CLEAR SIGNS THAT YOU’RE ON A BAD DIET

BY
HORAS JOHANNES PANJAITAN M.Pd
 Making lifestyle changes

If there’s one common thread among 

people who’ve successfully lost weight and kept it off, it’s that they made a dietary

lifestyle change. It usually includes a combination of controlling portions, limiting 

unhealthy foods, and identifying environmental and emotional triggers that lead to

overeating.

Many eating plans—including crazy fad diets—don’t lead to such lifestyle

changes because they’re simply hard to maintain long-term. If you’re deciding

between different weight-loss routes, compare yours against this list of signs that

yours may be setting you up for failure. Take a look at 

the best diet for every decade.

 Bad diet: It’s a total 180 from the way you currently eat
A diet that doesn’t fit your needs or everyday life is a bad one. Can’t imagine a Sunday dinner

without roasted meat as a centerpiece of the meal? Then choosing a vegetarian or vegan plan will

be harder for you to follow. Know you won’t be able to spend more than 15 minutes preparing

dinner on hectic weeknights?

A diet that’s heavy on home cooking may become frustrating before long. “Sustainability is

perhaps the biggest factor to success,” says Kristin Kirkpatrick, RDN, a registered dietitian

nutritionist and owner of KAK Consulting in Denver. “Choosing the right eating pattern is not

about finding something that worked for your friend, your neighbor, or a celebrity. ” Here’s the 

secret protein trick nutritionists swear by.

 Bad diet: It eliminates entire food groups
Most nutritionists will tell you there’s no food group or nutrient you should eliminate completely. Diets that forbid

macronutrients wholesale, like carbs, tend to be unsustainable long-term and are a telltale sign of a bad diet.

Carbohydrates, for example are essential for providing energy. You likely can quit eating anything for a short period

without issues. But if cutting an entire food group is the reason you’re losing weight, you’ll start gaining again as soon

you bite into your next bagel.

“Any diet that involves the notion that you are deprived won’t last long term,” says Kirkpatrick. “A healthy mix, in a

nutrient-dense manner, even if it’s higher calorie, has been shown to be more effective to weight loss long-term. The 

Mediterranean diet is a perfect example of this. This is also why time-restricted eating is so popular and evidence-based.

You can still eat foods you love some of the time, but the frequency of how many hours you are actually eating change.”

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 Bad diet: You don’t lose weight soon after starting

We are extremely motivated by psychology and positive

reinforcement. If the scale doesn’t budge or your jeans don’t slide on
a little easier after a few days, it’s easy to feel deflated and give up
before the diet has a chance to work.
But a quickie weight-loss plan isn’t the answer. A study published
in 2018 in Medical Clinics of North America shows how early rapid
weight loss is certain to be followed by a plateau and progressive
regain. Instead, 
aim for a gradual loss of about 1 to 2 pounds per week. Here are
the 20 reasons your diet isn’t working.