Eliminating Hidden Calories
Are you frustrated because you feel as if you are eating healthier and exercising, but you aren’t losing weight? You might be doing everything right, but you are missing hidden calories that are sabotaging your weight loss. Let me give you a few examples.
I love drinking coffee and tea and although I don’t add sugar anymore, I do love milk or cream, and I use it a lot. I hadn’t thought about the cream as being anything that could tip the scales until I went on a trip where I didn’t have any coffee or tea for a week. The rest of my diet was the same, but when I returned home, I realized I lost five pounds. Since then, I use 1 % milk and I have cut back on how much I use.
Sugar is another calorie culprit. Ten years ago, I stopped taking it in my coffee and I was surprised to find that after a week I didn’t miss it at all. Sugar is sneaky because it is in so many of our foods and drinks. If you drink soda, you are consuming 150 empty calories with each can. Instead of drinking a massive, sweet tea, cut down the size and change to half and half, or unsweet tea with a splash of lemonade.
Check the portion sizes you are eating because even healthy food that is eaten in excess will pack on the pounds.
We all have foods that make us gain weight. I couldn’t eat cereal for years because if I ate it for two days or more, I would gain a few pounds. Find your triggers for weight gain and try to avoid them. I can avoid ice cream and pastries, but a bag of Doritos is a party for me!
Write down everything you eat or drink in a day including condiments and evaluate it honestly. What might be sabotaging your weight loss?
