4 Reasons Diets Fail

Tamie_Girl

I just saw this article on Yahoo.Com - I especially liked #4.

http://health.yahoo.net/experts/joybauernutrition/4-reasons-diets-fail


I hope you enjoy reading it as much as I did.

Good Luck to All,
~Tamie

Ms_Natalie

I just saw this article on Yahoo.Com - I especially liked #4.

http://health.yahoo.net/experts/joybauernutrition/4-reasons-diets-fail


I hope you enjoy reading it as much as I did.

Good Luck to All,
~Tamie

thankyou...I love articles like this! They help keep me on the straight and narrow and ensure I avoid any downfalls :flowerforyou:

georgette70

Great Read! Thanks for sharing

ladybug91254

Great article! Thanks for posting!

JeanneTops

I liked #4 as well but I go even further. I'm working very hard to change my thinking about eating because I've gained weight back so many times. One determination that I've made is to not view anything I eat as a "slip-up" if I go back to my regular eating with the next meal or next day.

As #3 said, this is a launching pad for a long-term lifestyle change. I'm eating now the way that I want to eat for the rest of my life. During the rest of my life, I'm going to have a big dessert occasionally, a huge bag of popcorn at the movies occasionally, one drink over my limit occasionally. In the past, when I was at goal weight, I'd feel guilty, get depressed and continue splurging as a sort of "self-medication." Result: seemingly unstoppable weight gain.

So if I have that splurge now, record it on MFP and continuing recording what I eat, continue exercising as usual, then I'm learning how to have the occasional splurge. After all, the worst that can happen is that I slow down my long-term weight loss a little bit. And, when I've reached my goal weight, I will have learned how to enjoy these splurges without guilt and depression and, hopefully, keep them short and occasional.

The funny thing is that, when I enter that piece of chocolate cake, that extra beer, those extra cups of popcorn, they really aren't that many calories. And if I gain a pound from it, it goes back off relatively quickly. And the next time, it's a lot easier to slow down - to say no to the beer, buy a smaller bag of popcorn and ask for a thinner slice of cake.