How to beat diet boredom

There's a simple answer to that. Don't go on a diet. Wait...wait... before you turn the page, hear me out.

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The type of diet we're talking about here is one that the dieter hopes will result in looser trousers. It's what most people want when they set about to become leaner.

My beef is that dieting often involves a limited period of restriction and deprivation, either through very plain, diet-y food that bears little resemblance to the dieter's normal meals, or through packaged weight-loss foods that can be very low in calories.