4 Reasons Diets Can and Most Often Fail
Jul 7, 2010

4 Reasons Diets Can and Most Often Fail
1: You’re not fully committed
Weight loss is at least 50 percent attitude. If you’re not truly ready to make a full-time commitment to losing weight, chances of long-term success are pretty slim. That’s because when efforts are half-hearted from the get-go, people typically lose interest in their diet soon after they start. The sad truth is, it’s not really worth starting a weight loss program if your head isn’t in the game.
2: You expect miracles
Individuals who launch a new diet with unreasonable expectations regarding how much weight they’re going to lose each week–or who have an unrealistic goal weight in mind–are signing themselves up for trouble. If you can’t match your desired pace of weight loss, you’ll more than likely end up terribly disappointed and quickly jump ship.
3: Your plan isn’t sustainable
If you’re following an extreme weight loss plan that doesn’t even slightly resemble “normal” eating, there’s a good chance your efforts won’t last. And, in my opinion, subsisting entirely on shakes, smoothies, cookies, or tonics isn’t normal eating. When you view a diet as a short-term deviation from your typical eating habits, rather than a long-term lifestyle change, you will almost certainly have a hard time maintaining your weight loss.
4: You can’t forgive your slip-ups
This is an incredibly common diet pitfall. When people inevitably give into temptation and subsequently “fall of the wagon” for one meal or one day, they tell themselves they’ve blown their diet and throw in the towel for good. To be successful, you have to learn to overcome these temporary setbacks. You can’t let one binge or one “off day” turn into a full week, or month, of splurging. Unfortunately, it can be incredibly difficult for some individuals to break this cycle of negative thinking.
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