6 things NOT to do while trying to lose weight

You may be working out regularly and trying to Lose WEIGHT but these 6 things will stop your fat loss program cold.

Number 1

Fast food. So you go to McArby's to get a salad. Better take it home and put some low cal dressing on it, and watch those dried cranberries.

There is enough of them in there to give you the sugar of two candy bars.

While you are at it add some broccoli to the salad as well.

Every attempt that any fast food chain has made to introduce a real low fat food or menu has failed miserably. Don't expect a major chain to make this mistake again soon.

Here is a fast food substitute. Morning star or other veggie burgers. They can go from frozen to hot in less than two minutes in the microwave.

Skip the bun, the fries and make two burgers with low or no fat dressing.

Have some green tea along with it and a piece of fruit.

Much much better.

Number 2

Super sized portions. If you ever go abroad you are likely to be appalled at the portion sizes.

How much do they give you over there? Just enough. You won't walk out of one of these places stuffed but you won't walk out hungry either.

Most of the people reading this were not born in the depression. It is not a sin to push food away. It's your body and your stomach. Listen to them.

Number 3

Scale watching. Since many popular diets have you lose water
weight first I think you should invest in a fat monitor scale. These days they are less than a hundred bucks and it's well spent.

If you go on Atkins or South Beach don't be too surprised if the weight goes down but the fat goes up. Water loss will do just that. Your fat loss will start after about 3 to 4 weeks on these diets.

With a fat scale you can't BS yourself and say, "I am going to the gym so maybe it’s muscle I am gaining."

Most workout programs will take a minimum of 6 weeks of dedicated
practice to actually start putting any measurable muscle on your frame.

The first couple of weeks you will be appearing to gain strength
rapidly as your body "learns" the exercise and recruits available
muscle fiber more efficiently.

Number 4

Eating at bedtime. This is pretty much the worst time you can eat. Not because you will extract more calories as you sleep as some people believe but because you are supposed to be resting. Dumping food in your body right before you go to bed will interfere with all the restorative actions of sleep including all the hormone secretions I talked about earlier.

This will leave you tired, listless and unable to get your metabolism to respond well to exercise.

Hint: take a Sleep Wizard and go to bed hungry. You'll spend quality time in deep sleep, max your body's natural hormone secretion and wake up ready to tear into the world.

Even if you were starving when you went to bed, you won't be hungry
when you wake up.

Number 5

I am not hungry but I need something to eat. Careful careful. Food is the good girls and boys drug. It can take the place of interest, excitement, stimulation, sex, happiness and all kinds of other things. And after you are done eating all you'll have is guilt.

Number 6

Skipping meals and waiting until you are hungry. Dietary pundits say you should eat 5 or 6 small meals for a reason. You eat less and this is what your body was designed for.

If you wait until you are ravenous I guarantee you you will make poor food choices especially if there is any prep time involved. You'll probably head for the nearest McArby's!

And under no circumstances should you go food shopping when you are hungry. You'll grab all the wrong foods, eat them on the way home and, betcha can't eat just one.

So, my friend, having the perfect body is really more about mindfulness than it is about discipline.

Think about and avoid these 6 fat foils and you'll stay on the straight and narrow.

And you know what, after a few weeks it will be habit and you won't even think twice about it.

You'll "Just Do It".

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