What foods should I not eat when I'm trying to lose weight?
Honestly, You can eat anything you want & still lose weight as long as you eat the right amount of calories (see why) but the foods below may cause you to gain weight because they increase your hunger & cravings to a point where you'll end up eating too many calories and they may cause you to gain excess water weight so…
Foods You Must AVOID When Trying to Lose Weight Are…
- Stop drinking regular & diet sodas. Quick fact: You'd lose 35 pounds in one year if you replaced a 20oz bottle of soda with water daily. Use these weight loss drinks instead & go here if you need help to stop drinking soda
- AVOID the grocery store snack aisle. Stop eating potato chips, artificially flavored popcorn, cookies, candy, ice cream, cakes, etc. because the ingredients in these foods may make you want to eat more calories than you need to lose weight. 42 ways to curb your cravings for snacks, salt & sugar
- Make an effort to Cut down on your salt & sugar intake because too much causes you to gain water weight or false fat.
- Don't eat so called 'sugar free' products because although they are low calorie… They contain artificial sweeteners that increase your hunger & cravings making you more likely to eat too many calories.
- Read food labels and avoid anything that has sugar as it's main source of carbs, has corn syrup and/or hydrogenated oils as ingredients.
- Don't be fooled by the term "Multigrain" since it's just a fancy word for processed carbs and choose "Whole Grain" products only.
36 Foods NOT to Eat When Trying to Lose Weight
- All Desserts (even the Sahara)
- Artificial sweeteners (like Nutrasweet, Equal, Sweet N Low)
- Breads, pastas & baked goods made with white flour
- Buttered or Flavored Popcorn
- Cakes
- Candy
- Canned fruits w/added sugar
- Coffee w/added cream & sugar (How to lose weight with coffee)
- Cookies
- Doughnuts
- Fast Foods
- Flavored yogurt
- Flavored Water
- Frosting
- Gums
- Ice cream
- Liquorice
- Milk Chocolate (Dark Chocolate helps you lose weight)
- Mint Sweets
- Multi-grain bread
- Pizza
- Pies
- Plain Jam
- Potato chips & French fries
- Puddings
- Salted or Smoked nuts
- Soda pop such as Coke, Pepsi, Mountain Dew, etc.
- Sugary cereals
- Sugary Drinks (artificially flavored fruit juices, sweet teas & bottled green teas)
- Sugary Energy Bars
- Sugary Granola
- Sweet Pickles
- Syrup
- Toffee
- White Bread / Bagels
- White rice
But Can I Eat Anything I Want & Still Lose Weight?
Yes, as long as you eat the right amount of calories to lose weight so for example…
If you need to eat less than 2000 calories per day to lose weight then its only 'BAD' for weight loss if you eat over 2000 calories and usually when a majority of your diet is from the list of foods not to eat you're more likely to end up eating MORE than you need to lose weight
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