A recent study shows that many people had made many mistakes
while dieting
1. Starting to skip
breakfast Most people trying to lose
weight believe simply eating less and skipping meals helps shed that fat. And
breakfast is a real easy meal to skip. This is one of the biggest mistakes you
can make when on a weight loss diet. If you leave the house in the morning on
an empty stomach you’re much more tempted to eat more at morning tea and lunch
times. And, calories you eat at breakfast time are easily burnt throughout the
day.
2. Buying diet food.
When we went shopping we always looked for the foods marked diet,
low-fat, healthy etc. This is a good practice to get into, but we were buying
these foods for the wrong reason. We bought these foods because in our minds it
meant we could more. We would totally disregard portion size. If you eat diet
foods in large portions you’re not doing yourself any favors.
3. Thinking that you are always being fat
This is mindset that you must break if you want to lose some serious
weight. Sometimes it feels like you’re doing the right things and not making
any progress, this is totally natural. You need to focus on being happy and
healthy and achieving your goals. Try not to get caught up in “the big
picture”.
4. Eating salads as main
meals Eating salad is a good way of
keeping your calorie intake down right? Yes, meal of salad has much less
calories that a pizza but does it have the satisfaction? When you eat you mind
needs to get some satisfaction from what you have just eaten. I found that when
I ate salads for meals a few hours later I was back I the cupboard looking for
more food. I learnt that I was better off eating a balanced meal with slightly
more calories than simply eating a salad and snacking afterwards.
5. Setting high goals
Setting long term goals is great, but these goals always seem to far
off. You need to set smaller, more reachable goals that you can regularly meet
to keep your motivation high. Set yourself weekly, monthly and three monthly
goals. Once you meet one short term goal set a new one for next week.