Many people try to lose weight, but just can't seem to get into the shape they want. It seems no matter what they do, they find little success. I am sure you are making some common mistakes that are stopping you from getting into super lean shape.

1. You reward your workouts with food. If you have just finished your workout, do you go home and reach for some fruit? Or do you just feel so great that you aren't hungry? Or do you pig out? If you do ramp it up at dinner after your work out, you are not alone. Following an intense workout, many women are prone to eating up to 120 more calories than they would have following a less strenuous workout, even though they burned about the same amount of calories working out. The way to avoid this is to keep healthy snacks in your gym bag and your car to avoid hunger pangs, so that you don't overdo it at the next meal. Some fruit, fibrous vegetables, or trail mix will do the trick every time.

2. You don't count your calories. You may think you are strict with your portion sizes, but careless eating, like snacking on your food while you cook, or finishing your kid's leftover sandwich can destroy your diet fast. The best way to get in the habit of counting your calories is to keep a food journal. This will help monitor what foods you are putting into your body. Most websites that log your food have built in calorie counters, so that you don't have to spend a lot of time counting calories. Logging your food intake will really help you to not eat unhealthy foods, when you have to put it in your diary.

3. You work late. Women that work more than 40 hours a week are more likely to gain fat than women who work 40 hours or less. Being too busy or fatigued to cook dinner, skipping breakfast and bingeing at lunch, not making it to the grocery store, or the gym...the list goes on and on. You may be richer, but your health and weight will be in poor condition. Always make time to exercise on a daily basis. Be sure to make the time to go to the grocery store and to shop for healthy foods.

4. You buy groceries when you're starving. When you go grocery shopping when you are hungry, you will just make the poorest choices. You will buy the most unhealthieswt foods, which is terrible for you. Never shop the perimeter of the grocery store.. The perimeter of the store have the raw and natural foods, such as meats, eggs, fresh fruits and vegetables.