Navigating a weight loss journey can be challenging, and falling into common diet traps is easy. In this video, I reveal 7 common weight loss mistakes I have seen many clients make. Understanding and avoiding these "weight loss mistakes" can set you up for long-term success.

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⏰TIMESTAMPS:
00:00 Introduction
00:27 Mistake #1
01:37 Mistake #2
02:45 metabolism changes
03:40 Mistake #3
05:17 Mistake #4
06:43 Mistake #5
08:07 Mistake #6
09:18 Mistake #7

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I’ve helped hundreds of people successfully lose weight, and many of them could have reached their goals sooner if they hadn’t made these common weight loss mistakes.

So, in an effort to help you reach your goals sooner, I’m sharing these with you today, too.

1. Going gluten-free when it’s not necessary
65% of American adults think gluten-free foods are healthier, and 27% choose gluten-free products to aid in weight loss.

However, gluten-free foods tend to be higher in both sugar and fat. They also tend to be lower in protein, fibre, and other essential nutrients. Plus, they often have more calories than their regular counterparts.

When you think about it logically, Gluten is a protein that, when used in baking, makes our bread tall and fluffy. If you remove it, manufacturers must add a load of other stuff to get the same effect.

So unless you absolutely need to go gluten-free because you have been diagnosed with coeliac disease or have gluten sensitivity, choosing gluten-free foods in your weekly grocery shop is not a good choice.

Plus, they also tend to be a LOT more expensive.

In fact switching to a gluten free diet often leads to weight gain, this is something we see a lot in newly diagnosed coeliacs.

So this mistake is going gluten-free when it’s not necessary

The bottom line is that if you can tolerate gluten, then go for it!

2. Eating too few calories
Some people start a diet with a huge amount of initial motivation and make drastic cuts to their calories. This is not a good approach because your brain thinks it’s being starved, so it starts sending survival signals. These signals ramp up your appetite, giving you intense cravings, and you will start thinking about food all the time.

When you do allow yourself to have food, your brain intentionally turns off your fullness signals because it wants you to overeat. It’s a survival mechanism; it wants you to eat as much as possible just in case you have to go another few days without food again. If you have ever experienced a “loss of control” when eating, this is why. It’s a human response to starvation. Many people tell me they think something is wrong with them, and it offers a lot of relief when I explain that there is nothing wrong with them. This is human physiology and a normal response to starvation.

Additionally, our metabolism slows down to save energy because it thinks it’s being starved. Often, without realizing it, we start to move less, we don’t speak with our hands as much, we don’t fidget as much, and the body overall goes into energy-saving mode. This might be a more extreme example, but when I have underweight eating disorder patients, they often become very unexpressive in how they communicate.

So, the mistake is eating too few calories.