Welcome, Guest: Register On Nairaland / LOGIN! / Trending / Recent / New
Stats: 3,150,474 members, 7,808,705 topics. Date: Thursday, 25 April 2024 at 03:42 PM

3 Big Diet Mistakes You May Be Making - Health - Nairaland

Nairaland Forum / Nairaland / General / Health / 3 Big Diet Mistakes You May Be Making (735 Views)

5 Medical Mistakes You Can Sue Your Doctor For!!! / Top 5 Body Building Mistakes You Didn’t Know You Are Making / 3 Big Diet Mistakes You May Be Making (2) (3) (4)

(1) (Reply) (Go Down)

3 Big Diet Mistakes You May Be Making by markbor: 3:25pm On Apr 24, 2015
If you have tried one weight loss program after another without ever being successful for long, you are probably making some big diet mistakes. You can be given the best diet plan in the world, but it won't work if your attitude is wrong. The 3 major diet mistakes responsible for people going off plan and failing to achieve the desired weight loss are listed below:


#1 Do not expect perfection
Nobody is perfect. We have all heard that statement countless times, but many of us still find it hard to apply it to ourselves and our diets. We take an all-or-nothing approach, thinking we have to stick to our diet plan 100% of the time, perfectly, or there's no point following it at all.

This puts huge pressure on us and makes us feel terrible if we slip up. It also means that after a slip-up we are likely to think, "I've messed up yet another diet, I just can't do this," or "This diet doesn't work," and abandon it. In short, perfection-related diet mistakes mean that we will use the smallest slip-up as an excuse for a massive binge.

This problem is worst for dieters who like to follow very restricted plans where no treats are allowed. Inevitably, life gets in the way and instead of planning how to cope with the challenge of a party or a wedding, they try to eat nothing all day and then cave in, abandoning the diet completely.

#2 Pick an eating plan that gives you flexibility. People who see a diet as a temporary measure will often pick very restricted eating plans and then go back to their old eating habits after the diet ends. If you do that, all of the weight will go back on, in 99% of cases.
Unless you only have a few KG to lose, it is much better to pick an eating plan that gives you flexibility. You need something that you can follow for weeks, months or even years. In fact, you need something that will allow you to live your life.


#3 Setting The Wrong Goals In anything that we do, goals should be clear, set out in steps and achievable. In terms of weight loss, this means that as well as having an idea of your ideal weight or clothes size, you should also set smaller goals along the way, and reward yourself for each one achieved (but not with food!).

Be flexible about your final goal: as you approach it, you may want to change it. That's OK. If you avoid these diet mistakes and have the right attitude toward dieting, you will be able to achieve a weight that you are happy with - and that is much more important than numbers.

Most Foods are Naturally fattening! That's why most people can drop weight on the scale but NEVER Lose The Fat On Their tummy! If you’re a man or woman who wants to drop weight on the scale and your tummy, here you can get several free services to help lose weight and burn belly fat in the safest and fastest way humanly possible >> www.bellyfatlossng.com Be sure to check my Top Weight Loss Supplement Reviews at my blog www.nigerianbellyloss..com

Re: 3 Big Diet Mistakes You May Be Making by ChiSun27(m): 4:01pm On Apr 24, 2015
Ok....seen....thanks for the tips.
Re: 3 Big Diet Mistakes You May Be Making by ricki: 7:52pm On Apr 24, 2015
what about 3 square meal?? grin
Re: 3 Big Diet Mistakes You May Be Making by PRISTINEMUSCLES: 10:23am On Apr 25, 2015
Yes, these are very true. I could remember when i wanted to shed off some weight and look shredded/ripped, i made a very rigid diet plan. Although i followed it to the end but it was not easy and it was also very boring but at least i achieved the desired result. Even uptil today i still follow a rigid diet plan but i have also added some flexibility to it. At least once in two weeks i give myself a nice treat of "junks" foods.

(1) (Reply)

Uses Of Table Salt Other Than Cooking / Why Yorgurt Is Good For The Vijay / Spanish Fly

(Go Up)

Sections: politics (1) business autos (1) jobs (1) career education (1) romance computers phones travel sports fashion health
religion celebs tv-movies music-radio literature webmasters programming techmarket

Links: (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10)

Nairaland - Copyright © 2005 - 2024 Oluwaseun Osewa. All rights reserved. See How To Advertise. 18
Disclaimer: Every Nairaland member is solely responsible for anything that he/she posts or uploads on Nairaland.