Are you frustrated that even after putting in so much effort, mustering a lot of will power, following the diet to the T, becoming a gym rat – nothing seems to help, not at least to lower the numbers on the weighing scale. There might be a couple of mistakes stopping you from achieving success – from switching around trying every other superfood that claims to be a silver bullet to melt away extra fat to cutting out major food groups, or there can be more than one. Even if you are eating everything healthy and exercising consistently, these 6 small mistakes can ruin your weight loss goals.

1. Adding Too Much Oil To your Meals: We Indians do like curries to be spicy and oily. We all know by now how changing the cooking oil can be a game-changer in weight loss. Even with the healthiest of oils, it’s important to cut down the quantity of oil while cooking. Olive oil, ghee, butter, coconut oil have healthy fats but they are calorie dense and would increase the calorie count at the end of the day. For example,  1 tbsp of olive oil has 119 calories! And if you are adding too much oil, it would be difficult to maintain a calorie deficit. Please take note that reducing the amount of oil during the cooking process will help cut down so many calories. 2. Eyeballing Calories: We tend to underestimate the amount of calories in food when we resort to eyeballing the quantity. When you are just starting out, instead of eyeballing quantity and calories, weigh and mea...