5 Signs Your Weight Loss Plan May Fail.

So you've decided to lose weight. If you are already struggling, you're not alone. Seventy-three percent of adults who made fitness goals gave up before meeting their targets, according to an online study conducted by Harris Interactive on behalf of bodybuilding.com.

One key to sticking with your goals to drop weight may be to squash diet derailers before they can interfere with your big goals. Here are five five red flags that may steer you off course if you're not careful.

1.Your diet is too regimented.

The average American gets bored eating the same thing day after day. Plus, according to one study, dieters who gave up their favorite food ultimately ended up overeating later.

Busting Weight Loss Myths.

Check out this video as some of the common weight loss myths are discussed. Hope you find this useful.

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Related: 8 Ways To Motivate Yourself To Lose Weight.

The Real Reason Americans Are So Fat.

The logic seems impeccable: In 1980, the U.S. government officially recommended that all Americans eat a low-fat diet. The entire country fell in line. Food manufacturers cranked out low-fat versions of everything from pastries to pork (“the other white meat”). 

Nutrition scientists published studies in support of higher-carb, lower-fat diets. The media jumped on board.

You know what happened next: Americans got really fat, really fast. The obesity rate tripled, and with it came a tsunami of type 2 diabetes. The dual epidemics even got a clever name—“diabesity”—making it the Brangelina of diseases. More to the point, it caught everyone by surprise, including the experts who thought no one could get fat on a low-fat diet.

5 Mistakes You Are Making That Are Ruining Your Weight Loss Efforts.

If it feels like you’ve been trying to slim down for weeks, months, maybe even years, and nothing’s happened, we feel you: The struggle is real and the frustration even more so. 

But before you think about waving that white flag, you might want to double check that you're not making these common mistakes without even knowing it.

We tapped nutrition and fitness pros to find out which seemingly helpful diet and workout choices are really keeping us from shedding the pounds