Aravind Padmaraju explains why restrictive diets fail: they can't last a lifetime. Ask yourself one question about any diet: can you follow this forever? If yes, it's a lifestyle diet worth keeping. If no, skip it.
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Ask yourself, can I sustain this for rest of my life? If your answer is no, that is called as a restrictive diet. Don't ever follow that. And if your answer is yes, that is called as a lifestyle diet where your lifestyle, your food choices— if you really wanted to be consistent with your fitness journey, don't go with the restrictive diets for a short period of time. Follow a lifestyle diet and not only losing weight and also maintain it for rest of your life by using the same principle. Ask this question every single time: can I follow this diet for rest of my life? If your answer is yes, that is a lifestyle diet, and I want you to follow that.