3 popular reasons for "splurging" on comfort foods

1. It has a fabulous "mouth feel” - The combination of sugar/fat or salty/fatty taste found in many of our indulgences stimulates our taste buds in a major way.

2. A connection to a past experience - Sometimes we're attached to the place we ate certain foods and that association makes us feel great.

3. Deprivation on a eating plan - Our best intentions to limit "problem" foods sometimes creates an even bigger problem, longing for those "indulgences."

Food stimulates at least three of the five senses: it looks good, it often tastes great and it smells wonderful.

There are no bad foods, just bad portions, and the most important part of choosing to indulge is how to budget these foods in your "caloric bank account".

Don't deprive yourself of what you like.