Mistakes To Avoid

30 Mistakes To Avoid For Low Carb Dieting Success

How many times have you found yourself in a hurry to get to a particular destination only to find that your route was continually blocked by various obstacles along the way? Every time you managed to get passed one, another would appear soon after. Frustrating, isn't it?

If you think about it, trying to lose weight can be very similar experience sometimes. You begin your diet with the best of intentions, determined to reach your goal of losing x number of pounds. You start off on that familiar road and then suddenly – BAM! – an obstacle leaps out at you when you are least expecting it. It may be that you pop round your friend’s house for coffee and she offers you one of those tempting biscuits, or you forget to bring your healthy lunch to work or even worse, you become depressed about some personal issue in your life and give up your diet – until you “feel better”.

Of course, for any diet to be successful you have to stick to it. Obstacles will inevitably come along all the time and you have to accept this. If you have mastered The Diet Mindset, then you are well on your way to be able to ‘steamroller’ your way through anything that gets in the way of your dieting ambitions.

It is useful to take a look at what unhealthy habits can get in the way during your diet. If you have been on a diet before, see if you are familiar with any of the following:


30 Biggest Dieting Mistakes


1. Going on any diet that is NOT a manner of eating you can adhere to for the rest of your life.

2. Believing you can eat cabbage soup every day for the rest of your life when beginning that diet!

3. Obsessing over counting calories.

4. Weighing in more than once a week.

5. Not drinking enough water.

6. Drinking sugar laden drinks such as soft drinks, flavored coffees, fruity drinks...

7. Consuming processed foods more often than fresh foods.

8. Taking the benefits away from vegetables and fruits by overcooking them.

9. Having a negative, defeatist attitude.

10. Not having a plan.

11. Not being aware of the nutritional benefits or harm of what you consume.

12. Finishing every last bite even after you are full.

13. Skipping breakfast.

14. Starving all day, thinking it’s the only way to lose weight.

15. Binging after “falling off the wagon” and then waiting until "tomorrow" to get back on track.

16. Thinking you are genetically destined to be fat.

17. Not believing you have the ability to change.

18. Thinking you are unattractive.

19. Not living each day to the fullest. Thinking that will come “when you are thinner.”

20. Thinking pills, powders or potions are more powerful than they really are.

21. Thinking of exercise as a chore.

22. Not scheduling exercise as a vital part of the week.

23. Indulging in alcohol too often.

24. Watching sports rather than playing sports.

25. Giving up and resigning to being "fat”.

26. Always having sweets in dishes for "guests,” but eating more of them yourself.

27. Buying unhealthy snack items "for the kids" but eating them yourself.

28. Thinking “dieting”, not lifestyle change, will lead to lasting weight loss.

29. Not visualizing yourself actually living that healthy lifestyle.

30. Waiting for tomorrow to "get started" rather than RIGHT NOW!


If you see yourself in any of these mistakes then it is time to change. After all, what do you have to lose?!