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3 Common Dieting Mistakes Women Make — What Research Says to Do Instead When it comes to dieting advice for women, most recommendations center on willpower — eat less, move more, and so on. But some of the most common dieting mistakes women make have nothing to do with willpower at all. To a surprising degree, they work against the body's natural biology, and the evidence for this is laid out in the research below. Here are the three most common mistakes and what the research suggests doing instead. To learn more about healthy approaches to weight management, read our weight management guide . Mistake #1: Severe, Rapid Calorie Restriction You may think that drastically cutting calories at the start of a weight loss plan is a great way to jump-start the process, but it can have a distinctly negative effect. The best evidence for this comes from an NIH study that tracked former The Biggest Loser contestants for six years after they rapidly and significantly lost a considerable amoun...