40 Common Reasons People Fail On Their Diets (Part 1)
Have you ever started a diet but found yourself facing all kinds of problems with following through with it? It can be in the form of a very busy lifestyle or having to work day in and day out with just a few hours of sleep each night. It can be very frustrating to lose the weight.
It’s important to remember that roadblocks do occur and you will have to find healthy ways to get around them. So what should you look out for when you are dieting? Actually, there are 40 things you need to be aware of if you are dieting so you don’t fall into the “fail” category.
Below I summarised Part 1 of a list of 40 common mistakes/blunders that most people will face and need to be aware of. There are:
Blunder No.1 – A diet consisting of one healthy food for the remainder of your life. One food may be cabbage soup.
Blunder No.2 – Constantly counting calories.
Blunder No.3 – Checking your weight once a day instead of once a week.
Blunder No.4 – Not consuming the recommended or more amount of water.
Blunder No.5 – Drinking caffeine or sugars drinks on a daily basis.
Blunder No.6 – Eating foods processed instead of fresh.
Blunder No.7 – Overcooking vegetables that take away the vitamins that benefit your body.
Blunder No.8 – Attitude about the diet is negative.
Blunder No.9 – Starting a diet with no plan.
Blunder No.10 – Starting a diet that has meals you don’t want to eat to maintain your health as you get older.
Blunder No.11 – Being unaware about the good and bad nutritional values of foods you eat.
Blunder No.12 – Eating even when you’re full.
Blunder No.13 – Eating as much as you can at buffets just because you can.
Blunder No.14 – Not eating the most important meal of the day… breakfast.
Blunder No.15 – Starving yourself and only eating once a day.
Blunder No.16 – Stopping your diet, promising yourself you’ll start again the very next day.
Blunder No.17 – Assuming that you are destined to be fat.
Blunder No.18 – No faith in that you can change your habits.
Blunder No.19 – Believing that being fat is a personality trait.
Blunder No.20 – Assuming you are ugly.
Ok, this is the first part of the 40 most common dieting blunders that I am going to share with you today. I will continue to the second part in the next few days. Stay tune………
February 26th, 2009 at 12:42 pm
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