Perseverence

Dieting isn't always a perfect science.  It's hard to break old habits, fight cravings, establish new healthy habits, and find time to make it all work all the time.  But not to worry.

One of the things most people experience in living healthy is a bad day.  It is almost inevitable that you will mess up and over do it, or eat the entire piece of pie.  In my case, if I'm ever faced with free pizza I will indulge.  That's the time where your commitment is tested.  It's not the fact that you may have indulged, but what you do after that will show your true colors. 

Get back on that horse.  Before I was really committed to living healthy, I would often mess up halfway through the week, then write the entire week off and determine I'd start the next Monday.  That's no commitment at all, it's a cop-out.  There's nothing that says you can't start or re-start a diet mid week.  The worst thing you can do is let a little set-back discourage you.  The only way to be better is to decide to be better, then do better. 

Never lose hope, never take your eyes off that goal.  Your cravings will slowly die off as you live the healthy lifestyle longer and longer.  Keep at it.  You'll get there before you even realize it!