Top Signs You Should Say Goodbye to Your Diet Plan

Lisa Franchi February 24, 2015

Is your diet making you cranky and all? Does it shorten your patience each and every time? Does it make you feel depressed? Does it make you think about food all the time? Losing weight is a tough challenge. It doesn’t just require being physically active. It also involves being more cautious about what you eat and how many calories you consume. However, for your diet to work, it should be sustainable. It should not be something that gives you good result in the short term but keeps hungry and in bad mood almost every day.

If you are experiencing these things, it is time to drop your diet plan and turn to something more healthy and sustainable.

You’re always hungry… and grumpy.

Do you feel like killing someone when you are hungry? Then it’s possible that you are eating quick-burning sugar, you are skipping meals, or you are eating way too little than what your body requires. You don’t have to go on a “hunger strike” all the time. The key is to eat little but more often. Do snack in between regular meals. But be careful with your food choices. Opt for high-fibre and protein-rich foods like whole grains. These foods take time to digest so you don’t end up feeling too hungry until your next meal.

You catch colds easily.

If you always catch colds, then your diet is not helping improve your immune system. Instead, it makes you weak and run down. If you are into crash diets (those that involve eating only one type of food or beverage every day), you are likely to develop weak immune system. That is because it is evident that your body is lacking other nutrients that you can get from other food sources.

You feel stressed and anxious.

Is your diet making you feel stressed? Does it trigger your anxiety? Does thinking about how little you should eat makes you fret? Eating should be an enjoyable experience. It should not be something that makes you feel down, guilty or what.

You’re always constipated.

High stress, anxiety, and depression are all linked to constipation. When you are under these mental health problems, your metabolism and digestion slow down. Chronis stress has a great impact on your mood and bowel movement.

You feel sluggish after eating.

If you’re into a junk food diet, expect to feel sleepy after each meal. Foods that are high in sugar causes a sudden spike in your blood sugar levels. And after a few minutes, it goes down – which leads to lethargy and sluggishness. Nutritionists call it “sugar crash”. If junk food is not the culprit, you probably are overeating.

Your skin looks ugly.

When your body is not receiving adequate amount of essential nutrients, your skin suffers. Since poor diet keeps your immune system out of whack, your body goes through inflammation issues and hormonal imbalances, which then leads to the firing up of blemishes on your skin.

Your fingernails easily peel and crack.

In Ayurveda (a 5,000-year-old system of natural healing that has its origins in the Vedic culture of India), dry, cracking nails are a sign of improper absorption of nutrients in the colon. Poor nails are often a result of nutritional imbalances.

You crave a lot of sweet or salty foods.

If you often crave for certain foods, especially concentrated sources of a certain taste, like salty or sweet, there’s a likelihood that you are having deficiency in your diet.

Got some of these top signs? If yes, it’s time to re-assess your diet plan.