9 tips to ensure your 90/10 diet plan is a success
Whether enjoying the occasional sinful treat or learning to crave for healthy food, the key is to allow flexibility and find out what works best for your body
If you have been following The Flexible Chef, then you know I’m all about filling your plate with fresh, wholesome food the majority of the time, and splurging on delicious treats on occasion.
Allowing ourselves a piece of chocolate here and a scoop of ice cream there is what ultimately helps keep us on track … and sane.
What is the 90/10 rule?
The 90/10 food rule isn’t so much a diet, and it’s not even a rule. It’s more of a mindset. It basically means that you eat clean, whole foods 90 per cent of the time and splurge on the remaining 10 per cent.
It’s an eating plan that many celebrities, nutritionists and weight-loss experts rave about because, when done right, it can help you feel and look amazing without ever being denied the good stuff. Because if you exhaust your willpower too much by consistently denying yourself the things you crave, you’re likely to cave and binge. And if you eat too many treats, well, we’ve all been there and know how that turns out.
The truth is, everyone’s body and lifestyle is different. Rather than making your life fit around a strict diet plan that wasn’t designed with you in mind, the 90/10 allows for food flexibility and freedom. But if you want to achieve success with this increasingly popular way of eating, there are some things you need to know.
1. Understand what 10 per cent really means
How sharp are your maths skills? While you don’t need to be a statistician to succeed at the 90/10 way of eating, it’s important to have a general idea what it really means. For example, if you’re eating three meals and one snack per day for seven days then you eat a total of 28 times a week. If you splurge 10 per cent of the time then that means you can treat yourself about three times a week.
2. Figure out your own statistic
