Eat Healthy by Avoiding 3 Common Weight Loss Mistakes!
Aug 12th, 2008 by Gail M. Davis
Are you ready to eat healthy but you just aren’t sure how to make it work this time? Are your past failures keeping you from taking that first step? Start by making a commitment that this time will be different! This time you’ll succeed by avoiding these three common diet mistakes.
The first diet mistake on your quest to eat healthy is to focus on the big picture. Never, ever, think in terms of, “I have to lose 40 pounds!” That is just too overwhelming and will set you up for failure. Don’t tell yourself that you have to diet forever to reach your goal. Instead, focus on each day by itself. Wake up and think, “Today I’ll eat healthy.” So avoid the “big picture” mistake and focus on one day at a time. You”ll be surprised at how fast your individual days of success add up!
The second common diet mistake is mandating a time limit. You’ll want to eat healthy for the rest of your life! While taking weight off, you’ll eat less calories of course, but to maintain that weight loss, you’ll still need to eat healthy. Telling yourself that you must lose 40 pounds in four months is setting yourself up for failure. Does that mean that you won’t be happy if you lost 25 pounds in four months? Take away those time restraints, concentrate on making each day a success, and let your body lose the weight on its own healthy timeline.
The third common diet mistake when trying to eat healthy is to make too many changes at once. If you need to lose a significant amount of weight, chances are that you have developed some eating habits that aren’t going to be easy to break. Trying to change everything at once is going to leave you feeling deprived, which will sabotage your weight loss efforts. Make small changes in your quest to eat healthy. Change a few things initially and add a few more changes each time you feel stronger and more in control. Small changes add up to big rewards!
If you avoid these three common weight loss mistakes, you can achieve your goal and eat healthy for life! Deal with your problem one day at a time, take away your self-imposed time limits, and let small changes accumulate for large rewards.
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