5 more weight loss mistakes

Weight loss is not easy. And you want to lose weight to lose weight fast! Or, not so fast. Trying, trying.... but nothing seems to work? Maybe some common mistakes are holding you back. There are no universally successful recipes for losing weight. What works for you, maybe does not work for me. We are all individuals, and we need unique personal approach. And there are so much misinformation and bad advice, that you do not know what to believe. Today we will talk about few of pretty common healthy fat loss mistakes people are making while trying to lose fat. Maybe you are making one or more of these 5 weight loss mistakes.
Drinking Alcohol


 We all have heard about the infamous "beer belly". In fact less than five percent of the alcohol calories you drink are turned into fat. But there is another problem with alcohol. Alcohol is to reduce the amount of fat your body burns for energy. Alcohol, whenever taken in, is the first fuel to burn. While that's going on, your body will not burn fat. It is best not to consume alcohol in any amount from any source. If you must drink alcohol, drink wine or straight liquor such as scotch, vodka, and gin. Attention: don’t mix any juice, tonic water or non-diet soda. A little wine can even help improve insulin sensitivity. Drinking too much alcohol has a damaging effect on your diet. Don't just count number of alcohol calories in a drink. Alcohol reduces the number of fat calories you burn; alcohol can increase your appetite and lower your testosterone. Shortly, alcohol puts the brakes on fat loss Think about: Alcohol acts as a potent appetizer, so if you drink alcohol while you eat your calories rich meal, your fat will increase.

2. Weighing yourself too often

You have suffered for days dieting, and when you look at the scale your weight goes up and down. There is no need to buy a new scale. Weight varies from day-to-day for different reasons (including water retention during the women's menstrual cycle). Obsessive weighing is no good. Weighing yourself too often can be very discouraging and actually make weight loss more difficult. Weighing each and every day is just going to lead to frustration. Weight loss on a successful diet is usually slow and steady. Weigh yourself once a week at most and at the same time of the day (could be Monday) - first thing in the morning. There is simply no need to weigh you any more often than that. Keep a record of weekly weight scaling. After a few weeks take a look at the overall trend of weight lost. Tip: Forget the Scale! Pay attention to how your clothes fit. Try on a pair of jeans and they will not lie to you.

3. Skipping Breakfast (or other meals)

Breakfast skipping is the most common mistake. For many of us skip a meal, particularly breakfast, may seem like a good idea to cut calories quickly. But truth is, if you skip breakfast you will compensate for those missed calories by overeating later. You will be extremely hungry, and more likely to snack frequently or eat a bigger lunch. It will become difficult to control how much you eat later. Breakfast skippers often eat more toward the end of the day and into the night! So, when they get up the next morning, they’re not hungry, and they skip breakfast again! With skipping meals you're doing yourself more harm than good, because your blood sugar level drops, and causes you to feel hungry. Attention: Research shows that people who eat breakfast every morning are more likely to maintain a healthy weight! Breakfast may influence weight loss more than any other meal! Eat small portions frequently and your metabolism will work throughout the day, enabling your body to use all the food you consumed. High-protein and high-fibre breakfast (for instance, eggs or whole grain cereal with low-fat milk) can reduce hunger throughout the day. Have regular meals and keep portions under control throughout the day. A light balanced breakfast can give you the right energy to start the day, especially for morning exercisers.

4. Eating to fast

When we have had enough, our body is primed to say: „I am full now, stop eating". But it doesn't always happen. One of reasons why this mechanism doesn't work is eating to fast. So we are eating more food before signal „STOP EATING" come to our brain, and we overeat. Eating to fast be an unhealthy habit of rapid eating. Mrs. Tara Gidus, MS, RD, a spokeswoman for the American Dietetic Association says: "We need to adopt more of the leisurely, European-style eating so that we can savor our food, taste every bite, and get the signal of fullness before overeating".

5. Starving Yourself to Lose Weight

One of the ways some people try to lose weight fast is starvation diet. They drastically cut down the amount of calories they consume. But this is not a good health choice. Why? Our body needs food to function properly. Food allows us to work, to stay alive, and to feel good. When you starve yourself, you’re depriving your internal organs from what they need to continue operating, as they should. You can do it for a few days but any longer than that might pose serious health issues. You will start feeling a lack of energy, fatigue, lack of concentration, and serious health hazards (a variety of conditions may arise or worsen due to lack of food). Bear in mind that losing weight is important, but not as much as maintaining good health. When you cut down your calories too drastically your body believes that you’re facing a shortage of food and it tries to protect you from hunger and death. It does so by reducing the rate in which you burn calories, your metabolic rate. After starving diet, your body won't burn calories as efficiently as before and this will cause a gain of weight. After few weeks you will get back all the fat you lost! But you will have less muscle, more fat and a slower metabolism! Your metabolism will be damaged and it will now be harder than ever to lose weight. This is why you should never starve. It is much more healthy to eat small meals six times a day. This will increases your metabolic rate and your calorie burning capacity. A healthy person has healthy eating habits and doesn't starve him or herself.

And what know? Let your failures teach you. Learn to overcome those mistakes. Dedicate yourself to the process of becoming a healthier person.

And, well looking. And – more sexy!