All December you are hyping yourselves up for the "perfect" diet. "I am going to the gym after the first of the year." "I'm gonna start eating right." WRONG! Why is it so hard for us to start and continue a healthy lifestyle right after the first of the year? Here are some reasons you should wait to start your diets until after Valentine's Day.

1. New Year's parties.

Right when we say we are going to start our healthy lifestyles, we are surrounded by parties that run all night long! After New Year's Eve parties everyone is off on New Year's Day surrounded by good food and family, where you are obviously going to be stuffing your face and too hungover to go to the gym.

2. Super Bowl Sunday.

We do pretty well for the most part of January. After we get by the first of the year, we have about a month until we eat our faces off. Super Bowl Sunday parties. Super Bowl is when we get together with friends and family for food, food, food, halftime shows, and commercials. Hey, but you could have at least one cheat day, right?

3. Fat Tuesday/Mardi Gras.

Right after Super Bowl Sunday, FAT Tuesday arrives. We get to eat whatever we want as much as we want until Easter. Eat all of that rich, fat food up until Easter time!

4. Valentine's Day.

Then there is Valentine's Day. Whether you have someone or that special someone in your life, you pretty much get candy and sweets from SOMEONE. It doesn't matter what it is most people eat tons of food and sweets on Valentine's Day.

So enjoy those special days and holidays, but don't start your diets until AFTER Valentine's Day. You will save yourselves a lot of frustration and hard times if you just wait. You won't have to have those cheat days as often and you can finally get that spring break body you want.