It is important to have goals on a diet, but it is also important not to have too many expectations.
Often when we start a diet we start expecting huge success. Often this is because the advertising focuses on the big success stories and not on the average person's results.
It is important to keep this in mind when we are considering a new diet. If we are disappointed we can easily use this as an excuse to give up.
Always remember that slow weight loss is better than fast, because it is more likely to give a good final outcome.
Something else that can cause us to have unrealistic expectations is our memories about diets that we have followed in the past.
We might remember losing a lot of weight in a short time, or being very successful following a particular plan. Then when the same thing does not happen this time around, we can be discouraged.
It may be that our memory was at fault, or it may be that the circumstances were different. Or maybe we did lose a lot of weight, but then put it right back on again. Our memories can be very selective when it comes to this kind of thing.
So it is important to come to a diet fresh each time, without having expectations that are based on either our past experiences or other people's experiences.
What matters is what is happening right now and how we can use our weight loss program to change our lives for the better - permanently.
