Start your New Year off right! You might think some of these habits are helping you shed pounds, but could actually be sabotaging your weight loss and hurting your health. If you can drop these harmful habits, you might just become a healthy eater for life.
Skipping breakfast. Breakfast is indeed the most important meal of the day — especially for people who want to lose weight. It helps jump start your metabolism and gets your body started for the day.
Going on a juice cleanse. Long-term juice cleanses are one of the worst things you can do to your body if you want to shed pounds for good. The reason? While long-term cleanses will make you lose weight, it’s mostly water weight that you will gain back once you resume your normal eating habits. And it could trigger other health problems, as well, including an out-of-whack metabolism and irritability.
Filling up on diet soda drinks. If you’re turning to diet soda drinks for your fix, then you could actually be sabotaging your weight loss.
Drinking diet soda and other artificially sweetened beverages could be linked to weight gain, Type 2 diabetes, heart disease, stroke and high blood pressure. The reason? Your body might be confused by artificial sweeteners. Instead of diet drinks, try plain sparkling water for that fizzy full feeling.
Completely cutting out entire food groups. There is no magic bullet to weight loss, but for some people, elimination diets seem like a quick and easy way to feel in control of their bodies. Use the saying, everything in moderation. That way you won’t feel deprived or think you are “missing out” on any foods you want.
Opting for low-fat versions. The fat you eat isn’t really linked to weight gain and disease, instead, it’s the total amount of calories eaten, as well as “bad” fats like trans and saturated fats found in meat and processed foods, that seem to be linked to health problems. Not only is fat good for you in moderation, but labels like “low-fat” and “nonfat” actually trick people into eating more. Instead of assuming that low-fat or nonfat foods are automatically better for you, read the nutritional labels first. You might just find that low-fat or nonfat versions actually have more sugar or calories than the normal-fat foods.
Going hungry. For people who want to lose weight fast, dropping too many calories could actually be hurting you and confusing your body. If you want to lose weight and keep it off forever, you need a modest calorie restriction that you simply continue and never stop. There are many apps that you can put in your goals, weight and height that will calculate how many calories you need.
Thinking about it as a “diet” in the first place. People who prioritize and make lifestyle changes over diet, are the ones who keep it off long term. By making small, realistic and sustainable changes that you can carry on for the rest your life, as opposed to adopting dramatic, short-term diets can ultimately result in an unhealthy cycle of losing and gaining weight.
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