Diet setbacks that lead to weight gain, plateaus, depression, and loss of motivation are an unavoidable reality. The good news is you can use them to lose more weight. Get tips on how to make diet setbacks part of your weight loss success plus a quick detox guide to reverse any damage.

Find The Reason
There are reasons why people cheat and re-gain weight (cheating refers to both eating unhealthy and avoiding exercise). When it happens your job is to find out why. Are you bored, fatigued, stressed, pressured, deprived, lonely, traveling, on new medications? Evaluate any changes in your life and make notes. It's possible that a recent change in your schedule, relationship, or health is contributing to your behavior. If you find that something is affecting the way you eat then write down alternatives to deal with your challenge.

Re-evaluate Your Needs
Losing weight, body fat, and pant size means that your body is different. You may only be half way to your goal but what worked for you in the beginning may no longer work for you now. You may need more calories but less carbs, more focused strength training and less circuit training, more flexibility and less cardio, more fat and less protein. smaller meals more frequently. You get the picture. Tweak your diet and your workouts to your current body and and not your old body.

Embrace New Goals
It's easy to want to continue doing the same thing day in and day out for the same reaons. It's what's gotten you where you are but maybe the key to long term results is new goals, new challenges, new twists, new attitudes, and new experiences. Think about what you would like to be able to do with your new body and set new goals that will help you get there. The more you embrace new challenges the faster you will get results.

Detox Solutions
When you cheat it's important to detox for both physical and psychological reasons. Your body and digestive system will function better if you cleanse it and your mind will view it as a fresh start. The best ways to do this is to go on a raw food detox. It's great for people who need to infuse body with nutrients that are missing from their diets and also great for those who have difficulty giving up food. A liquid detox is effective too but much tougher for most people and this can set you up for failure so skip the liquid detox this time around.

Raw Food Detox Guide
The raw food detox is super easy. Simply eat organic fruits, organic veggies, organic almonds, walnuts, soy nuts, and steamed whole grains (i.e. brown rice) every three hours. Drink at least 12 oz. of purified water with a twist of lemon every couple of hours. *Great tip: sprinkle cinammon on food to control appetite. Expect to be a bit hungry and not too energetic. You may want to skip working out or anything that requires intense concentration and focus. Remember that it's only for 24 hours and it's o.k. to sleep more if necessary. You will feel completely different the following day so think more about the outcome and less about the sacrifice. Also if you're dying for "real food" a sashimi salad without dressing (sushi without the rice on a bed of greens) is a great option.

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