plate the reset you have to like the food that you are eating if you want to have a sustainable lifestyle meals are an essential social part of our lives you dont want to be the one at the dinner party miserably nibbling on a lettuce leaf if you dont like the food you are eating you are depriving yourself of one of the great joys of life you will also not be able to stay on the plan instead of denying yourself find foods that you like on the plan when i started eating to become a fatburning machine i found so many new foods that i loved and now look forward tomy creative egg white omelets in the morning the inventive salads with chicken that i have for lunch and dinners that use fish and vegetables and other fresh ingredients blending flavors and textures in a mouthwatering way i love the excitement of going to different restaurants and discovering amazing dishes that i never would have ordered before it forces me to be more aware of the benefits and the consequences of different meals and the payoff is that i can love what im eating without guilt or fear of sliding back there are probably other misconceptions lurking out there maybe you have some of your own you can recognize them by their rigid absoluteness and by the fact that they dont stand the test of real life experience remember your goal is to live your life not to put on a straitjacket i think youll find that once you hit reset on your old notions youll feel an exhilarating freedomand also relief theres nothing worse than following a path that you know from past experiencedoesnt lead to your goal this time when you start youll be armed with science and truth to get you where you want to go now lets get started excerpt courtesy fatburning machine by mike berland with gale bernhardt regan arts 2015