Diet Sabotage

I have seen it many times where people who are trying to lose weight sabotage themselves with foods that they think are healthy. There are some common foods that people struggle with when trying to get leaner and here are some of those foods.

Peanut butter or other nut butters - Many people struggle with peanut butter because they cannot control their portions. How many of you have eaten peanut butter by the spoonful? Those spoonfuls can add up the calories in no time. The other issue with peanut butter is that most people do not eat the natural kind. If you eat the regular peanut butter off the shelf then you are eating a big dose of trans fat and that is not going to help your fat loss efforts

Nuts - I think that nuts are a very healthy food and that they should be allowed in most peoples nutrition plans but they also present a problem because most people cannot control their portions. I have seen many people myself included make the mistake of eating too many nuts. They are very easy to overeat.

Cheese - One of the first problems with cheese is that many people have food intolerance's to dairy so they would get better results by cutting out cheese. Cheese also presents the problem of controlling portions. Most people eat bigger portions than they need.

Dried fruit - Many dieters turn to dried fruit as a healthy alternative but I do not think that dried fruit is the best choice for most people looking to get leaner. Dried fruit is full of sugar and has been stripped of the fiber. If you want fruit then eat the real fruit do not drink the juice or eat dried fruit. Dried fruit is also another food that people have trouble controlling their portions with and the calories add up quickly.

Most of these foods I would say are fine in moderation but I have found that the people who need to lose body fat are usually the ones who like food the most, and it is often hard for them to stick to the correct portion sizes. All of these foods are very dense in calories, which means that they taste good nut also that the the correct portion sizes are not very big. So if you are trying to get leaner consider cutting out these foods.