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Always Eat Dessert..
Year
2018
Language
ENGLISH
Publication Information
Post Hill Press
Summary
When I entered the convent, I was eighteen, heavyset, and lacking self-confidence. I planned to stay forever, living an idealistic life devoted to God. Perhaps deep down I was looking for one solution to all of life's decisions and ambiguities while forging ahead. But the years I spent in the convent transformed me in many ways. Without "dieting" at all, I practiced time-tested weight management principles because that's just part of convent life. Dinner was a predetermined portion of a predetermined food. The only thing that kept me from being ravenously hungry was dessert. Eventually I left the convent-and fifty pounds-behind. I have never regained those pounds, because my life changed. The "Convent Diet" really isn't a diet at all. Negative diets, full of "do nots" and "should nots" may work for a short time, but they cannot last a lifetime. Even now, fifty years later, I still eat dessert every day. However, there are three musts for success with The Convent Diet: Determination: to create good habits and to establish and practice a routine Tenacity: to stick with it and start again, as many times as is necessary Ability to face stress: to stare down "the elephant in the room" created by our times I call my tips the "Seven Holy Habits": visualization, always eat dessert, don't count calories (but calories count), it's okay to be a couch potato, don't diet while eating out, forget "fake" food, and take time for yourself. It worked for me. It will work for you too.