Dietary Pitfalls to Stay Away From

 Dietary Pitfalls to Stay Away From



Many people embark on weight loss journeys with the sincere purpose of maintaining their efforts until they achieve their desired results. Actually, they plan to permanently shed those excess pounds without ever setting eyes on them again. After losing weight, why do so many people end up putting it all back on? I don't understand why a lot of folks give up before they see any weight loss results.

Dieting for weight loss does require some preparation and discipline to maintain, but the reason many people appear to be dieting forever without ever seeing any results is usually due more to the fact that they make the same mistakes over and over again. Here are a few of these blunders and how to fix them.

The assumption that fat-free foods, for example, can be eaten in large quantities, is a common blunder made by dieters. A food's lack of fat does not necessarily indicate that it is calorie free. You won't lose weight if you eat more calories than you burn.

When they started one of the numerous low-carb diets, many people mistakenly believed they could eat anything they wanted, as long as it included little or no carbohydrates. This perspective is incorrect. Making an impact still comes down to managing portion sizes. If you want to lose weight the right way, you need to monitor your caloric intake every day.

Dieters also make the common error of anticipating too much too quickly. When you decide you want to drop 30 pounds, it's a reasonable target to aim for. Forget about losing 30 pounds in a month; that's an unrealistic target. Perhaps you aim to regain the slim figure that allowed you to wear the same dress or suit to your 25th high school reunion.

The best way to do this is to give yourself plenty of time to reach your objective. To lose weight effectively, aim to lose 1-2 pounds every week rather than 1-2 pounds every day. To break this down into manageable chunks, set a monthly goal of dropping 5-7 pounds, then another comparable goal, and so on, until you reach your final destination.

Dieters often make the mistake of not eating enough. In reality, your metabolism will enter "starvation mode" if you consume insufficient calories. Because of this, the body is hardwired to store fat for survival, and any reduction in body weight will be due to the loss of muscle mass rather than fat. The typical adult male should not consume less than 1200 calories per day unless directed to do so by their doctor, and the typical adult female should not consume less than 1000 calories per day.

Not making a strategy to maintain a healthy weight after dieting is one of the most common blunders people undertake. Sometimes people make the mistake of trying a "miracle" diet that claims to cause rapid weight reduction; while I strongly advise against such diets due to the dangers they pose, I have seen people lose weight while following them. Unfortunately, these diets aren't meant to be long-term commitments, so eventually they will stop. This is actually a good thing, because otherwise you'll likely end up in the obituaries. What this means is that once the diet is finished, you will probably go back to your previous ways of eating, which is why you gained back all the weight you lost.

The true secret to losing weight and keeping it off for good lies not just in exercising regularly, but also in developing a thoughtful food plan that you can adhere to indefinitely. If you take care to avoid the pitfalls discussed below, you will greatly improve your odds of successfully losing weight.

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