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9 Weight Loss Mistakes You Should Avoid

Weight Loss Mistakes to Avoid

By Andy BellPublished 5 years ago 6 min read
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Are you on a weight loss journey? Do you feel like you’re doing everything right, but somehow your goal weight seems like a distant thing?

Are you waiting for things to get better, but in vain?

Well, you might be making some of the most common mistakes.

Want to know what those are? Then keep reading…

1. Not Exercising or Intense Exercising

Simply cutting down your caloric intake is not enough. You need your body to get into the habit of regular movement. Translation? Regular exercise. Yes, eating healthy is excellent, but a well thought out exercise regimen just speeds things up.

But, make no mistake. Exercise alone cannot create any magic. In fact, there are many folks who end up over-exercising, which is not exactly ideal either. Why did you ask? Because it’s not sustainable. Check out this study that talks about how the results of intensive exercising during The Biggest Loser competition were not sustainable in the long run. The key lies in striking that balance. Go slowly but surely.

2. Eliminating An Entire Food Group From Your Diet

Do you want to know whether your weight loss and diet plan is ideal? Just ask yourself if you can continue to follow it for an entire lifetime. If not, you would probably want to make a few changes. Do not make the mistake of cutting down an entire food group from your diet. It could be carbs or fat or even meat. Again, this is not a very sustainable practice. The idea is to strive for a balanced diet, not create a deficiency of certain nutrients, because doing so will work against you.

3. Staying Away From The Good Fat

In an attempt to steer clear from the much dreaded ‘fatty foods’, people switch to so-called low-fat diet foods like plain yogurt and what not. Truth be told, most of these diet products are processed, and carry refined carbs. Remember, anything processed can simply not be nutritious, let alone help with your weight loss plan. It’s important to consume fat; the good kind. Avocados, seeds, nuts, fish, soy products, dairy products, liquid oils; they are all loaded with healthy fat, which is much needed for the human body.

4. Focusing on What You CAN’T Eat, Rather Than What You CAN

The journey of weight loss should not be filled with struggle and internal conflicts over what you should avoid, and can’t have. This point may seem ordinary, but it’s far from it. Focusing on what you cannot have, creates an even stronger urge to go for it. Rather than focusing on what your dietician told you to steer clear from, focus on the foods that you are free to consume. Preferably the ones that taste good. The whole thing is nothing, but a way to trick your mind into believing that you’re not making a sacrifice or depriving yourself of good things.

5. Setting Unrealistic Goals

Setting a goal and having a solid plan is one of the best things you can do for yourself. But, be sure to set a goal that is realistic, and—most importantly—doable. Having an unreasonable or unrealistic goal that sounds too scary to achieve can actually work against you. If you don’t see yourself nearing it after some time, it’s highly likely you might ditch the whole thing midway. This happens with a lot of people. Do not be one of those.

The best way to avoid disappointment, frustration, and feeling like a failure is to be realistic about what you can and cannot do, and tread accordingly. Achieving your goal weight is no different than aiming for any other life goal. The same set of principles and rules apply for both.

6. Not Consuming Enough Protein

Protein is paramount for anyone who is trying to lose weight. For starters, it keeps you feeling fuller, so you don’t have to fight the urge of wanting to eat more. Can you think of a better way to cut down on calories? I think not! What’s more, it actually bolsters your metabolic rate, so your body is able to burn more calories. Check out this study conducted on a group of people, which talks about how a protein-rich diet improved satiety, and helped the participants with their weight loss.

7. Not Getting Enough Sleep

A well-rested body is always able to make wise decisions, whether they are life or health-related or not. When you are sleep deprived, your body tends to release stress hormones like cortisol. A stressed body will latch on to fat and keep it for storage. Not just that, a stressed person is far more likely to indulge in decadent foods in order to comfort himself. Being stressed is also linked with binge-eating. None of those things are what you’re looking for as someone who’s on a weight loss journey. Therefore, a good night’s sleep is going to be your best friend. If you find it hard to sleep, try kratom powder. Not only will it relax you, kratom as fat burner will also aid weight loss.

8. Skipping Meals

Again, it all comes back to sustainability. If you think of your diet as a phase, or a tool to reach your goal weight just so you could go back to your old habits—well, let us tell you: all that lost weight will come back to haunt you. Besides, when you start cutting out an entire meal, your body starts to store fat in the anticipation of a missed meal. Instead of creating huge gaps between meals—go for small portioned, but several meals through the day, and make them nutritious. The upside to this practice is you won’t deny yourself anything, and therefore you won’t have to wait it out just so you can start eating normally again.

9. Not staying hydrated

Muscles are the calorie-burning machines. They are also 70 percent water. But, when they sense a lack of hydration, their functioning is hampered. They are not able to perform to the best of their ability. As a result, your body is not able to burn as many calories as it can. A dehydrated body is a stressed body, which will eventually eat more than planned. The best bet is to keep a bottle of water on your side table or work desk, so you can easily reach for it through the day.

Conclusion

People who go slow when it comes to hitting their goal weight are the real winners in the long run. Now that you know what some of the most common mistakes are, and how you can combat them, things should definitely get a whole lot easier.

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Andy Bell

The Golden Monk is a premium bulk kratom supplier based out of Las Vegas, Nevada. We provide both powder and capsules. Many who shop with us are customers for life due to the top-notch quality of our products and excelling customer support.

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