6 Huge Mistakes to Avoid When Starting a Diet
It is difficult to get started with the beginning of a diet. There are some common mistakes that you should avoid from the start so that you can get healthy in the long term.
In this article, you will discover 6 of these mistakes, so you can eliminate them from your diet plan and reach your goal faster!!
1. You start the diet with negative thoughts
"Weight loss is exhausting," "healthy food does not taste good", "how can I do sports after a long day when I'm so tired?" It does not work this way! You have to start the diet before you talk badly about it. Then you have to show some perseverance and not immediately abort everything if there are no fast results. Good results require time!
2. You only eat light products
You cannot put your body on fat loss completely. Fat is an important food for your brain. Light products lack this fat, which is replaced by infinitely many sugars, so they have some taste. In addition, these light products saturate you worse, which is why you need to eat more, so that the feeling of satiety occurs. This is just a vicious circle. Stay away from low-fat. Since low-fat foods were introduced, obesity, heart disease, and diabetes have skyrocketed. Fat is not inherently bad. Fat can be your friend depending on where it comes from and how it’s processed.
3. You only torture yourself with healthy food
"I'm dieting, I cannot eat that. Ugh," you think? If you torture yourself too much and think about what you are NOT allowed to eat, the diet will not be a success either. If you want some chocolate, you do not need to swallow a whole bar, but, here and there, a piece of dark chocolate is even healthy. Enjoyment is allowed in moderation and is a good precaution against sudden food cravings and the yo-yo effect.
4. You do not recognize wrong diet products in time
Do you think you are doing something good with a healthy smoothie during your diet? Not necessarily. A pre-prepared smoothie from the supermarket is a real sugar bomb! Even if it is fruit sugar, it can be quite dangerous if you drink too much of it. Try the healthier variant, a green smoothie, which contains a large portion of vegetables, best made by yourself, instead of a finished product.
5. You do not give your body any time to adjust
Do not give up immediately if you think you can never get used to living healthier. It takes a few days (or weeks) before your body can adjust to the changeover. You must not give up too soon. Try to get a healthier diet step by step, as it may be too extreme for some people.
6. You put yourself under pressure and expect too much at once
"I did not have dinner today, why did I not lose weight?" Does this sound familiar? Do not be too hard on yourself and do not expect great success overnight. A diet cannot change everything a week before the beach holidays. When the weight loss phase has begun, you should not weigh yourself every day, as that can only demotivate you. Instead, you only have to stand on the scales every two weeks.
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Tommy Markov is a Functional Nutrition Professional and Wellness Educator with a Master’s in Human Nutrition and Functional Medicine. He specializes in healing the person, not the condition. He is passionate about uncovering the root cause of his client’s ailments and incorporating an integrative mind-body approach.
Tommy’s knowledge of the interconnectedness of body systems helps him identify imbalances before they manifest into dysfunction and disease, allowing for an effective preventative approach.
Tommy has been working in the health and fitness industry since his 20’s, ranging from health clubs, hospitals, medical practices to currently founding his own thriving practice, Living Wellness Solutions, after overcoming his own health challenges.
Tommy has appeared as a guest and expert speaker on numerous podcasts, speaking events, as well as being a nutrition and supplement consultant. Most recently, Tommy became a proud partner of F.L.O.W. Wellness Center in Abington, Pennsylvania, where he incorporates Functional Medicine and Nutrition along with various other healing modalities and practitioners.
