Have you ever fallen off the diet wagon or even lost weight on a diet and then put it all back on again? The unfortunate thing about dieting is that people can blame themselves when they don't succeed. This can result in feelings of failure and guilt, triggering a vicious cycle of comfort eating, weight gain, and even more dieting.
But how often do you look at the diet itself? If you don't lose weight on a diet or struggle to keep it off, who has really failed? Isn't it the actual diet that has let you down? Why should your confidence and self-esteem suffer at the hands of an eating program that was doomed to fail from the start?
Let's face it, more often than not diets don't work when:
If you can’t stick to a diet over the long-term and maintain your results, then that diet is ineffective. You haven’t failed anything.
For future success, focus on a healthy eating plan with gradual lifestyle changes and expect gradual results. That way, you can avoid a gradual return to your old weight.
Would you rate your last diet as a success? And do you think it was the fault of the diet or dieter?
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