TOP FIVE Diet killers! #5

Inconsistent Exercise

I don't believe in "dieting". You have to eat the foods you enjoy and include the unhealthy foods you enjoy in moderation. You need to shop and eat consciously. Don't buy what you don't want to eat. Don't have drinks, appetizer and dessert if you go out often, pick one. When I say "diet" killers I really mean things that are impacting your healthy eating pattern or affecting your ability to reach a weight loss or weight maintenance goal, not avoiding carbs.

There is a reason why the first 4 diet killers involved eating. Because the goal of maintaining or losing weight is won and lost with the food you eat. That's because its easy to blow your healthy eating pattern in a moment with a rich dessert or a high-calorie entree. A couple of nights out, high-calorie beverages, a few desserts, some emotional eating and the scale is up.

Exercise burns calories but if you eat high-calorie foods a lot it would take a lot more exercise to offset those calories. Exercise is part of a healthy living routine which improves your feeling of well-being, energizes you, strengthens bones, builds lean muscle, reduces the likelihood of developing heart disease and some cancers and burns calories too. If you do it sporadically it won't help you reach your goals of weight loss, weight maintenance or provide all of the other benefits to exercise like longevity.

Clients often tell me if they stop eating right they stop exercising and vice versa so the two work together to help you with your goal. If you stop exercising you often stop watching what you eat so try to keep some exercise routine each week, even if you exercise a little less than usual some weeks. Starting a habit back up again is much harder than keeping a habit going, even to a lesser degree. Be consistent with your exercise and you will find you are more conscious about what you eat.