The road to wellness is paved with potholes for many people and dieting mistakes are rampant. However, if you pay attention to the warning signs as you travel down that road you will know when to swerve and when to look out for danger spots. Here are the most common dieting mistakes that are waiting to derail your progress.

1. Allowing yourself to cheat.

We all get tripped up by this one. After all, what is a piece of cake in the grander scheme of life, right? Well, if that one piece of cake is the trigger that will throw you off of your diet, it should be avoided. We all have trigger foods that start the avalanche of other foods we shouldn’t eat. If you are aware of the foods that you simply cannot resist, get rid of them now and do your best to stay away from them. It won’t be easy, but in time, you’ll be able to overpower them.

This also works for exercise. How many times have you put off going to the gym one day, and then had that one day turn into a week, a month or a year? If you honestly can’t make it to the gym, that’s one thing. If you are justifying not going, that is something completely different. It’s going to take discipline to reach your goals and now is the best time to start working on that.

2. Justifying anything and everything.

It is only human nature to make excuses and justify eating the things that we enjoy. However, if the foods you enjoy are killing you (albeit slowly) it is not an option to justify them. Learn all that you can about nutrition and the foods you are eating. Once you know that your plate of fettuccini may send you to an early grave, you may rethink eating it.

3. Starving yourself.

This is by far the most common mistake and it’s responsible for thousands of diets failing every year. Starvation diets are not smart, and in fact, they may be dangerous. You may see some short term results, but in the long run, you are only damaging your metabolism and creating an unhealthy relationship with food. The best diets are the ones that limit calories the smart way, leaving you satisfied and giving your body enough fuel to function properly.

4. Putting off until tomorrow what you could get done today.

This old cliché certainly applies to dieting. How many times have you said, “My diet starts tomorrow?” Instead of putting it off, start right now – this second even. A diet is more than limiting the foods you eat. A good diet involves changing your mindset, your lifestyle and the way you view food.

Now that you are prepared to face these potholes, you’ll know how to combat them when they loom before you. A diet is a journey that may have a few setbacks, but if you keep on moving forward, you will be successful.

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Originally posted 2008-11-24 05:07:52. Republished by Old Post Promoter

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