It might not be willpower holding you back from cutting the fat you so desperately want to lose. It may be your environment. Check out these eight big fat traps. Could they be what ails you?

Food, Food, Everywhere. Everywhere you turn, there's a food counter. Malls, gas stations, Target. My new Super Wal-Mart even has its own built-in McDonald's.

Bulk Buying. When we buy food in bulk, we eat twice as much in the first eight days. Only when quantities shrink to normal sizes do we slow our consumption.

Salting and Sweetening. Salt is often added to sweet products, and sugar to salty products. Science says this makes it harder to stop eating.

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Since weight loss plans are never a quick thing, it's easy to let mood swings and attitude issues get in the way as time goes on. Weight loss plateaus and other negative snags are also easy roads to negative thinking and loss of motivation. But common traps like unrealistic dreams, being inflexible, and an all-or-nothing attitude are not that difficult to overcome -- if you can recognize that you have them.

Having a good attitude really boils down to being realistic, not setting impossible standards for yourself, and giving yourself credit for small successes. Click here for more advice on avoiding attitude traps!

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