7 Diet Mistakes That Can Sabotage Your Weight Loss

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Eating less, but not losing enough? Going on a diet trying to lose weight is not easy. It's even harder when you feel you are doing everything you can, but not seeing any results. If you are giving your weight loss your absolute best efforts but the needle on the scale just isn’t moving, it’s easy to feel all the hope is lost. The success feels far too distant. But don't be too quick to give up. It may be that some common pieces of misguided diet advice are sabotaging your weight loss success. In fact, some of the worst unintended diet offenders work to slow your metabolism not only causing your weight loss to stall but also to make it even more difficult to burn the stubborn fat you want to lose. Fortunately, these diet mistakes are fairly easy to undo and overcome with the right information in hand. In this article, we’ll unveil those common diet mistakes everyone makes and show you exactly how you can undo them and what you need to do instead to help make your dieting a success. Here are 7 of the worst and most common diet mistakes that are stalling your weight loss.

Relying Only on a Scale

A scale is one way to measure your diet results, but not all progress shows up on the scale. With a common diet claim like lose 10 pounds in a week seen in 3 Day Military Diet, it's easy to set high expectations and feel like you aren’t losing weight fast enough. But the scale is just one way to measure your progress, and it doesn’t paint the whole picture. You could be in fact slimming down but not dropping weight due to newly gained lean muscle mass, which is heavier than fat. It's important you use other tools like dress sizes, body fat percentage, and even a tape measure for tracking. Your weight can also fluctuate daily depending on the timing of your meal and even how much water your body is retaining. In other words, it's not the most reliable way to track your weight loss results.

Not Drinking Enough Water

Fear of gaining water weight by drinking water? Research says it's the opposite.

Dehydration hurts your weight loss. Proper hydration is critical in preventing overeating and losing fat via increased lipolysis, the two key factors in losing weight. There are also health risks associated with not drinking enough water, says Association of Ringside Physicians. Some of those risks include: loss of muscle strength and endurance from decreased blood flow, weaker heart function from less efficient blood flow, less energy by fewer nutrients reaching out throughout the body, electrolyte imbalances: electrolyte imbalances from decreased kidney function. Make sure to drink plenty of water especially while on a diet helps to minimize health risks and maintain efficient blood flow.

Still Drinking Diet and Calorie-Free Drinks

Amongst many dieters, diet coke and calorie-free drinks remain a popular choice. After all, it's sugar and calorie-free, right? Yale University Researcher Qing Yang, advises not. In fact, his research suggests artificial sweeteners in calorie-free drinks may contribute to weight gain. While there are plenty of metabolical, psychological, and physiological explanations for the correlations, the one pattern we know too often is this: The sweet flavors of artificial sweeteners encourage the development of cravings for sweet things and increase sugar dependence. Constant exposures to sweet flavors are simply too effective in creating taste palates that prefer sweetness. Luckily, all stats show this is reversible. It has been done in both salt and fat. In studies, a systematic reduction in salt or fat over several weeks led to a reduction in cravings for those nutrients, says Yang.

When you feel you are doing everything right to lose weight but not seeing results, it is hard. If that's you, it may be that you are making some dieting mistakes without you even knowing it. These 7 diet mistakes are fairly common and sabotaging many dieters' weight loss success and it could be hurting yours too. Identify which mistakes you’re making and undo them with the tips above. It’ll not only help you succeed at losing weight, but also help you improve your overall health. The most important success principle to remember here is dieting should be based on a healthy lifestyle with both effective fitness programs and eating plans, and you can begin to acquire healthier habits by undoing some of the most common weight loss mistakes.

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