Losing weight can be challenging for some people.

Sometimes you might feel like you're making healthy lifestyle choices, yet you're still not getting the results you want.

You may, in fact, be following misguided or outdated advice. This may prevent you from seeing the changes you're looking for.

Here are 15 common mistakes people make when trying to lose weight.

1. Focusing Only On The Scale
It can be common to feel like you're not losing weight fast enough, despite following a healthy lifestyle.

It's important to remember that the number on the scale is only one measure of weight change. Weight is influenced by several things, including fluid fluctuations and the amount of food that remains in your system.

In fact, weight may fluctuate around 2 to 4 pounds over the course of a few days, depending on factors like how much food and liquid you've consumed.

2. Eating Too Many Or Too Few Calories
A calorie deficit is required for weight loss. This means you need to burn more calories than you consume.

For many years, it was believed that a decrease of 3,500 calories per week would result in 1 lb (0.45 kg) of fat loss. However, recent research shows that the calorie deficit needed varies from person to person.

You may sometimes feel as though you're not eating very many calories, and this may be the case. However, studies indicate that people often tend to incorrectly estimate the number of calories in a meal.

3. Not Exercising Or Exercising Too Much
During weight loss, you inevitably lose some muscle mass as well as fat, although the amount depends on several factors.

If you don't exercise at all while restricting calories, you're likely to lose more muscle mass and experience a decrease in metabolic rate.

By contrast, exercising may help:

•minimize the amount of lean mass you lose •increase fat loss
• prevent your metabolism from slowing down

The more lean mass you have, the easier it is to lose weight and maintain the weight loss...

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