What are some of the worst most disastrous no good weight loss mistakes you made or continue to mak

MynameisChester

Mine was going on a deprivation diet and eating a lot of "fat free " processed food thinking it wouldn't make me fat=)

cerise_noir

Fad diets, and eating only rice crackers, steamed chicken and steamed vegetables while taking much more 'fat blaster' pills than recommended.

zoeysasha37

Believing common weight loss myths like " carbs make people fat "

ncboiler89

MynameisChester wrote: »

Mine was going on a deprivation diet and eating a lot of "fat free " processed food thinking it wouldn't make me fat=)

That I make? There is only one. Not eating at a deficit (by 'eating' I mean 'drinking').

If you are referring to people in general it's a lack of education about the weight loss process.

NaturalNancy

Drinking artificial sweeteners, yuck.

MissMonicaC4

thorsmom01 wrote: »

Believing common weight loss myths like " carbs make people fat "

Trying to realize this hahah

cnbbnc

Doing cardio. Cardio. And more cardio. Because that's the only way you can lose weight.

Oh. And deciding that eating 300cals per day was a good idea. The last day was the day I almost passed out.

KateTii

Believing that to lose weight I could never eat the things I like. Once I learnt about MFP and moderation, I decided to lose the extra couple of kgs that had slowly crept on. I only had to say "Starting tomorrow" once.

The other thing is believing that I didn't have much to lose because I was happy with my body and people called me "skinny". Now that i've lost the weight I feel so much better and can't imagine putting back on the 10kgs.

SarcasmIsMyLoveLanguage

Believing that if I'd worked out, I could go to McDonald's and eat whatever I wanted with no consequences. Yeah. Math is not my strong suit.

nvmomketo

Cutting calories without adjusting food quality or macros. Disaster for me.

ahoy_m8

I suck at consistently. Logically, I have thousands of reasons a steady caloric intake every day is a good idea, but I find myself falling into restrict-excess cycles. My best adaptation currently is planning for low & high days... Mondays are low days, Sunday's are high days, and the week kind of crescendos, adding wine on weekends.

I also spent many years in a futile low/no fat-high sugar spiral. I wish I had those years back to do over. Never mind. No I don't.

As much of a daily struggle as it seems to be, when I step back, I have essentially maintained my weight (borderline underweight BMI, but I have small bones) since college--30 years. My college jeans are loose, and the style these days would be called "mom jeans" even if they seemed low waisted at the time. My upper body is more muscular and I might have a lower body fat % than college. I really cannot complain, but I will comment that maintaining seems to take more effort than it seems to take others.

sarahkanzalone

Assuming the veggie sandwiches had fewer calories (jimmy johns gourmet veggie=960ish calories)

Mersie1

Not reading this thread sooner! Great advice! I will follow everyone's lead

jennifer_417

Giving up on losing weight umpteen times because I thought I had to give up everything that tastes good. (Before I found MFP, obviously))

endlessfall16

The worst most disastrous, fun, continue to make mistake: underestimate the calories in beef! LOL.

kalynbreann357

Thinking I could consistently lose by guesstimating calories.

TammerTammer

I traded addiction of food for exercise. I was eating all of the time with almost no fat in my diet. I lost over 60 lbs in just over 2 months. That little adventure landed me a 10 day stay at our local hospital. My body threw a little revolt that almost killed me. That was 10 years ago. I finally got myself together enough to try a reasonable weight loss program and it is working. This time I am 3 months in, practicing moderation, and losing weight steadily.

Chele_Belle_

Over estimating how much meat was in my portion which lead to protein/fat deprivation which caused major hair loss! Solved it by buying a food scale.

MynameisChester

jennifer_417 wrote: »

Giving up on losing weight umpteen times because I thought I had to give up everything that tastes good. (Before I found MFP, obviously))

This also affected me socially a bit. Back in the day, my friends would eat all sorts of junk, and giving up tasty food meant seeing my friends less so I can exercise or eat something healthier. Luckily I figured that by making the cornerstone of my intake to be whole nutrient dense food, enjoying some donuts or beers with the guys once in while became much more manageable.

sarabushby

Buying food that's discounted in the supermarket just because it's cheap even though I have plenty of food already in the house, then having to work out when & how I can eat it all so it doesn't go to waste. Still doing this now albeit usually with veggies & fruit not cakes/pastries etc. Still, I should know better.

ecoforestry

Drinking too much milk. I love it, but even fat-free milk has a lot of natural sugars, and the calories add up fast. Also, giving in and buying processed food/desserts because I had a good coupon for that product or it was free after coupons. FREE JUNK is still JUNK is a shopping motto of mine.

Lrdoflamancha

Not asking my Dr for help years ago...

BoomstickChik

When I crash my system by working out too hard
I forget it's a no no for me (autoimmune diseases) and just because I feel fine doing it and shortly after, that I won't need a week-two to recover. I miss going all out and that feeling after.

Montepulciano

Believing that there was some magic wand, like no carbs, no sugar, that was going to make me lose weight. And that in order to lose weight I had to give up foods I like. Turns out neither of those things is true.

With that losing weight is so much simpler than some people make it out to be. Not easy mind you, but much simpler.

sammijoy89

Drinking my calories daily and then wondering wth is wrong. Only logging calories in MFP at the end of the day. Not logging on days I know will be bad. "I'll start tomorrow, I'll be better tomorrow, I'll start next week/month/year/never". Thinking exercise will overcome all. Eating junk food and then wondering why I'm too exhausted to workout....

MynameisChester

Montepulciano wrote: »

Believing that there was some magic wand, like no carbs, no sugar, that was going to make me lose weight. And that in order to lose weight I had to give up foods I like. Turns out neither of those things is true.

With that losing weight is so much simpler than some people make it out to be. Not easy mind you, but much simpler.

I hear this from a lot of people. People are seduced by the next new shiny object and repeatedly make this mistake over and over like going from fad diet to fad diet. What helped you break this cycle?