Willpower.

Many people, say that in order to live a healthy lifestyle one must used something called willpower. Often people that stuggle with weight issues have the common complaint "If I only had more willpower". Willpower, I have discovered is not the solution to my weight problems. Like many Yo- yo dieter. I can have a great deal of willpower in short bursts. I get really geared up and motivated and I follow whatever diet is all the rage to the letter I can use willpower for a good month or two of being "good". Then I get tired of not getting any of the stuff I like and I give in. So in this way I think part of the problem is that I have too much willpower. That I go for too long before letting myself have a small treat. The key for me is not allowing myself to feel deprived. Working the things I enjoy in in a way that is moderate where I don't go overboard, and using my finite resource of willpower to keep me from having five brownies, but allowing myself one small serving.