Diet commercials are always touting "Eat whatever you want and lose weight!" I hate to say it, but it's not a realistic way to look at weight loss.
In order to lose weight, you must have a low calorie diet plan. That means you'll have to cut out or way back on some foods that you might have previously enjoyed. Yeah, it's a bummer, but what do you want more: High-fat foods or a great body?
Make the switch and start a low calorie diet plan. Hopefully you know to include lean protein such as chicken and fish, green fibrous vegetables and whole grains. Keep a list of foods to eliminate, too, because it's just as important. It includes:
1) Margarine: This "food" might as well be plastic. It's highly fattening and incredibly calorically dense as well, with 100 calories in a single tablespoon.
Not only that, but it's rich in trans fat, which is just about the worst substance to consume. Skip this substance while on your low calorie diet plan.
2) French Fries: This dining-out staple comes fully equipped with saturated fat, trans fat and incredibly amounts of salt.
Instead of getting fries with your sandwich, ask for a side salad, bowl of fruit - ANYTHING other than French fries. (OK, don't take that as a reason to switch over to onion rings.)
3) Processed cheese: This is another "food" product that's not really food. Suppliers have to label it as "cheese food," "cheese spread" or "cheese product."
Stick to natural, nonfat cheese on your sandwich and leave this stuff behind.
4) Whole milk: There is actually a huge difference between skim milk (which has 86 calories and .4 grams of fat per glass) and whole milk (which has 160 calories and 9 grams of fat, saturated no less, per glass).
Milk is an acceptable source of protein, but only if it's skim. One percent is OK in small amounts.
But ONE slice from a popular pizza joint can have up to 400 calories and a half-day's worth of saturated fats.
Most people eat three or four slices, so multiply those numbers and your program is toast.
6) Alcohol: Even if you eat the right things during the week, you'll contradict it all if you go out and drink six or seven beers on the weekend. That's anywhere from 600 to 900 calories. That's basically half a day's calories.
There's no nutritional value to alcohol, and it can cause someone to eat worse later in the night. Midnight slice of pizza, anyone? Your low calorie diet plan doesn't need these kinds of pitfalls.
7) Soda: This is our country's weakness. Each person, on average, consumes almost 56 gallons of soda per year.
Just one can of regular soda has 153 calories -- now add up how many sodas you drink per day. If soda has to be included in your program, it has to be diet.
8) Peanut butter: It's not the actual peanut butter that's a problem. It's what's in commercial peanut butter - high-fructose corn syrup and hydrogenated oils - that's the problem.
Peanut butter should only have peanuts on its ingredient list. It doesn't need sugar, corn syrup or even extra salt. Look for an all-natural peanut butter with one ingredient and include it in small amounts.
It's the way to go for your low calorie diet plan.
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