Fighting weight loss sabotage is key for anyone who is truly serious about losing weight. Many articles on this topic focus on the eating triggers that may knock you off the wagon. The types of foods you choose are also can contribute to erasing any gains you might be making. In this article even though we are going to be pointing out some of the challenges on the food side I have found it is the behaviors and every day habits of life that can get us into trouble.

Most people start their weight loss plan with an understanding that success will come by incorporating both exercise and dieting. For some dieting can be cutting back the calories for others it may be changing their choices from carbs and high fat foods. Weight loss sabotage comes on both sides when you don't have time to do your regular exercise or you don't adjust your eating habits for all of the different eating situations you will find yourself in.

A clear and regular exercise plan is a requirement to lose weight but some people use it as an excuse of all or nothing. Instead of adapting their exercise plan and schedule at times they just decide since they had to miss their workout that day then there is no way to get in some form of exercise. This type of weight loss sabotage is becoming more common since our lives can be so hectic. Whether you are being forced to work late hours or as a parent having to adjust your schedule for the sake of others it is hard to bob and weave through what at times appear to be a concerted effort to keep you from exercising.

A strategy I have found useful when I miss a workout is to fit in a walk sometime in the day. Walking is underrated as an exercise and though it may not burn as many calories as an intense cardio workout it psychologically helps. I also don't look at exercise as a daily requirement. I give myself a goal of a certain number of exercise sessions per week. I also allow myself to have "good weeks" and "bad weeks". Behavioral weight loss sabotage is when you allow these unavoidable blips in your schedule to cut exercise out altogether.

On the eating side of things I have found our family activities are big contributors to weight loss sabotage. We are an active family during the weekend but we tend to eat out more during the weekends. It is hard to make the right eating choices at restaurants especially when your children are eating foods that may truly tempt you. Who wouldn't be tempted by fries. In order to maintain the weight loss you fought so hard for during the week you need to make the same food choices that you made during the week.

From eating out, to watching games live or on television the weekends are a minefield of challenges for all of your food cravings. Alcohol and desserts tend to also be part of the weight loss sabotage awaiting many of us on the weekends. Of course there will be special occasions but when every weekend is special your failure is inevitable.

So in closing fighting weight loss sabotage is made up of a bunch of conscious choices. A mix of both adaptability and discipline are a must to not only get enough exercise but to also stick with the right food choices. Have a plan for both the right amount of exercise per week and for better food choices when you aren't in the controlled environment of your home.