The Cheater's Diet.

Byline: Rory Evans PHOTOGRAPHED BY REGAN CAMERON

Deprivation, starvation, temptation...you know how the story ends. Here, tips that let you have your cakeand lose weight, too.

N o sweets, no snacking, no salt, no butter, no oil, no fun whatsoeverdiets are associated with deprivation for a reason. Not surprisingly, they're also associated with a resolve that crumbles like a handful of potato chips in the face of temptation. Give in enough times, and you end up giving up altogether.

Here's the thing: According to the latest research on successful weight loss, we don't need to try harder to be faithful to our dietswe should be learning to cheat ...