Three Bad Diet Mistakes You Don’t Want To Make
October 7, 2009 by Peter H Torkington
Filed under Weight Loss
Even though there is so much information available about weight loss, the same diet mistakes are being made over and over every day. We are not talking here about little slip-ups where you ate a slice of pie that was not on the plan, but big mistakes that lead to failure to lose the weight that you want to lose. Understanding these errors can help you develop the attitude that will lead to permanent weight loss for you.
1. It needs to be All or Nothing
The all or nothing dieters often set their personal goals too high – not that that is a problem in it’s own but frequently ends in failure because the very high standard set can so easily be broken. It may be just an evening out with friends or round at a family members home that it proves impossible to maintain the strict chosen diet plan. All too quickly what seamed a success for a few days or weeks has been broken and the feeling of failure has sown the seeds of doubt. Once the discipline has been broken it almost appears to be all over and before long the diet just is not working and the old eating habits are resumed with the obvious consequences.
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. A statement of sacrifice.
Sacrificing or cutting out too many of your favorite items of food and drink may enable you to achieve your short term weight loss target but odds are that it will be too much to sustain. If you can make some adjustments and consume less of the more damaging or higher calorie items then you will gradually educate your body to the new regime. Once you have achieved your required weight loss then you’ll find it much easier to maintain your new weight because you have not sacrificed some of your favorites. Even the odd beer won’t ruin your entire dieting process.
3. Goal Failure
Setting achievable goals is vital in any weight loss plan. Goals should be clear, realistic and set out in writing. While you probably do have an ideal weight in your mind, unless you are only very slightly overweight it is probably too distant to be useful. A more useful goal would be to lose two pounds per week for the first five weeks and then one pound per week after that. Some weeks you will lose more and some less, some weeks you may even gain, but if you track your progress on a graph you will see that ups and downs are natural and do not stop you progressing steadily toward your major goal.
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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