I went on my first diet around five years ago. Over the past four and a half years, my weight went up and down as I tried every diet and exercise program under the sun. Nothing seemed to work for me. Until six months ago, I enrolled in a weight workshop thattaught me that I need to change thowI look at food. It was then that I realized that I had made many mistakes in my quest to lose weight. In this article, I will share with you eight mistakes I made on my quest to lose weight. By sharing my experiences with others throughout the world via the internet, I hope I might be able to help people avoid the mistakes I made. So, here are the eight mistakes I made while trying to lose weight. 1.
I started to skip breakfast. Most people trying to lose weight believe simply eating less and skipping meals helps shed that fat. And breakfast is a real easy meal to skip. This is one of the biggest mistakes you can make when on a weight loss diet. If you leave the house in the morning on an empty stomach, you’re much more tempted to eat more at morning tea and lunchtimes. And, calories you eat at breakfast time are easily burnt throughout the day. 2. I would eat one day and not the next I would literally eat about 2000+ calories one day, feel guilty, and end up eating about 700 calories the following day. If you “starve” yourself
throughout the day, you’re much more likely to eat more in the evenings, which will not help you lose weight. You should consume most of your calories in the morning. 3. I bought diet food. When I went shopping,, I always looked for the foods marked diet, low-fat, healthy, etc. This is a good practice to get into, but I was buying these foods for the wrong reason. I bought these foods because, in my mind, it meant I could do more. I would totally disregard portion size. If you eat diet foods in large portions, you’re not doing yourself any favors. 4. I thought I’d always be fat. This is a mindset that you must break if you want to lose some serious weight. Sometimes it feels like you’re doing the right things and not making any progress; this is totally natural. It would help if you focused on being happy and healthy and achieving your goals. Try not to get caught up in “the big picture.” 5. I started eating salads as my main meals. Eating salad is a good way of keeping
your calorie intake is down, right? Yes, a salad meal has much fewer calories than a pizza, but does it have the satisfaction? When you eat,, your mind needs to get some satisfaction from what you have just eaten. I found that when I ate salads for meals a few hours later, I was back in the cupboard looking for more food. I learned that I was better off eating a balanced meal with slightly more calories than simply eating a salad and snacking afterward. 6. I started my new diet on Mondays. When I found a new diet that I decided I would try, I always started it on a Monday. This meant I would eat all weekend like I was never going to
eat again. Doing this I was setting myself up for failure. 7. I was too embarrassed to go to the gym. Taking the plunge and joining a gym was one of the hardest things I ever did. I was always worried that people in the gym would be staring at me and talking about me. I really thought I was too fat to join. My advice is to join a gym! You’ll be glad you did. I look forward to going to the gym now. 8. I set my goals too high Setting long-term goals is great, but these goals always seem too far off. You need to set smaller, more reachable goals that you can regularly meet to keep your motivation high. Set yourself weekly, monthly,, and three
monthly goals. Once you meet one short-term goal,, set a new one for next week. So there you have it, those are the mistakes I made. I now look at weight loss from a totally different perspective,, and it has paid off. I now help others with weight loss and keeping healthy
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