Is junk food creeping back into your home? If your family has a taste for ice cream, chips, cookies, and other unhealthy (but tempting!) foods, it’s almost impossible to prevent them from reappearing in your cupboards. So how can you get back on track and ensure that your house is temptation-proof? Here’s how:

Create a Temptation-Free Kitchen

Try these suggestions to “cleanse” your kitchen of foods that aren’t South Beach Diet-friendly to help you maintain your healthy lifestyle:

• Plan a monthly cupboard cleaning to throw away any unhealthy foods that have mysteriously sneaked backed in.
• If foods are still packaged, consider bringing them into your office to give to coworkers.
• Make it clear to your family that certain unhealthy foods must not be brought into the house.
• Don’t allow yourself to succumb to impulse buys when shopping: Avoid the grocery aisles that contain chips, cookies, and other sweets. Instead, shop the perimeter of the store, where the fresh fruits and vegetables are typically sold.

Retrain Your Brain

Taking the steps to “cleanse” your kitchen is invaluable to the success of your South Beach Diet lifestyle. However, the fact is that temptation will be present wherever you are — whether you’re at work, a friend’s house, or on the road. Learn how to face temptation head-on (even if “head-on” means turning your head away) since you won’t always be able to remove it. All it takes is a little self-confidence, and you’ll realize that you possess the strength to resist the urge to splurge.

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