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Nutritional Counseling > 7 Top Diet Mistakes
from MinDshape
# 1 Trying to Do It Alone
Working with a professional can provide you with the right
information for you. Advice from friends, magazines or best
selling books may not be right for you and can sabotage your
weight loss efforts. The professionals at MinDshape can give
you accurate information and help motivate you to stay on
track.
# 2 Finding Advantages to being Overweight
Some people fail to make the life style changes necessary
for weight loss because they find hidden advantages to being
overweight. The high weight becomes a simple explanation for
the complex problems of life. They might convince themselves
that “I didn’t get the promotion at work because
I’m obese” or “The next door neighbor doesn’t
like me because I’m overweight.”
# 3 All or Nothing Thinking
Every day we make many decisions that influence our weight.
For example, we choose what to eat at each meal, whether to
take the stairs or ride the elevator and whether to buy a
candy bar while waiting in the check out line. The day presents
numerous opportunities to stray from our eating and activity
plans. When the plan isn’t perfectly followed, the all
or nothing thinker believes that the plan is ruined for the
day so they’ll wait until tomorrow to get back on track.
Because no one can make all the right decisions all the time,
this develops into a pattern of constantly starting over with
no success.
# 4 Disregarding the Pleasure Principle
People generally think of diets as deprivation and the elimination
of delicious, enjoyable foods. Yes, decreasing the intake
of certain foods is often a necessary step but you don’t
have to completely eliminate the foods that give you pleasure.
There is a balance where you can enjoy eating and still lose
weight.
# 5 Being Too Hungry
Many individuals skip meals to save calories. This is a tactic
that backfires. Typically, hunger gets the best of people
who skip meals and they take in more calories during the day
than if they would eat three meals.
# 6 Over restricting
Of course weight loss requires decreasing one’s caloric
intake, but too often, individuals make drastic and unrealistic
reductions in their caloric intake. They can’t maintain
this low caloric intake which results in hunger, low energy
levels, and irritability. MinDshape’s metabolic testing
provides the answer to what calorie range will provide weight
loss and at the same time keep your body healthy and satisfied.
Call to schedule your Metabolic Testing, a simple, 10 minute
breath test.
# 7 Going on a Diet
Diets may result in weight loss but only lifestyle changes
will keep the weight off over time. Too many people follow
diets that eliminate entire food groups or consist of prepared
meals. They loose weight, but when the diet plan is discontinued,
the lost weight is regained. The reason: the necessary changes
were not made to the eating habits and lifestyle that resulted
in the excess weight in the first place.
Call MinDshape to schedule an appointment. We can
help you avoid these diet mistakes.
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