Michelle Munoz, a Chicago realtor, “but five days I can handle.”
Michelle was determined to lose the 30 pounds she had put on over the course of a long winter. Monday through Friday she cut calories drastically by sticking to dressing-free salads, lean meats and steamed vegetables, and by putting the nix on desserts altogether. Come Saturday and Sunday, however, she allowed herself whatever her stomach desired, from take-out pizza to double-dip Oreos.
“This way I don’t feel deprived,” Michelle says. “The funny thing is, I really can’t eat that much junk after five days of not eating it... but I still get to have anything I want.”
Michelle lost the last of the 30 pounds months ago, but she occasionally resumes her weekday/weekend routine whenever she finds she’s put on a few pounds. This technique doesn’t work for everyone — some people manage to regain a week’s worth of weight loss over a weekend — but it may very well work for you.
“如果我知道一周七天都得节食，一定会疯掉的，”一位在芝加哥从事房地产中介的米雪儿‧慕诺斯如是说，她接着又说：“但节食五天的话，我就还可以忍受。”
米雪儿坚决要减去她在漫长的冬天所增加的三十磅体重。周一到周五她都以吃不加酱的沙拉、瘦肉和蒸过的蔬菜，也完全不吃甜点，来减低卡路里。然而，每到周六和周日，她就允许自己大开吃戒，从外送的批萨到 Oreo（品牌名）双料巧克力夹心饼干都吃。
米雪儿说：“这样我才不会觉得被剥夺了吃的权利，”她接着又说：“奇怪的是，五天不吃那些东西之后，我真的吃不下那么多的垃圾食物了……，但我还是可以吃任何想吃的东西。”
米雪儿几个月前终于减掉了三十磅，但偶尔地只要她发现自己胖了几磅，就会重新进行她的平日节食周末大吃的饮食习惯。这种方法不见得对每个人都适用――有些人可能在周末就把平日节食的体重吃回去了――但它也可能对你非常有效。
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