Most people who start a calories loss diet usually give up their healthy eating plan within a week or eventually fail within three weeks. You do not need to be one of this large proportion of unsuccessful dieters if you learn to recognize and avoid three common pitfalls that confront everyone on a weight loss journey. Identifying these traps means that you will be able to change some of your dieting behaviours and expectations and make decisions that will see you enjoy eating while you lose weight.
Making radical changes to your eating habits happens all the time on diets, especially fad diets. If you go on a diet where you can only eat fruit, or only eat protein, or you must cut out all of one of kind of food it will be very difficult for you to stay on that diet. When you make changes to the way you eat you should make them gradually. If you make an extreme change to the way you eat and you do it fast then you will deprived and you will start to crave foods, making it more likely that you will go off your diet.
Aiming for unachievable outcomes happens often, particularly at the start of your diet when you lose weight at a faster rate than you will as your diet progresses. Fast weight loss at the beginning is exciting but this can lure you into a false sense of expectation because this weight loss is largely water weight. Health professionals suggest that real weight loss does not happen as quickly and that you should only expect to lose a pound or two each week. So if you expect to lose five pounds or more weekly, you are unlikely to achieve this. The sense of disillusionment that this can bring on may see you quitting your calories loss diet and returning to the lifestyle that saw you gain weight in the first place.
Eating food to celebrate your success is a very common social behavior and food is often at the center of celebrations both large and small. Drinks and nibbles on Friday night to celebrate a challenging week at the office is an accepted behavior. So if you are serious about your calories loss diet you need to either avoid these eating and drinking occasions or join in and enjoy the healthier food and drink options available. A glass or mineral water has way less calories than a beer! Another kind of celebration at the end of the week can include seeing a movie with friends (without the popcorn). Even something that will last longer like buying a new pair of shoes is a healthier way to celebrate without slowing down your weight loss. - 15432
Making radical changes to your eating habits happens all the time on diets, especially fad diets. If you go on a diet where you can only eat fruit, or only eat protein, or you must cut out all of one of kind of food it will be very difficult for you to stay on that diet. When you make changes to the way you eat you should make them gradually. If you make an extreme change to the way you eat and you do it fast then you will deprived and you will start to crave foods, making it more likely that you will go off your diet.
Aiming for unachievable outcomes happens often, particularly at the start of your diet when you lose weight at a faster rate than you will as your diet progresses. Fast weight loss at the beginning is exciting but this can lure you into a false sense of expectation because this weight loss is largely water weight. Health professionals suggest that real weight loss does not happen as quickly and that you should only expect to lose a pound or two each week. So if you expect to lose five pounds or more weekly, you are unlikely to achieve this. The sense of disillusionment that this can bring on may see you quitting your calories loss diet and returning to the lifestyle that saw you gain weight in the first place.
Eating food to celebrate your success is a very common social behavior and food is often at the center of celebrations both large and small. Drinks and nibbles on Friday night to celebrate a challenging week at the office is an accepted behavior. So if you are serious about your calories loss diet you need to either avoid these eating and drinking occasions or join in and enjoy the healthier food and drink options available. A glass or mineral water has way less calories than a beer! Another kind of celebration at the end of the week can include seeing a movie with friends (without the popcorn). Even something that will last longer like buying a new pair of shoes is a healthier way to celebrate without slowing down your weight loss. - 15432
About the Author:
Rowena French has lost weight and wants you to warn you of dieting pitfalls. Tired of falling into traps on your diet? Want to reach your weight loss goals? My free gifts show you how calories loss is the simple answer. Read my guide, listen to my audio book!
