Monday, December 30, 2013

Top 5 Most Common Weight Loss Errors

People trying to lose weight often make certain weight loss errors, which actually lead to weight gain. Here are 5 top most common weight loss errors that MUST be avoided at any cost.

1. Greed
This is perhaps the most common weight loss error that people make. Considered as one of the most deadly sins, greed often leads to excessive weight gain. So if you think that you can regularly enjoy a portion of your favorite food that contains high calories when on dieting, you are perhaps making a grave mistake. Ask Jane Kirby, who has authored the book Dieting for Dummies. “People on a low-carb diet might think, ‘I can eat all the ham and Swiss cheese rollups dipped in mayonnaise that I want. No, you can't. It's portion, portion, portion.” Therefore, avoid eating too much too frequently even when it means consuming food items that contain less carbohydrates, or fat-free ingredients.

2. Not caring enough to count calories
Always remember when you want to lose weight, you should take in fewer calories than you can use. Therefore, always count the calories if you want to keep losing weight. Consider this. You have just come out from gym and straightway head to café. Do you know a frothy milk shake or a sugared sports drink is likely to supply you more calories than you burnt at the gym?

3. Eating less food
Having too less calories is also as bad as eating too much. This may put you at a greater health risk by causing retardation of your metabolism. Metabolism is a process in which cells burn food that you eat to produce energy.

4. Avoiding exercise
Remember, exercise helps you burn calories. So, a regular exercise is bound to help you improve metabolism rate and help you burn calories faster. Many studies done in this field indicate that physically active people are more likely to reduce weight and maintain the weight that they have lost.

5. Setting high expectations
Most of us want to lose weight, and do it fast. Some set target of losing a considerable amount of weight within a week or two, which may be overly ambitious for them, say dieticians.

Always aim at losing up to 10 percent of your body weight, and not more than that if you want to lose weight and also look healthy

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