Many people start a diet very motivated to do well. They have a plan and know what they are going to do. The problem comes when a mistake is made. Will the wheels come off or will the dieter be able to get back on track? Being inflexible and not counting on mistakes can lead to diet failure. When making a plan for a diet, you must include what will happen when you don't exactly follow the plan. Being too hard on yourself is a sure way to diet failure.



Allowing oneself to become too hungry is another common mistake. You must include enough low fat and low calorie protein to keep hunger pangs away. If you are famished and still have two hours before dinner, you are in for trouble. Some good examples of protein are a tablespoon of peanut butter, low fat yogurt, and low fat cheese sticks.

A third diet mistake is denying yourself a specific category of food. If you love sweets and vow never to eat them again, you are setting yourself up for failure. One key to diet success is moderation. You must develop a diet that you can live with for the rest of your life if you want to be successful. Allowing yourself wonderful food in moderation will allow you to have a long-term successful diet.

Another mistake is depending on diet alone. In order to burn calories and therefore lose weight, it is imperative that your metabolism be charged up. In order for your metabolism to be working at peek performance, you must increase your heart rate through exercise for forty minutes a day.

Finally, remember to set realistic goals. If you vow to lose ten pounds in one week, you will be very disappointed. If you did manage to move the scale to that degree in one week, it would be water weight that would be lost. And it would simply reappear quickly.

In all, remember to follow these simple steps for weight loss success. If you can keep these things in mind, you should be able to successfully lose two to three pounds per week.

Pepper Montero