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Avoid these hurdles on your way to weight loss

Posted: May 8th 2008 10:00AM by Bethany Sanders
Filed under: Fitness, Food and Nutrition, Healthy Habits, Diet and Weight Loss

Nobody ever said that losing weight was easy. In fact, it's a lot of hard work, and it's easy to lose track even after months of success. Self recently covered ten of the most common diet mistakes people make. Knowing about them ahead of time may help you avoid them. They include:
  • grocery shopping without a list
  • celebrating success with food
  • not counting calories
  • never updating your workout
  • keeping junk food in your kitchen
  • going it alone
Many people turn to food for comfort when they are stressed or emotions are high. This is prime time for your diet to fail, but you don't have to let stressful situations get the best of you. Over at AOL Body's Summer Quick Fix, you can read about how to stick to your diet no matter what. If you're afraid a situation is going to sabotage your diet, or if it already did, they can help you get back on the road to good health.

Teaching an old dog new tricks

Posted: May 6th 2008 1:00PM by Bethany Sanders
Filed under: Fitness, General Health, Healthy Habits, Diet and Weight Loss

Old habits are like a bad penny, they keep turning up. Many people think that to lose weight or build fitness, they simply need to stop doing the things that keep them from reaching their goals. While that's true, it's not enough to just say you're going to stop reaching for donuts in the break room or stop eating entire bags of nacho chips while watching TV. Instead, you have to replace those bad habits with new ones.

According to this NYT article, taking just tiny steps outside of your comfort zone can challenge your brain, leading to the creation of new synaptic paths and new brain cells. The idea isn't to make such a huge leap that you stress yourself out, but to make small steps so that your brain can build new pathways and create new habits.

So try this today -- write down three old habits that are standing in between you and your health and fitness goals. Then, create three healthier habits that you will do instead. Practice those new habits diligently, and before you know it, you'll lose those old habits that keep you from living the life that you want.



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