10 common mistakes dieters make

With many people being on a diet, it is a little worrying why the success rate is so low!

After analyzing many cases, it was seen that there are some concepts that may be going wrong, leading to disappointment in weight loss.

1. Starving during the day and eating the one and only meal at night: Though this may sound repetitive but it is so vital to weight loss and so frequently ignored, that one is forced to remind this mantra daily.
2. Eating sprouts on a day when you are also eating cooked food : The combination of sprouts and regular cooked food is very fattening.
3. Drinking juices (very fattening) and coconut water (good for kidney not so good when trying to knock off flab).
   
4. Eating plenty of ketchup,pickles.
5. Eating too many of the diet foods like diet chocolate, diet fizzy drinks, diet cookies(heavy on fat and loaded with aspartame which in high doses also prevents weight loss).
6. Eating too many carbs : Often repeated but true because some people with carb sensitive profile do not lose weight on too much carbs despite a low calorie diet.
7. Drinking mega-doses of milk and consuming lot of dairy in the form of curd, paneer, cheese :  As too much of dairy makes the elimination system sluggish, a sensible amount of dairy suits some people but not all blood groups.
8. Drinking tea/ coffee more than 8 cups a day : Creates toxins within the system which stagnates weight loss.
9. Drinking soup at night does not suit women as it promotes water retention and increases weight.
10. Eating dals at night : Too heavy to digest and stays as calories.
    
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11. A lot of people consider dals as proteins whereas most dals have only 30% protein so their protein content is 1/3 that of egg and dals have 65-70% carbs (so a lot of dals can add to your carbs too).
12. Doing fad diets like only vegetables and fruits for 7 days will  always lead to rebound weight gain.
13. Worrying endlessly :  Sounds strange but true, the more you fret about weight loss the less likely it is going to fall, so cheer up, go slow and 1 year of consistent weight loss is far better than a lifetime of dieting !