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Old 01-25-2012, 08:34 AM
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Default 80/20
This is the ratio that is often recommended when you are making lifestyle changes (or any change for that matter) If you can follow the "rules" for 80% of the time then you can go "astray" for the other 20%. That helps to get you past the feeling of depriving yourself. There are certain things like staying gluten-free and keeping away from sugar that we do for closer to 90-95% and High Fructose Corn Syrup and MSG that we try and keep as close to 100% as is consciously possible. It certainly includes lots of label reading for stuff we buy for home, but it is hard when we eat out to keep track of the HFCS particularly as it seems to be in "everything" that is on any menu. At least with MSG you can request that they not add it! Sorry for being so long-winded!

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