You know that having a healthy diet plan is important – but you
also need to know how to avoid overeating triggers and pitfalls.
Here are the triggers and pitfalls to avoid:  Fitness Facts: Not
having a plan can lead to weight gain  Hoping you'll reach your
weight-loss goals by luck alone can easily lead to extra
calories and unwanted pounds. Map out your meals whenever
possible and think ahead when you know you have to attend a
party, are going on vacation, or need to travel for work.
Fitness Facts: Feeling deprived can hurt your weight loss in the
long run  Giving in to your desire for a second piece of cake
may feel good at the time, but you will pay for it later. Give
yourself the occasional treat and you'll be more apt to turn
down bigger, diet-busting ones later on—and stick with your
healthy habits.  Fitness Facts: Peer pressure needs to be
resisted; here’s how  Going along with your girlfriends' yen for
nachos grande and a pitcher of margaritas seems like the
sociable thing to do, but it's not a sma