4 Mistakes that Make You Fat (article)

YassSpartan

YOU DRINK DIET SODA LIKE IT'S WATER.
A University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill study found that when people swapped their favorite sugary soft drink for the diet variety, they ate more desserts and more bread than people who swapped their go-to beverage for water. Artificial sweeteners may increase your hunger for sweet things, says study author Barry Popkin, Ph.D.

YOU TRY TOO HARD.
Adopting a very rigid diet almost guarantees that your weight-loss efforts will be sabotaged by food cravings, suggests a new study in the journal Appetite. So cut yourself some slack. Flexible dieters have just as many cravings and give in to them just as often, says study author Adrian Meule, Dipl.-Psych. The difference is that they are more likely to get back on track quickly.

YOU PLAY CALL OF DUTY UNTIL 2 A.M.
A new study in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition reports that scant sleep can cause you to overeat fatty foods. When people slept only 4 hours a night for 5 days, they took in nearly 300 calories more than when they slept 9 hours a night. Too little shut-eye may increase your appetite by short-circuiting your brain's sense of reward.

YOU'RE TOO DARNED OPTIMISTIC.
If you're like most people, you wildly overestimate the number of calories you burn during exercise. According to a study in the Journal of Sports Medicine and Physical Fitness, people thought that a workout incinerated about 900 calories when it actually burned just 300. For an accurate heat index, check out the 8 Ways to Intensify Your Burn.

Read more at Men's Health: http://www.menshealth.com/weight-loss/4-mistakes-make-you-fat#ixzz1mQXbpoTt

LaMujerMasBonitaDelMundo

nice post, thanks for sharing

MountainMia

Thanks for the post. It makes sense to me. hmmm, 9pm here. g'night!

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takingnameskickingbutt

Very interesting!

SergeantSunshine_reused

Agree with the last one! In physical training the guys work hard, then go eat a GIANT meal they earned after in the campus cafeteria. I only burned about 500-600 tops on running days and I was In the Charlie run group >.>

YassSpartan

You're welcome

gem_cat

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Heidi1987

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firefly171717

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