If you are getting ready to start a new diet, make sure you avoid the three most common diet attitudes sure to sabotage your chances of success. Your frame of mind, going into a diet is more important than what you put or don’t put into your mouth. So beware of the following bad diet attitudes:

Reach for the Stars and Win at All Cost Attitude

Dieters who go gung ho into a new diet that is incredibly restrictive, with an attitude that they need to win at all cost, are setting themselves up for diet disaster. Don’t expect to be a perfect dieter.

You need to acknowledge that your diet is a lifestyle change and that there will be slip-ups along the way. If you leave no room for mistake then you will be crushed when temptation strikes and you cheat on your diet. Dieters that don’t allow any bending in their diet rules often give up their diet in disappointment the moment they cave.

You also want to make sure that your diet isn’t asking the impossible. Don’t starve yourself and don’t eat ridiculous combinations of food just to lose weight. Find a healthy diet and allow yourself to be human and you are more likely to see diet success.

The ‘Give up Everything’ Attitude

The dieter with the ‘give up everything’ attitude sacrifices every food that they enjoy so that they can lose weight. You need to be realistic in what you allow yourself to eat. Will you go the rest of your life never eating a treat now and then? You need to find moderation in your diet and allow yourself to enjoy your favourites once in a while. If not, the moment you cave and enjoy your favourite treat you’re more likely to throw the whole diet out the window and go on a binge.

When you do allow yourself to indulge with your favourite food, try to portion size. Eat smaller portions and you can still enjoy without destroying your diet.

The Unachievable Goal Attitude

Set an achievable goal and give yourself a healthy period of time to reach it. You don’t want to say that you’re going to lose 50 pounds in a month or 10 pounds this weekend. Weight loss should be at a healthy pace.

A healthy weight loss is considered to be about 2 pounds a week at first, and then only 1 pound. So set a goal that is realistic, and don’t beat yourself up if the pounds are coming off slower than planned. The important thing is that you make healthy changes to your diet and your exercise and that you become a healthier, ultimately happier person.

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