<http://schema.org/articleBody>
"  Ready for some Inception-type stuff? Being on a diet makes it harder to diet. When you use a bigger part of your mental bandwidth to log calories and make decisions about whether or not to have that side of fries, your brain becomes overly taxed. This leaves you with reduced mental capacity for A. thinking about anything besides eating, and B. making an intelligent choice about those fries. &amp;quot;In other words, dieting can make you dumber,&amp;quot; The New York Times frankly puts it. So if you&amp;#039;re having trouble sticking to a healthy eating plan, don&amp;#039;t think about it. A recent study also found that people are more likely to adhere to diets with fewer (and simpler) rules. And after you eat something, don&amp;#039;t obsess about how many calories or grams of fat were in it. Not only will it free your mind to focus on other things, you&amp;#039;ll actually do them better. [Via The New York Times] Related 11 Mindfulness Tricks to Get Eating Under Control Little Ways to Feel Happier and Healthier The Hormonal Secrets to Taming Your Appetite "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
<http://www.redbookmag.com/body/healthy-eating/a16138/diet-success-dont-think-about-it/>