Every now and again, it’s okay to indulge in your favorite foods.  Excessively restrictive diets often require you to give up entire food groups and NEVER allow for a simple indulgence.  All this does is set you up for failure.  Once you begin a diet and you start losing weight, the feelings of deprivation begin to kick in, your motivation dries up, and you experience those “cravings” for certain foods you know you aren’t allowed to have.  This will often lead to binge eating.  Binge eating will destroy any diet plan and throw even the most motivated and disciplined dieters off track.  To avoid this, indulge in things you truly love, every now and then.  This will help keep the cravings at bay and you on track.

Try this tasty milkshake recipe below as your “once in a while” treat.

Fruit Pie Milkshake

-1 slice of your favorite fruit pie

-1 scoop vanilla ice cream

-Dash of vanilla extract

-1 cup of milk (add more to reach desired consistency)

Combine ingredients in a blender and blend until smooth and creamy.  Enjoy!

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Matt has been involved in the fitness industry for over 10 years and has worked with, and helped countless individuals improve their lives. After college, Matt started his fitness career working in the trenches as a personal trainer for a big corporate gym. It was here he saw how impersonal Big Fitness really was. Clients weren't people, they were just sales waiting to be made. After branching out and starting his own personal training business in San Diego, Matt soon developed the idea of Share It Fitness and started our (now highly successful) blog. A fitness junkie himself, Matt knows the importance of incorporating exercise into your life. When he isn't working at Share It Fitness, you can find Matt running, biking, taking yoga, or pumping iron around San Diego.

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