Dietitians

If you’re trying to lose weight, it’s not just your diet that needs to adjust—your eating habits can also play a major role in helping (or sabotaging) your weight loss goals.

“A lot of people know what they should be eating, but tend to struggle when implementing healthy habits around eating,” says Roxana Ehsani, MS, RD, CSSD, LDN, registered dietitian nutritionist and spokesperson for the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics. “For example, I’ve seen a number of patients that are frustrated because they are eating well and exercising routinely but are not seeing desired weight loss results and don’t know why.”

Sound familiar? According to Ehsani, it comes down to discovering the eating habits that are hurting their weight loss attempts—which isn’t exactly as easy as it may seem, as not all “bad” eating habits are obvious ones. “Sometimes the person has been eating quickly all their life or is always eating while distracted or on the go,” says Ehsani. The good news? “Once we discover these unhealthy eating habits and start adopting healthier ones, we can start to see a shift in weight.”

Whether you’re aware of it or not, you may be falling into some of the same unhealthy habits that are hindering your weight loss. Here are habits to avoid if you want to lose weight, according to dietitians. Read on, and for more on how to eat healthy, don’t miss 7 Healthiest Foods to Eat Right Now.

“Most people are still working