{"id":162586,"date":"2017-12-07T09:48:30","date_gmt":"2017-12-07T09:48:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.welovecycling.com\/wide\/?p=162586"},"modified":"2017-12-07T09:48:30","modified_gmt":"2017-12-07T09:48:30","slug":"biggest-fails-food-prep-dieting-not","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.welovecycling.com\/wide\/2017\/12\/07\/biggest-fails-food-prep-dieting-not\/","title":{"rendered":"Biggest Fails in Food Prep and Dieting \u2013 What Not to Do"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>There\u2019s a lot that can go wrong in the kitchen. Sometimes it\u2019s funny, sometimes just plain disgusting. With dieting it\u2019s a bit more serious because you\u2019re not just wasting a couple of eggs, butter, or flour but your own health. Let\u2019s look at the biggest cooking and dieting fails and how to avoid them.<\/strong><br \/>\n<!--more--><\/p>\n<h2><strong>Experimenting above your cooking skill level<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Don\u2019t get me wrong, it\u2019s great to let your creative juices flowing. But if you don\u2019t have the basics down, you\u2019re just setting yourself up for disappointment. If you want to impress your family, friends, or a partner with cooking skills, there\u2019re no shortcuts.<br \/>\nFirst, you have to learn to crack your eggs properly.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/media.tenor.com\/images\/3fa7fdf7c79f8fc0c4c370b52625d167\/tenor.gif\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Then you can try to flip the pancake.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/media.tenor.com\/images\/dbd2ba2dc834f3d45aef46c685f4eedb\/tenor.gif\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Keep it simple, learn one meal. If you start from the basics and focus on refining one meal, you\u2019re more likely to produce a tasty or, at least, edible meal. And that good feeling that you made something useful will motivate you to learn and improve.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/38.media.tumblr.com\/62701458d80476a09d242f3a74d44f93\/tumblr_ng6iioGHTp1qg51mgo1_400.gif\" \/><\/p>\n<h2><strong>Eating \u201chealthy\u201d junk foods on a diet<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Jokes aside, much worse than trying something new in the kitchen is when you fool yourself into eating \u201chealthy\u201d junk foods. There are many diets out there and a lot of them can work well. But it seems like with every popular one there\u2019s a way to eat junk food while on it. Do these sound familiar?<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Paleo pizza<br \/>\n\u2022 Vegetarian sausages<br \/>\n\u2022 Low-carb cookies<br \/>\n\u2022 Vegan ice-cream<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Do diets for the right reasons<\/strong><\/em>. The biggest benefit of most diets is the fact that you stop eating processed junk food. When you start looking for loopholes and ways to cheat the system to have your treat, it\u2019s a sign the diet is not right for you. Also, if you can\u2019t live without a chocolate cake for your birthday, go for the real thing! As long as you don\u2019t make that stuff a regular part of your diet you\u2019ll survive; and enjoy yourself much more and without guilt.<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/BIYJAVNhDal\/<\/p>\n<p>On the other hand, if you can make your favourite food using healthier ingredients, then why not do it. This whole month will be all about recipes that can end up being a big fail or a big success. Hopefully you\u2019ll know how to navigate among those by the end of this series.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There\u2019s a lot that can go wrong in the kitchen. Sometimes it\u2019s funny, sometimes just plain disgusting. 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