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8 mistakes I made while trying to lose weight

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751

Summary:
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 which taught me that I need to change the way I look at food. It was then
that I realized that I had made many mistakes in my quest to lose weight.

Keywords:
weight loss tips, diet tips, weight loss information, help with weight loss

Article Body:
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 which taught me that I need to change the way I 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�m going to share with you eight mistakes I made on my quest to
lose weight. I hope by sharing my experiences with others throughout the world via
the internet 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 lunch times. 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 is not going to 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 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 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. You need to focus 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 main meals

Eating salad is a good way of keeping your calorie intake down right? Yes, meal of
salad has much less calories that a pizza but does it have the satisfaction? When
you eat you 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 I the cupboard
looking for more food. I learnt that I was better off eating a balanced meal with
slightly more calories than simply eating a salad and snacking afterwards.

6. I started my new diets on Mondays

When I found a new diet that I decided I was going to 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 just setting myself up for failure.

7. I was to 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 to high

Setting long term goals is great, but these goals always seem to 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.