By the time you want to lose weight you know you need to eat healthier and exercise more. You start out full of energy and discipline, but it’s always harder than you initially thought.

That tummy just gets in the way and the pounds don’t fly off at lightning speeds. Keeping up with your new lifestyle demands a lot from you. How can you continue to maintain this and prevent the most common weight loss mistakes?

The most common mistakes made during weight loss.

The first mistake many people make while losing weight is counting calories. Most people view weight loss as punishment, which means they can eat fewer calories. It even goes so far that most people write down what they eat and how many calories are in it.

In a strict food diary, you keep track of what you eat for breakfast, lunch, and snacks.

Snacks are not allowed, so write them down as little as possible.

The problem with these types of food diaries is that they don’t really work for weight loss. It just makes you conscious and maybe even stressed about what you eat in a day.

eat fewer calories

The big problem with cutting calories is that in the long run it is impossible to get below 1,200 calories. Just like holding your breath, you can’t keep cutting calories.

It is also not realistic to lose weight because you need to avoid adequate calories from food. You need a balance of the correct nutrients before you can successfully lose weight.

fat free food

We get to see the same message over and over again in different ads. Fat is not healthy and therefore we have to eat low fat foods. Fats cause veins to sludge and increase the risk of cardiovascular disease.

The unhealthy fat you eat immediately turns into body fat. This reasoning is incorrect. The above story seems very logical, but it is not. It may seem silly, but it is perhaps the most important nutrient during weight loss. Fat may contain 9 calories per gram, but it’s better for your body than sugar.

Fat does not disturb the hunger mechanism. By eating fat, your body will fill up faster and you will eat less. Also, low-fat foods are tasteless. Food manufacturers add sugar for added flavor. Sugar is a real fat thickener that makes you eat more. Low-fat or fat-free foods do not help you lose weight.

Run

In every health and weight loss magazine, there are several articles on the many benefits of running. Running is healthy and will help you fight diseases and help you have a firmer body.

That is of course true. By exercising you speed up the heartbeat, this is healthy because it strengthens the heart and blood vessels. However, when losing weight, running is not recommended for the following reasons.

• By doing the same movement every day you increase the risk of hurting your joints. Especially if you have to carry a heavy weight, this is very bad for your joints.

• When you exercise, your body produces a stress hormone, cortisol. If you exercise for a long time, your body will produce a high level of cortisol. This high cortisol reduces fat burning.

• By running for a long time, your blood sugar level drops considerably. After exercise, it is so low that it is necessary to supplement it quickly. The quickest way to supplement this is to drink a high-sugar drink or eat something sweet.

This is the reason why you always feel like eating sweet things after exercise. Exercising is healthy for your body, but the best sports are short intensive sports of about half an hour.

Foods rich in carbohydrates

The products that you should avoid when you lose weight are the products rich in carbohydrates. It is not the only food that makes us fat but we eat too many carbohydrates a day. Carbohydrates are found in bread, rice, potatoes, pasta, noodles, biscuits, crackers, and crackers.

These carbohydrates are processed into sugars in your body, these sugars greatly increase your blood sugar levels. Your body makes the hormone insulin through these sugars. This hormone processes blood sugar. This process causes a drop in sugar. After your body has processed this, you’re hungry again and the cycle starts all over again.

If your body does this circle too often, your body won’t be able to do it anymore. This will ensure that your insulin becomes resistant. This insulin resistance is the cause of type 2 diabetes and its prevalence. So avoid carbs as much as possible.

Start at the right time

When we start something we always want to do it right. We are waiting for the right time. If this moment comes, you know for sure that you are going to do well. The problem with these types of intentions is that there is no right time. It never comes true.

Sometimes it can take weeks, months or years before you take action. It’s okay to enjoy it once on a birthday or party. These are not reasons not to start a healthy lifestyle today. Just get started today and find out how far you go.

Start losing weight today

If you wait for the perfect moment, you will never act. If you have just started, you will see that you go much further than you initially thought. Don’t wait for the right motivation, trust that if you start today, you will automatically develop this motivation.

Successful weight loss is choosing a good program, developing a healthy lifestyle, and sticking with it until eating this way becomes normal. Always choose a program or method that you trust and do it. Get started today and make no more mistakes while losing weight and ensuring a lean, fit and healthy body.