Mistake Number 1 Relying on Exercise Alone to lose weight.
Exercise is a great way to get healthy. It will definitely help you get in better shape but exercise alone will not help you lose all the weight you want to lose. It is extremely common for people to start a workout program and see some immediate results. Your body Will start to tighten up, your clothing will fit better and you will feel better. After a few weeks though, the weight loss results you’re seeing from this will start to diminish that is if you don’t change your diet. If you aren’t seeing the number on your scale go down and you aren’t seeing real changes in your body fat then you are still eating t0o many calories for your body. So, I recommend that you hop on my fitness pal and figure out how many calories is a appropriate for you to lose weight and start tracking your calories.
Mistakes Number 2 Being Inconsistent with your Diet and Exercise.
The vast majority of people make this mistake. You start dieting and exercising but somewhere along the line you loose track of your goals. You miss a session here and there. Or you stop tracking your calories and indulging more than you let realize. Sometimes you track your calories and sometimes you don’t. Sometimes you workout and sometimes you don’t. Suddenly 6 months or a year has gone by and you don’t see any changes which is frustrating because you feel like you have been consistent but in reality you haven’t. The feeling that you have been consistent is there because you sometimes are you sometimes aren’t. And if your sometimes sorta doing fitness then your not going to see the real benefits of your program. Let me put it this way. If you sometimes sorta showed up to school or work then you would get fired or wouldn’t graduate. So, be just be consistent. I am of the opinion that one reason why people become inconsistent is because we get distracted. You get invited to some event or party and all the sudden you skip your workout and then you miss the next day’s workout because you’re tired. Then maybe your dieting and someone in the office brings in doughnuts and you decide to eat one. There’s nothing wrong with eating a doughnut BUT you don’t track the doughnut in my fitness pal so you end up going way over on your calories for the day. I bet if you really think about what you are doing day in and day out that being inconsistent and getting distracted is one of the most common mistakes everyone makes. My Tip is to be more consistent and really stop and be aware of when you are about to fall off. Learn to stop yourself before you do something or eat something that contradicts your diet. Ask yourself, is what I’m about to eat or do going to make future me happy? If you really think about it, the answer will probably be NO. Don’t do. Be consistent.
Mistake Number 3. Taking on To Many New habits at once.
I keep bringing this topic up over and over again because it’s is a very easy mistakes to make. Essentially, when you trying to lose weight, you are going to want to only take one habit on at a time. So, I suggest that you start off by introducing exercise until it becomes a good habit. When 6 weeks have gone by you can go ahead and try starting to count your calories. Once you have learned how to calorie count then you can try adding on another new habit. You see, sometimes people overwhelm themselves by trying to do both of those things at once. It never really works very well if you do that. Im basing this on my own experiences but also basing it on habit psychology I read about over at Tim Ferris Website.
I hope this information was helpful to you!