One of the reasons it is so hard to stick to a good diet is that most places make it super easy to eat stuff that's horrible for you. We are bombarded every day by ads for donuts, fried chicken, sugary soda, and fat laden hamburgers. Even if you didn't see all those ads, there's a fast food joint every twenty feet more than happy to serve you a diet ruining meal. So when hunger strikes, it takes the willpower of a Buddhist monk to resist caving in to all those readily available health-sapping foods.

So how do we keep from getting hungry in the first place?

One major way is to load up on water. You probably already have heard from your personal trainer that staying hydrated is vital for a fully functioning brain and body, but it also helps you retain a feeling a of satiety. Of course, you probably also know that water by itself passes through you pretty quickly, so it's best to combine it with fiber.

Ingested fiber swells up when you drink a lot of water, so it also help you get a nice full feeling even when you haven't eaten that much. As a bonus, a good daily dose of fiber improves your intestinal health and lowers cholesterol. Ten grams of fiber and one or two glasses water per meal should make it must easier to resist cheating on your diet.

You should also consider keeping an "emergency" snack in your car or purse. It should hopefully be low cal, filling, and taste pretty bland. Why bland? Well, if you have a delicious candy bar as your snack, chances are you will wind up getting hunger "emergencies" even when it's not an emergency. Something a tad more tasteless is more likely to be eaten in an actual situation where it will prevent you from downing a half-pound cheeseburger.

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