From the article: How to Avoid Six Dieting Mistakes
Diet mistakes seem to turn up just when you think you've got your eating habits under control. If you have found a diet faux pas trips you up in your weight-loss efforts, how did you fix it without depriving yourself? Share your tips on how to fix common diet mistakes.
So True
- It is so interesting that so many comment on the last issue -- to be careful who to tell. Just told my best friend, who is in a tough situation work- and family-wise right now. Boy, did she know what I sould and shouldn't do! I happened to have sucessfully dieted before and am doing it again. After I hung up with my friend, I was super- frustrated and worse, upset at her for giving me all this unwanted advice. I'm very happy and relieved that I am not the only one with this problem and I sure smartened up: The next time I'll talk about my diet with others will be when they come up to me and coment on my weight loss. I am making progress *my way*!
- —Guest snowball
Thanks for the get real!
- Thank you for stating that obesity has little or nothing to do with heredity and/or genes. It is a very popular believe right now, and I find it offensive that everything has to be someone else's fault. Own up to your mistakes and habits, do not take the easy way out. Thanks also for the rest of the article as I also believe that telling everybody you are "dieting" is an open call for offers of treats and junk you have a hard time resisting otherwise.
- —Guest maguita74
Accountability
- Telling someone close to you helps you maintain accountability for your eating habits.However, you should be careful NOT to utilize a "nagging nana" or Diet Police!
- —Guest donlar
Avoiding Diet Mistakes - Thank You!
- Keeping it to yourself is so important for me. The world is full of 'share' and 'partner' and the truth is, they Don't share my weight and they Don't share my success as pounds come off. A friend under extreme stress of overwork and threat of job loss recently 'took personal time' to go to a film with me. I am unemployed and while there is stress, yes, I am my own boss now, so I am learning to give Myself the Best of what I've learned over the years in caring for and managing Others. It was clear that she has regained weight after years of faithful 'support program dieting.' She noticed 'how good' I looked and attributed it to a new hairstyle. I thanked her and our friendship remains fun, if erratic due to enormous differences in available time due to 'work.' After reading your article, I feel validated in Not making a deal about my weight loss success in these recent months. If she feels it will support her, she may ask me about it someday - I'll happily share. I am learning.
- —elle98
Finally!
- Yes, finally, someone who actually acknowledges that telling your friends and family you're dieting may not be such a great idea! Everything you see that has dieting tips, be it a book, article, interview, or whatever, tells you to "enlist the support of your family and friends." UGH. I have always done better keeping it to myself. I don't need the self-appointed "diet police" to ask me, "Should you be eating that?" MUCH better to keep it to yourself.
- —seahag56
