No matter how much information you read about weight loss – and you could read all day and every day if you wished to – many people tend to make the same mistakes time after time. Whilst some of the mistakes are small mistakes some are often very basic and fundamental to you ability to be successful in shedding the pounds. You need to understand these basics if you are to achieve the change of attitude necessary to lose weight that remains a permanent loss of weight.
1. It needs to be All or Nothing
The all or nothing dieters often set their personal goals too high – not that that is a problem in it’s own but frequently ends in failure because the very high standard set can so easily be broken. It may be just an evening out with friends or round at a family members home that it proves impossible to maintain the strict chosen diet plan. All too quickly what seamed a success for a few days or weeks has been broken and the feeling of failure has sown the seeds of doubt. Once the discipline has been broken it almost appears to be all over and before long the diet just is not working and the old eating habits are resumed with the obvious consequences.
If you are this kind of dieter you need to ask yourself some tough questions. Do you really want to lose weight permanently, or just lose a few pounds so that you can enjoy putting them back on again? The way forward is to make small changes to what you eat so that you have a slow but steady weight loss.
2. A statement of sacrifice.
Many dieters regard the dieting period as a time of sacrifice. To achieve the diet you have to give up just about everything you enjoy eating and drinking – you know the feeling. If you take this route and successfully reach your target weight then what happens? It is far better to make some compromises and include a little of your favorite items in your diet and gradually educate yourself to eat less of the more damaging items than make drastic changes which are just too much of a sacrifice to maintain.
3. Failure to achieve goals
If the goals you set yourself are un-realistic then failure occurs only too quickly. You own goals should be written down and shared with your partner, family or friends where appropriate. If you and people understand what you are trying to achieve and how you are going to achieve your weight loss goals then you are more likely to have support around you. It is lot easier to set a goal of 1 or 2 pounds a week for say 10 weeks than simply stating that you are going to loose 20 pounds. Inevitably some weeks you will exceed your targets and occasionally (I hope) you may not quite achieve your targeted loss (you may even have a small increase). In addition to writing down your targets also document your progress
If any of the above sound familiar to you then don’t worry too much – just regard the whole process as part of the learning process. Move on from your mistakes and implement what you have learnt. If you understand the mistakes you have made then you stand a chance of correcting them and make your own weight loss program work for you. I may be making a too general statement here but being determined to be healthier by eating and drinking with more awareness should lead to a healthier life and a more sustainable target weight.
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