Why Diet Fitness Often Fails By Steve Johnson We all know that people fail on their diet and sometimes we wonder why. After all sometimes the people that fail the worst are the people you would have thought would make it.
There are a number of factors why diet either works or doesn’t. One in three adults are trying to lose weight at any given moment and while not surprising that we are very good at attempting to lose the weight we are not so good at succeeding.
Even for those that achieve their weight loss within five years almost all dieters will gain back the weight they lost and sometimes they will gain back even more.
Weight loss researchers have been spending a great deal of time trying to discover why diet has such a high failure rate and although each of us finds success and motivation our own way they have come up with some ways to maximize your rate of success.
1. Don’t set unrealistic goals – if you want to set yourself up for failure all you need to do is set goals that are simply not achievable. Remember a slow and steady pace wins the diet race.
2. Lack of future planning – another common mistake is to not have planned in advance. It’s a proven fact that no matter what the goal is when you make a when, where, and how plan you have a 75% chance of success. When you know what your goal is you are much more likely to stick to your diet plan.
3. Socializing – this is one of the top three reasons that a person will fail with their diet plan. People’s social lives come first and when diet interferes socializing wins out.
4. Deprivation – when a person feels deprived of a certain food and the diet food
takes longer
to prepare, costs more, or isn’t as tasty as the less healthy food
the unhealthy food will often win out.
5. Portion Size – another
big pitfall in the diet game is that it is common to underestimate the actual calorie count
in foods and to overestimate the number of calories you have burned through your
exercise program.
Studies have shown that diet plans that are simple and easy to adhere to have the highest success
rate. Studies have also shown that women are much more likely to be successful
than men simply because there is a much greater stigma for women that are overweight
than for men.
Studies have also shown that those that have the most success
with their diet plan concentrate more on increasing the burn of calories and less on
the reduction of calories. This just makes good sense since to rapid a reduction
of your calorie intake will scare the body into starvation protection mode.
A
coach or mentor is also an excellent way to stay on top of your diet fitness.
There’s no need for your coach to be a nutritionist, or a personal trainer. It
can be a doctor, spouse, friend, or anyone else that you feel support your goal
and will help lift your spirits and keep you on track.
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