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While exercise is essential for a healthy lifestyle and for keeping off those extra pounds, plenty of study has found that, when not combined with good dietary changes, exercise does very little with respect to losing weight.
Experts believe that many new exercisers even gain weight by overcompensating for their workouts. This is because many of us overestimate the calories burned through exercise and overly increase our calorie intake to fuel or reward our workouts.
Losing weight, as
we know, is about significant lifestyle about carefully assessing exactly how much food we put into our bodies.

Going fat-free: Many of us are in the habit of obsessively checking the fat content of products and looking out for ‘low fat’ labels before deciding if a food is diet friendly.So many major food brands will sell you food products on the basis that they are "fat free" and therefor healthy.Sadly, these brands are leading you astray.
Opting for low fat products can be a huge dieting mistake as many low fat meals are packed with sugar to compensate. Also, ‘reduced fat’ labels only indicate that the food is lower in fat than the original product, which may not mean it is low fat at all. It is important to also remember that not all fats are bad for you. Rather than avoiding fat, try to lower your intake of saturated fats and eat more monounsaturated fats (found in avocados, olive oil and nuts) as studies have found that this can help to promote weight loss.

Switching to diet drinks: Just as low fat foods are not always the best choice for weight loss, switching to diet drinks can also inhibit weight loss, or even cause you to gain weight.
Research by the Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio found that those who consumed diet drinks daily experienced a 70 per cent greater increase in waist circumference than those who drank none, while a previous study showed that obesity risk increased by 41 per cent for each diet drink consumed. It is thought this may be because artificial sweeteners trigger appetite, and they may also inhibit the brain cells that make you feel full.

Getting hung up on your body weight: You can pretty much ditch the scales right now. For most people, especially those that work out all their muscle groups int he gym, the scales are not a realistic measurement of your health or your size.
Many dieters become fixated on the number on the scales; however, this can actually be counterproductive. Not only is your body weight not an accurate reflection of how well you are doing (after all, how do you know how much of that weight is muscle, water or undigested food and how much is fat?), failing to see the results you want can also affect your motivation, lead to emotional eating, or cause you stress which can lead to weight gain.

Rather than getting hung up on your weight, learn to relax and enjoy your healthy eating plan, and look out for other positive effects of your diet such as glowing skin, increased energy levels and your clothes starting to fit better.
If you want a marker for milestones during your fitness plan, try measuring all the key areas - from thigh circumference, to waist and biceps - and watch as these reduce.
Better yet, take before and after pics in the mirror and along the way, so you can compare the changing shape of your body.
Read more at http://www.healthterminalnews.com/2015/01/four-weight-loss-mistakes-you-can-make.html

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