Have you just started a diet? I’m sure you’re excited, because you know that this time you’ll lose weight and keep it off. Let’s look at three mistakes you should avoid to achieve success.

1. You Weigh Yourself Often

Throw away your scales. Your scales are not a gauge as to to whether or not you’re losing weight.

Not only can your weight fluctuate every day and every week, it can also seem as if you’re gaining weight, when you’re not. This is because muscle tissue weighs more than fat. So if you’re starting to exercise, you can be losing fat but this doesn’t show up on the scales because you’re actually gaining muscle.

Measurements are a much better gauge as to whether or not you’re losing weight. Get a tape measure and measure your waist, your hips, your chest, each thigh, and the top of your arms. Write these measurements down.

Measure yourself once a week, and you’ll see that the measurements will start to go down.

2. You Don’t Use a Food Journal

Studies have shown that dieters who use food journals lose more weight, and keep the weight off for longer, than those people who don’t.

You can keep your food journal on your computer, or in a notebook. Write down everything you eat and drink, as well as your meal times, and what your emotions are.

Just writing down what you eat will make you conscious of your consumption — you’re less likely to over-eat by snacking without realizing.

3. You Want a Fast Fix

It took you a certain amount of time to gain the weight, and it will take time for you to lose weight. There is no fast fix which works. Going on fad diets usually ends up with you weighing more than you weighed before the fad diet.

Choose a sensible, healthy diet with a good eating plan, which encourages you to eat all foods rather than a subset of foods, as with low-carb diets, for example. While these diets are effective in the short term, they’re not successful in helping you to keep the weight off permanently.

You’re on a diet, and you’re wondering what’s for dinner.

This can lead to disaster: you should know what you’re having for dinner tonight, and every night this week.

Planning your meals is essential for dieting success. I like to plan the coming week’s meals on the weekend. After I’ve decided what’s on the menu, I make a shopping list.

I always try to do some cooking on the weekends as well, creating additional  meals which I can simply defrost during the week. Having something already prepared ensures that I won’t be tempted to buy fast food.

Start collecting recipes online — once you have a stash of recipes, it’s much easier to plan ahead.

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Did you know that blueberries are good for you? They are also a fantastic weight loss aid. Recent research on animals has shown that when blueberries were added to their diet it helped them to lose weight around their abdomen.

Scientists are hoping that they can create studies to show that the blueberries have the same effect in humans.

You don’t have to wait for the scientists to prove that blueberries help you to lose weight — add blueberries to your diet now.

Just a tablespoon or two of blueberries, either eaten on their own, or added to some yogurt or cereal every day will make a great difference in your weight loss.

Blueberries have long been known as a super food, now they’re becoming known as a great diet food as well.

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Here are three secrets. Firstly set small weight loss goals when you first start on your diet program. Aim to lose five pounds rather than 50. As you continue to lose weight, you will gain in confidence that you can continue to lose weight. Setting small goals and making them easily achievable makes it a weight loss easy.

Secondly keep a food journal. A food journal and let you track what you’re eating, and helps you to be aware. People use a food journal lose more weight than people who don’t.

Here’s your final tip; exercise every day. The amount of exercise is not as important as the fact that you begin an exercise habit. Even if you only exercise for five minutes, you’ll slowly get a taste for exercise and it will become part of your life.

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