Revealing the Myths of Dieting

Written By Unknown on dimanche 16 septembre 2012 | 05:58

By Daniel Anderson


It is quite common to start your diet with a lot of enthusiasm and then to have that same enthusiasm disappear after a couple of weeks when you haven't lost as much weight as you hoped to lose. Sometimes you will be really fortunate and have really rapid results but most of the time it takes a lot more time and a lot more persistence. That's why you should try to learn what actually works for weight loss, no matter what kind of diet you are hoping to try.

Do you switch from diet to diet to diet quickly? This isn't uncommon; in fact, it is a mistake that lots of people make all the time. You can't expect a diet to work even by doing a bike tour exercise instantly, no matter which diet you have chosen; if you don't give your diet the chance to really work, you can't honestly complain if you do not lose as much weight as you want to lose. Changing your diet is confusing for your mind as well as for your body.

Choose the diet plan you want to follow carefully and then stick with it for a few months and track your results. Then you can review and see if it is worth sticking with. Don't, however, switch diets every couple of weeks or none of them will work for you.

If you are always eating out or getting takeout food, you are making it harder for yourself to lose weight. It doesn't matter what sort of restaurant you've chosen; you're going to eat bigger portions of higher calorie foods than you would have if you had just eaten at home. This is true for each of your meals so if you go out to eat for lunch each day, you might want to consider making your own lunch at home and then taking it to work with you. This doesn't mean that you should never treat yourself to a meal cooked by someone else but if you go out to eat a lot you're basically sabotaging your weight loss efforts. There are just too many temptations, and too many restaurants that serve huge portions for it to be good for your diet.

Thanks to all of the press that has been given to low carb diets lately, people have started to think that every carbohydrate is bad. This is so not true; your body needs to have some carbs put into it every day in order to maintain your energy levels. There are plenty of foods that already have carbohydrates in them, even vegetables, so the goal isn't to have no carbs, it is to have the right carbs. You just need to avoid carbohydrates that are very processed like those in sugar and white flour. You want to aim for the carbs that are found in fruits, vegetables and whole grains. The better low carb diets really will tell you this so if someone says that all carbs are unhealthy it means that they didn't study their diet books closely enough. In conclusion, the way you approach your diet is often as important as which diet you choose. You can really help yourself by making sure that your expectations are realistic so that you don't become a victim of one of the many dieting myths that has become so popular. This is what will help you avoid fad diets that won't work and stay dedicated to the good diet when it finds you.




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