meal, the participants didn’t consume any less food when they sat down to eat.
You eat fast food way too much.
Hitting the drive-through once in a while isn’t such a big deal — the problem is that if you do it one time, you’re much more likely to do it again, and again, and again. And that’s when the pounds really start to pile on.
A 15-year study led by researchers at the University of Minnesota showed that people who ate fast food more than twice a week gained 10 more pounds than participants who had it less than once a week. There were also health ramifications: The drive-through frequenters had a higher risk of diabetes.
You skip meals to make up for eating something you feel guilty about.
Don’t. Skip. Meals. This is one of the most important rules of dieting – it throws your metabolism off, makes you cranky, and actually can just make you eat more later on.
Why does this strategy almost always backfire? The day after your severe restriction, you’ll be eating everything, including the paint off the walls.
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You don’t keep track of what you eat.
We understand.
Writing down every little thing you eat can annoying, boring, and time-consuming. But if you don’t, it’ll cost you those pounds you’re trying so hard to lose. Why? Because most people don’t realize how much mindless eating they do every day, especially when you first start dieting. You taste what you’re cooking, or grab a French fry (or five) off your sweetie’s plate, or you eat the rest of your child’s cake at a birthday party.
On average, there are probably 25 calories in each of those mouthfuls. And please believe…all those random little bites do add up.