When most of us begin a diet or try to get healthier, the first step is always to start cutting out all the things we’ve labeled as bad. We tend to go on these diets whether it's keto, intermittent fasting or whole 30 with the hope that it will be the answer to all our problems. Some of these diets do lead to short term success, but what you exchange for that short term success is a long term dysfunctional relationship with food.

Instead of asking what is bad in your diet and must be removed, I want you to ask how can we take the things that we’ve labeled as bad and incorporate them into our life in a healthy way. Restricting yourself from having the foods you love isn’t necessary.

The true battle of long term weight loss isn’t just seeing the scale go down. The true battle is seeing the scale go down, but feeling free throughout the entire journey. It's getting to the end and feeling no desire to reach back for your old habits. That’s what leads to long term success.