When people go on a diet, you can boil their decision down to two major choices:

1. They go on an all-or-nothing diet that they know will be very challenging;

2. They decide to look for a flexible diet that works, but isn’t as stressful or difficult.

It will probably come as no surprise that more people who go with the first option quit in the middle of their diet, than those who go with option two. The fact is, you can lose weight with a flexible diet.

You don’t need to give up on your favorite foods – and you definitely don’t have to quit on anything your body needs to function normally.

We should absolutely seek to find a balance between doing what it takes to reach our weight loss goals and making sure we don’t stray too far from our current daily habits.

The good news is, a lot of commonly held beliefs that make weight loss extremely challenging for some people, are actually just myths, so you can safely put them all behind.

With that said, here are 3 of the most common weight loss myths you can now completely rethink:

Myth #1: You should be eating 5 small meals per day.

Let’s start with the facts: a daily reality a lot of people have to face is that it just isn’t very easy to find the time or conditions to take 5 meal breaks every day.

Now, the truth is that what we eat, and how much we eat in a meal, matters more than hitting our 5 meal mark each day.

You can safely stick to 3 normal meals per day, and focus your attention more on controlling the overall number of calories you’ve consumed at day’s end, along with the quality of the food you put on your plate.

Myth #2: You have to stay away from bread and pasta.

While it is true that bread and pasta are not exactly friends to weight loss for any particular reason, it doesn’t mean you can’t eat bread and still lose weight.

If they feel hard or very hard to part with, don’t part with them. Just manage how much of it you eat and make sure you still get all of the fibers and grains you need from other sources (such as apples, strawberries, oats, rye and vegetables).

Myth #3: You have to stop eating sweets.

Die-hard candy lovers suffer most from diets, but eating candy is not a major problem. In fact, some are actually less caloric than a cereal bar. The problem is when people eat too much of them.

As long as you respect your daily calorie goal, you can include the occasional sweets into your diet too.

That’s what the Evolve method is here for. Our app helps you balance your calories using a stress-free food reeducation program.

Take advantage of it when you go on your next diet and watch as your results start to pour in!