Are you thinking about starting the Paleo diet? If so, you need to be aware of the three common pitfalls that new Paleo dieters make when undertaking this diet. These are: not realizing their calorie intake, eating too much fat, and not taking enough protein. By committing these mistakes, people will actually gain weight instead of losing it.
Not eating enough protein
Since the Paleo diet is another variation of a low-carb diet, you need to make sure that you're in taking enough calories to make up for the loss of carbohydrates. If you don't take enough calories, you will become tired, sick, and moody.
To combat this, the individual should be aware of the amount of excess protein that they need to intake each day so that they are reaching their required daily needs.
Eating too much fat
The second biggest mistake of newbies make is the amount of fat they are eating each day. Due to the fact that you're eating a lot of protein, people may feel very very hungry quickly. To fix this, they tell you to intake more fat into your diet. Unfortunately, each gram of fat is equal to 9 calories. So, by eating a bag of nuts, or other fat sources you could be reaching your calorie intake for the day.
Calorie intake
To lose weight with any diet program it's all about the calories that you intake. The Paleo diet is not an exception to this rule. In fact, if you eat more calories than what you are burning each day you will gain weight.. If your eating high-protein breakfasts, lunches, and dinner you may be exceeding the amount of calories you need. Remember, it's not about the type of macronutrient that you're eating, it's about how many calories that you are taking each day.
Knowing that a calorie isn`t just a calorie will separate you from being successful on the Paleo diet, and not. So watch the amount of fat that you intake as it`s double the amount of a calorie that protein and carbohydrates are.
Now that you know the three pitfalls that people go through when starting the Paleo diet, you will have a better chance of success by knowing these three tips. Failure of not following one of these tips will lead to less than desirable results. So remember choose enough proteins, don't intake much fat, and watched the amount of calories that you intake each day.
