Healthy Weight Loss Diet
Three bad diet mistakes you never want to make
No matter how much information you read about weight loss – and you could read all day and every day if you wished to – many people tend to make the same mistakes time after time. Whilst some of the mistakes are small mistakes some are often very basic and fundamental to you ability to be successful in shedding the pounds. You need to understand these basics if you are to achieve the change of attitude necessary to lose weight that remains a permanent loss of weight.
1. It needs to be All or Nothing
People taking the all or nothing approach to dieting frequently select a diet that is not the easiest to adhere to – often for the best possible reasons – because they wish to achieve a rapid weight loss. This individual possibly believes that by discarding as many of the items not included in the diet plan and sticking to the the plan religiously will achieve the rapid weight loss. For the first few days or even the first 2 or 3 weeks everything goes to plan that something occurs and they are unable to maintain the strict schedule and almost immediately they feel they have failed! Needless to say when apparent failure appears so do the bad habits and hence the weight starts to increase.
If any of this sounds familiar then try answer your own questions. Can you maintain a strict diet? Will personal circumstances prevent you from always adhering to your strict discipline? Do you really want to achieve a substantial and or rapid weight loss? Frequently the answer is to make less demanding changes to your diet and achieve a less rapid but non the less sustainable rate of weight loss.
2. Do I have make sacrifices?
Another common mistake is to view your diet as a period of sacrifice. You do not allow yourself the foods that you enjoy most while you are on your way to your target weight. You may have a great diet plan and be very successful in losing weight, but what happens when you reach your goal? You have not learnt to eat ‘bad foods’ in moderation so as soon as you start, you are likely to go out of control. It is better to include a little of everything in your diet and learn to enjoy it in small quantities. Yes, even chocolate!
3. Failure to achieve goals
Any weight loss goals should be realistic and this is an essential part of your weight loss plan. You may have a target weight in mind – but break down into smaller pieces and it suddenly looks more achievable. (an old joke – How do you eat an elephant? Answer – in small pieces!). Most people of over average weight should be able to achieve a weight loss of – say – 2 pounds per week for the first 4 or 5 weeks then – say – 1 pound a week for a further 8-10 weeks – now guess what – you’ve just lost 20 pounds over 15 weeks. Writing down your targets and recording your results, on a graph, will help enormously.
If you’ve made some of the above mistakes already then I hope you’ll have understood how to correct the mistakes and not creating an excuse to give up with your weight loss diet. Having the right mind-set and the correct attitude should enable you to more easily achieve your weight loss goals. If you understand the consequences of what you eat and drink then you’ll probably find it easier to make some lifestyle changes resulting in a healthier life and a more appropriate weight.
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Three bad diet mistakes you never want to make
No matter how much information you read about weight loss – and you could read all day and every day if you wished to – many people tend to make the same mistakes time after time. Whilst some of the mistakes are small mistakes some are often very basic and fundamental to you ability to be successful in shedding the pounds. You need to understand these basics if you are to achieve the change of attitude necessary to lose weight that remains a permanent loss of weight.
1. It needs to be All or Nothing
People taking the all or nothing approach to dieting frequently select a diet that is not the easiest to adhere to – often for the best possible reasons – because they wish to achieve a rapid weight loss. This individual possibly believes that by discarding as many of the items not included in the diet plan and sticking to the the plan religiously will achieve the rapid weight loss. For the first few days or even the first 2 or 3 weeks everything goes to plan that something occurs and they are unable to maintain the strict schedule and almost immediately they feel they have failed! Needless to say when apparent failure appears so do the bad habits and hence the weight starts to increase.
If any of this sounds familiar then try answer your own questions. Can you maintain a strict diet? Will personal circumstances prevent you from always adhering to your strict discipline? Do you really want to achieve a substantial and or rapid weight loss? Frequently the answer is to make less demanding changes to your diet and achieve a less rapid but non the less sustainable rate of weight loss.
2. Do I have make sacrifices?
Another common mistake is to view your diet as a period of sacrifice. You do not allow yourself the foods that you enjoy most while you are on your way to your target weight. You may have a great diet plan and be very successful in losing weight, but what happens when you reach your goal? You have not learnt to eat ‘bad foods’ in moderation so as soon as you start, you are likely to go out of control. It is better to include a little of everything in your diet and learn to enjoy it in small quantities. Yes, even chocolate!
3. Failure to achieve goals
Any weight loss goals should be realistic and this is an essential part of your weight loss plan. You may have a target weight in mind – but break down into smaller pieces and it suddenly looks more achievable. (an old joke – How do you eat an elephant? Answer – in small pieces!). Most people of over average weight should be able to achieve a weight loss of – say – 2 pounds per week for the first 4 or 5 weeks then – say – 1 pound a week for a further 8-10 weeks – now guess what – you’ve just lost 20 pounds over 15 weeks. Writing down your targets and recording your results, on a graph, will help enormously.
If you’ve made some of the above mistakes already then I hope you’ll have understood how to correct the mistakes and not creating an excuse to give up with your weight loss diet. Having the right mind-set and the correct attitude should enable you to more easily achieve your weight loss goals. If you understand the consequences of what you eat and drink then you’ll probably find it easier to make some lifestyle changes resulting in a healthier life and a more appropriate weight.
