Eat Chocolate and Lose Weight!

Midnight is lingering and you're still awake. Your stomach is growling although you ate a late dinner. You turn the channels hoping to distract the animal inside your belly. Not sure of where, when, or even if it were a valid truth, but somehow you know that maybe if you have a small piece of dark chocolate it will both be good for you, and tame your urge to down a bag of chips. So you eat that piece of dark chocolate with a smile and an imaginary pat on your back that you made a smart decision. Then proceed to nibble this and that for another hour till the wee hours of the night.

Sound familiar? Of course there are plenty of foods that are good for you and taste good too. Everywhere you turn there is a story about how you can eat what you want, when you want and still lose weight. Unfortunately, most Americans have taken that to heart and eat their regular sized portions when they want, and of course whatever it is their heart desires. Most of us have no clue about how many calories we should consume and what a normal meal even looks like. Studies have shown that over the years, restaurant portions have grown to an unreasonable size, and even things as simple as donuts and bagels are twice the size they were even twenty years ago. So what's a hungry person to do when they both want to lose weight, and eat what they want?

Losing weight and being satisfied is very easy if you follow these simple rules: Eat less, exercise more. There-that's the secret. Seems simple enough, but incredibly difficult to adhere to, especially when the weakly thing we call 'Will Power' lets us down again and again. The way to overcome your hunger and fit into those jeans is a lot easier than you think. The most important thing to know is to not diet. Forget you ever knew the word. If you want to lose weight and keep it off, you change your lifestyle. By putting yourself on a diet, you set yourself a timeline, and once you reach it, you reward yourself with a piece of cake (everyone does it) and by doing that you set yourself up for failure.