Free Diet Tips

You know we have all fallen for at least one of these dieting scams or mistakes in the past. Just which ones have you been guilty of? They can stop us from really hitting our goals, so if the scales are not moving or you seem to be gaining weight instead of losing it see if you’re making these crucial mistakes and start a better dieting plan today by following our top 10 free diet tips here.

#1 Starting Crash Diets

Diets that require you to cut whole or some foods groups are bound to get you in trouble. Eating just grape juice or soup for a quick weight loss fix is not only unmaintainable but it’s also detrimental to your Health. Yes, you may lose a few pound initially but the huge calorie shortage and lack of variety with really slow down your metabolism. Once you go back to regular foods you’ll burn less and probably gain weight much quicker that before.

#2 Not Snacking

While too much snacking can render your waistline with unwanted fat, controlled and small snacks between main meals can really keep your metabolism higher and allow you to control hunger. The best snacks are those high in protein such as nuts, which are great. Remember moderation however, and just keep it to a handful to replace that pack of potato chips.

#3 Skipping this crucial meal

Just don’t skip breakfast because while it seems like a good idea and you may think you’re cutting calories, you’re actually setting yourself up for failure. Cutting breakfast will make you feel hungrier later on in the day which may lead you to snack uncontrollably or having bigger than moderate lunches and dinners. Make sure you have a high protein high fibre breakfast and be part of the group that are known to maintain a healthier weight overall.

#4 Forget Low Fat

Two lessons here. Just because it’s low fat doesn’t mean that, that muffin you’re about to scoff down isn’t higher in sugar to give you more flavour. While low fat foods are important in any diet, make sure the calories that are removed from fat are not replaced with higher carbohydrate (sugar) content. Lesson two, just because they’re low fat doesn’t mean you can have 2nd and 3rd servings. Moderation is the key to any food you have.

#5 Calorie Drinking

Your drinks can really add up. Luxury coffees, alcoholic drinks and even fruit juices can reek havoc on your diet plans. These drinks can contain more than 500 calories, more than any meal you should have if you’re on a diet. Remember a medium apple would have around 70 calories, and drinking a glass of apple juice can contain in excess of 250 calories. So, which do you think would fill you up more? Plus eating raw fruits will give you much more nutrients then drinking them.

#6 Not Drinking enough water instead

Water, its clean, clear and calorie-less, so drink it and drink enough of it. It’s proven that drinking at least 8 glasses (or more) of water per day will increase your metabolism, keep you hydrated and allow you to burn more calories. Add a glass to each meal and snack to increase your weight loss.

#7 No Dairy

Many diets advocate against dairy products, but a sensible diet will always include it. Dairy has calcium and as you probably already know, not only is it good for bone strength, but it will also allow your body to burn more fat. Research suggests that when the body gets enough calcium it burns more fat then when it doesn’t get enough calcium. Low fat varieties of dairy products are the best to include in a fat burning balanced diet.

#8 Weight Scale Obsession

A daily weigh in is not only unnecessary, but it can also result in incorrect readings. Your body biochemistry changes from day to day, meaning that you could even see a slight weight gain, even if you’ve followed your diet to the tee for the day. This not only leads to frustration but obsession. Have a weekly goal to lose 1-2 pounds and then check yourself at the same time each week, preferably as soon as you get out of bed, with as little amount of clothes on as possible. That should get you the best readings and keep you motivated to see through your diet plan.

#9  Not Setting Goals

Not setting a goal is like going in blind folded. How can you know what you want when you can’t see it? So write down exactly what your ideal weight would be, how you’d like to look, why you want to look like that and when do you want to have achieved your goal weight. Remember to set realistic goals as well, 10 pounds a week is not realistic and is another recipe for disaster. Aiming for a 1-2 pound drop is more realistic, healthy and it would most likely be permanent weight loss rather than water weight loss that you’d get from fad diets such as no-carb diets.

#10 Not Exercising

You may be able to lose weight through just diet alone. However, exercising regardless of what it is will not only work on you muscles and cardio vascular fitness, it will also increase your metabolism and make you feel better in general. Finding an activity you like doing is fine, just as long as your moving actively and regularly. The bonus here is that you will be able to also eat more food as your body will be in need of more nutrients.

Follow these 10 free diet tips today and avoid the mistake made by the majority, while you’re burning more fat than ever. A sensible balanced healthy diet will always get you over the line to hitting your weight loss goals, a fad diet is unhealthy today and then gone tomorrow.