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When a food is on our forbidden list, we may find like Adam and Eve that the food is too tempting to pass. Allowing high calorie foods as a special treat, makes sensible dietary guidelines easier to live with on a long-term basis. I call it the New Testament approach ...

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By CHERYL ROGERS

Remember the forbidden fruit in the Garden of Eden? It didn´t take too long for Adam and Eve to have a taste, did it?

The classic Adam and Eve Bible story teaches us about the importance of obedience to God, but it also teaches us about human nature.

Let´s face it, a lot of times we want what we cannot have.

It´s easy to want the "forbidden fruit" when it comes to dieting, too. Then when the goal is achieved and the diet is over, there´s the temptation to indulge all over again. The weight comes back, and sometimes quickly!

Once a food is on our forbidden list, we´re apt to feel deprived. In weakness we can eat what we´ve been told not to eat. Then enters guilt, and it´s not a pretty picture.

I dislike that deprived feeling. I would rather set myself guidelines, have limitations, but have nothing completely off limits if at all possible.

In other words, I prefer the New Testament approach of living by the spirit, not the letter of the law...

It is easier for me not to eat those calorie-laden desserts, or nuts, or ribs, or T-bones, or whatever ... on a regular basis. If I know they are allowed as an occasional "treat," the food is less tempting and the rule is much more palatable.

To me, it´s the only realistic approach to battling bulge.

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