Info about Dieting
Are You Making These Dieting Mistakes?
Perhaps you have been on a diet or two that someone had told you really worked, only to be disappointed later on. What could have happened is that somewhere along the way, you made some mistakes that hampered or worked against your diet. Check out the list below for the most frequent mistakes committed by dieters; maybe you made some of these mistakes yourself.
• The practice or habit of eating two or three full meals a day should be abandoned if you want to lose weight. One of the best dieting strategies is to eat five or six small meals spread throughout the day instead of two or three big ones. When you eat less food, your digestive system can work more efficiently and ensure a constant supply of energy to your body. Your meals should include high-fiber foods (from whole grains), fresh fruits and vegetables), lean protein and healthy fats.
• Skipping breakfast is the most common dieting mistake. How often had we been told when we were kids that breakfast is the most important meal of the day? It’s still true today. The most important reason for taking breakfast is that it will start up your metabolism after the night-long “fast.” When you skip breakfast, you are likely to overeat at your next meal.
• Cutting out all carbohydrates from your diet. Not all carbs are bad for you. What you should avoid are highly processed (such as foods made with white flour) and deep-fried foods. Good carbs include whole grains, whole-wheat bread, and brown rice.
• Fad dieting is not a healthy way to diet. You’ll lose weight quickly only in the beginning but eventually it will slow down your metabolism, and you’ll stop losing weight. Worse, you will gain back the weight you’ve lost.
• Many dieters revert to their old eating habits after reaching their weight goal. This is the main reason why they regain the lost weight in just a matter of months. Stick to the healthy food choices and new eating habits you acquired during your diet and you will find it easy to maintain a healthy weight.
• Omitting fat from your diet is not good. Like carbs, there are good fats and there are bad fats. The good fats boost your body’s metabolic rate and help it burn fat. You get them from salmon, olive oil, avocado, nuts, etc. The fats you should avoid – here’s where you should check labels carefully – are saturated fats, trans fats, and hydrogenated fats.
• Drastically reducing caloric intake will result in slowing down your metabolism considerably. Check with a health professional what your minimum caloric requirement is and don’t go below it. It’s important that you eat enough to supply your body’s minimum energy requirements.