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For years, it has been reported that people on a diet have experienced depression for various reason and the condition hindering their progress. Depression is related to feeling sad, helpless, hopeless, and similar emotion and behaviors, and these signs can be used as indicator of its occurrence:

1. Cannot sleep well and experience unpleasant dreams.

2. Cannot eat well.

3. Wake from sleep at night and have the difficulty getting back to sleep.

4. Cannot concentrate when doing an assignment.

5. Anxious worrying.

6. Angry or having bad mood without any particular reason.

7. Become short temper.

8. Waking from sleep in exhausted condition.

9. Suffer insomnia.

There are two forms for this problem: the first one is being depressed for other reasons while trying to lose weight, the second is being depressed because the diet does not show any significant result for quite some time.

If you experienced either of these problems, you need to solve it fast or you will never achieve your ideal weight. If the reasons are your environment, people in your life, jobs, or other external factors you need to track the source and solve the problem; but sometimes without you realized, the problem may lie within your diet itself:

1. A study show that antioxidant can prevents depression, you should check your current diet and see if it is already contain enough food with antioxidant in it such as red bean, blueberry, blackberry, apple, strawberry, black plum, spinach, broccoli, asparagus, and papaya.

2. Depression also affected by Serotonin; a brain chemical which is used to regulate intestinal movements, control appetite, mood, and anger. A diet method involving high whole grain carbohydrates intake and low protein will increase serotonin by secreting insulin. So ,if your diet involving carbohydrates restricting, it may cause depression and you must rethink it. Just remember to control your insulin secreting since a long period will trigger insulin resistance.

3. Another study has shown that low selenium levels in the diet can lead to irritability and depression; the government is recommend daily intake of selenium by 75mcg for men and 60mcg for women, so you should include food source of selenium in your daily diet such as cereals (corn, wheat, rice), walnuts, beef, chicken, egg, cheese, and tuna.

4. Make sure your diet already contain a good portion of exercise since a study shown that it will reduce stress, anxiety, and depression; not only that, it also boost self esteem and improve sleep. The exercise included does not have to be a workout session or hours in gym; a simple regular jogging will enough.

If your current diet already has all the criteria mentioned above, then the problem may be your own concept about diet, the process, and the result. There are people that expect too much from his weight loss program that when the time comes and the result is far from the expectation, they get depressed and drop the diet; this will pose some troubles since not only you waste time, but also didn’t get anything in return; so lets straight your concept about dieting first:

1. Some weight loss program may offer fast result and have tons of testimonials to prove it; but remember that our bodies build different genetically, so what works for them is not guaranteed will works for you too. If you are on a diet and lose significant amount on regular basis, that is enough, no need to aim ten pounds in ten days or other spectacular result; the final result is the most important, not your speed in losing weight.

2. No matter how advanced a diet method can be, you cannot be 100% sure that it will work immediately on first try. Your body need to adapt with the new eating behavior, exercise schedule, and the lifestyle changing; so give your body some times to adapt while keep going on your diet routine, eventually it will show result.

3. Aiming for perfection is dangerous thing; while it is true that a bad day when you eat too much will damage your entire week progress, there are no use in keep dwelling on what have happened. You are a human and you bound to make mistakes, just forget it and start anew on the next day.

Depression and weight loss is a bad combination when you experienced it and you need to get out of it fast. Checking your diet’s meal plans should come in priority; make sure it already contain all food groups, that way you will not lose any important ingredients to suppress depression. A healthy exercise is also required, followed with setting the right concept about dieting before you start anything. This will help you go through the process and expect best result in the end.

For years, it has been reported that people on a diet have experienced depression for various reason and the condition hindering their progress. Depression is related to feeling sad, helpless, hopeless, and similar emotion and behaviors, and these signs can be used as indicator of its occurrence:

1. Difficulties to have a good sleep, sometimes involving unpleasant dreams.

2. Cannot eat well.

3. Waking up from sleep too early and cannot go back to sleep.

4. Cannot concentrate during working hour.

5. Anxious worrying.

6. Becoming emotional or upset for no reason.

7. Easy to get angry at anything.

8. Exhaustion on waking from sleep.

9. Can’t sleep well for long time.

Depression on a dieter can be occurring in two forms: the first one is being depressed because other reasons while on a diet, which can hinders the weight loss process itself; the second is being depressed because the expected result from the diet does not happen quickly enough.

Either of these problems will hinder your weight loss progress, so if you experienced these, you better solve it quickly. If the reasons are external factors such as family, job, or environment you need to look for the source and solve the problem; but sometimes you don’t realize that the problem is lie within your weight loss program itself:

1. Proper antioxidant intake can prevents depression to a certain degree; read your meal plans again and make sure it is already contain adequate number of foods rich in antioxidant such as apple, cinnamon, barley cereal, chili pepper, red cabbage, parsley, and kiwi.

2. Depression also affected by Serotonin; a brain chemical which is used to regulate intestinal movements, control appetite, mood, and anger. A diet method involving high whole grain carbohydrates intake and low protein will increase serotonin by secreting insulin. So ,if your diet involving carbohydrates restricting, it may cause depression and you must rethink it. Just remember to control your insulin secreting since a long period will trigger insulin resistance.

3. Another study has shown that low selenium levels in the diet can lead to irritability and depression; the government is recommend daily intake of selenium by 75mcg for men and 60mcg for women, so you should include food source of selenium in your daily diet such as cereals (corn, wheat, rice), walnuts, beef, chicken, egg, cheese, and tuna.

4. Exercising is known to have the effects of reducing stress, anxiety, and depression. Other good effects including boost self esteem and improve sleep quality, so check your diet program and make sure it includes a healthy portion of exercise such as jogging or walking.

If your current diet already has all the criteria mentioned above, then the problem may be your own concept about diet, the process, and the result. There are people that expect too much from his weight loss program that when the time comes and the result is far from the expectation, they get depressed and drop the diet; this will pose some troubles since not only you waste time, but also didn’t get anything in return; so lets straight your concept about dieting first:

1. Do not put your hope into any commercials. Many weight loss programs are offer fast result for almost no effort; that may work in some cases, but it not necessarily work in your case. So basically you need to set your mind for long term goal, not the process speed; losing little weight constantly is better than losing lots at once and regain it back on the next week.

2. There are various diet methods available right now; when you choose one to do, do not expect that you can do it easily and gain result immediately. Sometimes your body still needs time to get used with the program and you may not gain result for weeks, when this happens just stay calm, rearrange your plan, motivate yourself, aim for a goal, and start it again.

3. Aiming for perfection is dangerous thing; while it is true that a bad day when you eat too much will damage your entire week progress, there are no use in keep dwelling on what have happened. You are a human and you bound to make mistakes, just forget it and start anew on the next day.

Depression and weight loss is a bad combination when you experienced it and you need to get out of it fast. Checking your diet’s meal plans should come in priority; make sure it already contain all food groups, that way you will not lose any important ingredients to suppress depression. A healthy exercise is also required, followed with setting the right concept about dieting before you start anything. This will help you go through the process and expect best result in the end.