THE REAL SECRET to fat loss is not about lifting more weight—although that helps. Instead, it lies within the simple action of lifting fork to mouth (or sometimes choosing not to).
If your goal is to get rid of that stubborn fat hanging around your midsection, then stay far, far away from these foods.
Peanut Butter
Peanut butter is full of calories and healthy fats. A table spoon of peanut butter carries almost 200 calories. Therefore, if you are someone who looks after the weight, you should go for natural products with no sugar added. Always check the label for the ingredients.
French fries
A larger portion of fries (around 170 grams) has almost 550 calories and about 259 grams of fat. A tub of French fries will easily make you fat since an adult should have only about 65 grams of fat per day. If you eat a large serving of French fries and a mayo laden burger at McDonalds, you'll be consuming almost 1500 calories. That's the maximum amount of calories you should be having in one day in a single meal.
Multi grain Bread
Multi grain bread sounds healthy however it could be missing on some essential vitamins and minerals and offer extra calories. Sometimes grains may be over processed, stripping them of the nutrients and fiber. Whole grain bread is a better option when you don’t want to gain the extra weight.
Trail Mix
Trail mix makes wonderful snacks for those who are hiking but it might not best for those who are not so physically active in their daily lives. The nuts in the trail mix are high in calories and may over indulge you very easily. Many trail Mix includes chocolates and candy which makes them unhealthy. However, you can make your trail mix by mixing nuts which are low in calories and have no or less sugar quantity.
Dried Fruits
Dried fruit may seem too small to ruin your plan to stay fit. However they have five to eight times more calories than the fresh kind because they have been dehydrated and are much denser. Fresh grapes, for example, have 60 calories per cup, while raisins have 460.
Alcohol
Even low calorie alcoholic drinks can pack on the pounds when you engage in a night or weekend of binge drinking. On top of the extra calories, alcohol also tends to inhibit good decision making; causing you to choose deep fried foods over salads every time.
Artificial sweeteners
There has been a real push in the last decade or so to avoid regular sugar and switch to artificial sweeteners instead. However, research has shown that these artificial substitutes actually promote weight gain as opposed to weight loss. Avoid them and you’ll likely lose some unwanted fat as well.
Diet Soda
The artificial sweeteners in diet soda have been shown through research to actually cause weight gain as opposed to weight loss. Whether it is that drinking them increases appetite or just makes the consumer think that they can eat more since they chose diet soda over regular is still undetermined. Whatever the reason, avoid them completely and you’ll likely drop some pounds (along with some bloat).
Potato chips
According to a study published in New England Journal of Medicine about weight loss has concluded that downing a whole bag of potato chips makes you fat faster than just about anything else, ice cream and soda included. So avoid the otherwise harmless looking chips if you are watching your weight
Most pasta
Pasta is great when it comes to energy, but because most of them are simple carbs they get processed by your body rather quickly, sending your blood sugar on that roller coaster ride that all dieters dread. You don’t have to avoid pasta completely, just limit it to the whole wheat varieties so you get all the nutrients with none of the sugar spikes.
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