Lots of information about weight loss are easily available within your reach, you can even swim on it, literally, the same terrible diet mistakes are being made repeatedly and almost everyday. We are not talking here about little mistakes where you ate a piece of cake that was not on the plan, but big mistakes that lead to failure to lose the weight that you want to lose. And understanding these errors can help you develop the attitude that will lead to permanent weight loss for you.
Terrible Diet Mistake 1 : It's All or Nothing Attitude
All or nothing dieters will often pick out a complicated diet that is almost impossible for them to maintain. Before they start, they will search the kitchen for anything that does not fit the plan and throw it in the garbage. They are planning to be the perfect dieter, and so they will be, for one day, three days, seven days or even a couple of weeks. Then, inevitably, something happens that means they cannot keep to the diet one time. Immediately the whole thing is ruined in their eyes and the diet is over. They go to the store and buy all the things that went into the garbage last week and proceed to gain back all the weight that they lost, as fast as possible.
If you are this kind of dieter you need to ask yourself some tough questions. Do you really want to lose weight permanently, or just lose a few pounds so that you can enjoy putting them back on again while also going back to your poor old eating habit? The way forward is to make small changes to what you eat so that you have a slow but steady weight loss.
Terrible Diet Mistake 2 : Sacrifice Period
Another terrible mistake is to view your diet as a period of sacrifice. You're not allowing 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 those yummy chocolate!
Terrible Diet Mistake 2 : Failed to Achieve Your Goal
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.
Making terrible diet mistakes are unavoidable, and don't worry if you been making those mistakes, instead to make you success you have to learn from your failures and not use them as an excuse for giving up. The only way you can achieve your goal is to keep moving on and make a commitment to become a healthier and better person.
To help you avoid this 3 terrible diet mistakes, always follow your plan. And most of all, take and enjoy your food moderately.
