You start your diet a week ago and then in the middle of the week, something pulls you off from your determination to proceed with the plan and you just say, “what the heck? Why bother even?”

Such is always the case when we start dieting. There is always some reason we stop with out plan to lose weight. Why? Look at the following reasons behind this common phenomenon.

Exercising restraint is like exercising a muscle

The muscle of self-control is one of our most reliable friends during the time we need to restrain ourselves from picking up that french fry or sinking your teeth into a sweet cake. Because of modern…

So maybe you have lost the fat, and you can now fit in most of your “thin clothes,” but there’s not hiding the fact that you still sometimes think you carry that weight you have just lost. The self-image that accompanies being fat can never be truly lost even after you have shed off the pounds.

Studies are calling this the “phantom fat” phenomenon, and here their theories of these:

* The excess fat is gone when people reach their goal weight, but they may have sagging skin, cellulite or a body shape that they still deem undesirable.
* “People who were formerly overweight often still carry that internal image perception with them,”…

The diet industry has been saturated with tips and programs that doesn’t do much for us in terms of health and eating nutritious foods. In fact, these programs may even be adding to our weight gain. Also, a lot of self-proclaimed dieticians and nutritionists have taken it upon themselves to create what they know as their own dieting ways.

Anyway, here are 13 myths we should avoid when dieting:

1. You don’t need to exercise to lose weight

2. Skipping breakfast helps you lose weight

3. Eating late at night hinders weight loss

4. Certain foods are “good” others are “bad”

5. Low fat foods are better for you

6. Fruit juice is as good as eating…