By Mike Roussell PhD(c)

There is nothing more frustrating than sticking to your diet and exercise plan but not losing weight. You think you are doing everything you are supposed to do but the weight just isn’t coming off like it should. You ask yourself ‘What is Going On?!” I might have the answer for you. Today I want to share with you three under the radar ways that you could currently be sabotaging your weight loss efforts without evening knowing it.

Nibbling while Cooking

This is my personal demon. I’m a nibbler. Snacking and nibbling on the foods that you are cooking while preparing your meals can be a significant source of unaccounted for calories. Let’s say you are making a chicken, vegetable, and cashew stir-fry. You have a couple cashews while getting the ingredients out, a small handful while adding them to the dish, next thing you know you’ve had 200-300 unaccounted calories.

One of the great benefits of ‘meal preparation chunking’, a technique that I teach which involves getting most if not all of your food prep done at one time at the beginning of the week. This cuts down on the temptation of nibbling by just removing it from the equation, except for one time during the week. [Read more...]