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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hey im am 10 and I weigh 97 pounds im ashamed of myself anything i can do to lose weight i would do and im 4 8
March 03, 2019
Hello, I am 16 years old and 5’0”. I’ve had a look at your article and was wondering if there is a plan that I could take into consider by losing weight, I weigh somewhere around 145lbs, and would love to see myself more better!
January 28, 2019
Hi i weight 93 pounds and i eat clean and healthy i use to weight 147 i lose weight am 13 but am scared of eating junk food and gaining body weight from any where is this really true am scared of gaining weight
December 02, 2018
weight gain or weight loss is about HOW MUCH and not what you eat. see this
December 03, 2018
Hi Adrian, I’m 25 and 5’4”. I’m also about 195lbs. I want to lose about 50lbs as quick as possible. My main reason for wanting to lose weight is so I can love myself again and be healthier. I have a pretty busy schedule, and have limited home space to workout in. I have a bit of a belly. Reading up on all your diets and useful info, I’m still not quite sure where to start. Please help me love myself again.
August 20, 2018
this home plan is perfect for you even if space is limited and your sched is busy
August 20, 2018
Hello I Am 5’3 and weigh 300 pounds and I need to lose weight. I would love to get to 200lbs. Also I don’t won’t my skin saggy so I need to know to tighten up my body. Thanks.😍
August 19, 2018
Hi, my name Britney, I am 19 years old, 5 ft 8 inches and I weigh 245 lbs. My skin is tight so it kinda squeezes the fat so its not very flabby but I really want to shed all this weight and reach about 160 lbs quickly. what should I do? Please help me.
July 17, 2018
Hello,
I was wondering why you claim that people can lose weight eating anything they want, then at the end of the article you list 42 (whatever the amount) things they can't eat. This article makes NO sense. For instance, you say Don't Drink Your Calories, then a paragraph away there are drink recipes??? I am not trying to be mean, but maybe you should just have a good read-through and make some changes. Thanks, Kristine
July 04, 2018
LOL - you must have skimmed the article SUPER FAST bc I mention it EARLY in the article.
You want to avoid this foods b/c they increase your appetite making you want to eat more OR too many calories which MAY cause you to gain weight.
eating anything is fine as long as you watch calorie intake
July 05, 2018
Hi I'm 12 and about 108 pounds and 5,5. I'm naturally very skinny and would like to gain weight and be slim thick. Please help
June 01, 2018
Hi I'm mercedes , I'm 11 years old and I weigh 160 pounds and I need to lose belly fat and thigh fat but I keep going back to eating unhealthy food please help me.
June 01, 2018
i dont have time to cook and weigh my good. can i eat lean cuisine meals through out the day and lose weight?
April 27, 2018
Hi my name is Kay. I am 12 and I want to lose my love handles and some stomach fat. I weigh about 132 lbs.Please help
April 23, 2018
my name is Doreen and I weigh 80kg. I need to loose weight.
February 06, 2018
Hi Adrian!,I am 10 you must be wondering why would a 10 year old need to lose weight well it is because I am over weight I am 137 pounds and I really need to lose weight but I don't know how please help me,you are my only hope
January 24, 2018
Take Nopalina ladies. They sell them in Cardenas, Walmart and El Super. That will make you lose your stomach. It makes you go to the bathroom because your removing everything from your stomach. It's not fat. It's junk that stays in your stomach walls. I use it.
May 04, 2017
Hi. I am a 42yr old female. I have been blessed with good genes I guess because up to this point (even after 3 kids) I have remained slim & fit.
It seems like overnight I have gained 10lbs & in all the wrong places.
I am addicted to CocaCola...which I am working on. But I need to lose this weight as well as tone my flabby arms & belly.
What do U suggest??
April 01, 2017
that is called skinny fat. you should avoid processed food, sugar limit salt - use himalayan salt or sea salt instead - avoid saturated fats and use natural source of fat like avocado, coconut oil, nuts
September 19, 2017
Please, how can i lose upper-arm fat or bat-wings ? Thanks.
December 29, 2016
I'm trying to lose weight now i'm 76.8kg coming from 77,9kg and i also have a problem with my upper arm lazy to wave my hands coz they irritating when they swinging please help.
January 22, 2018
im 15 and 170lbs or like 75 kg my height is 5ft3inch how shall i loose weight I'm very fat and yes please help
November 20, 2016
I feel sleepy and drained constantly and I can't have caffeine or vitamin b or ginseng. What am I doing wrong? Also I can't have wheat bread due to all the gluten so I can only have white bread.
November 02, 2016
Hi, I'm 42, 5'7.5" and have hit the highest weight I've ever been in my life at 245 pounds. I also have PCOS (diagnosed when I was in high school).My husband and I are trying to have a second child but I don't want to put either a baby or myself in physical harm by not being in better shape to carry to term without incident.
I have tried everything from counting points to calories and have had some successes, but none that 'stuck.'
Now I have a toddler and am a stay at home momma with limited 'me' time, but I don't want to give up!!
Any help is greatly appreciated. Thank you for your time!
November 01, 2016