12 Foods You Should Avoid To Drop Your Dress Size Fast
Desperate to lose those last few pounds but no time to hit the gym before holiday time? Instead of torturing yourself with fad diets or crazy exercise regimes, you could try simply removing some of the higher calorie foods from your diet. That bikini body will emerge in no time!
1. Potatoes
2. Soft drinks
A can of coke contains the equivalent of ten teaspoons of sugar, which is more glucose than your body needs or can use at one time, meaning it will quickly be converted to fat.
3. Red meat
Red meats can be a good source of protein, but they are much higher in fat than their leaner counterparts such as chicken or turkey.
4. Fried food
Frying food in oil or, even worse, butter, quickly adds calories. Try poaching, steaming or grilling instead.
5. Tomato ketchup
It’s delicious, but it contains a huge amount of sugar. Try making your own salsa with fresh tomatoes and you’ll never go back! The same goes for jam and marmalade, opt for the low sugar variety.
6. Salted nuts
Nuts are a great source of protein and energy, but always buy plain ones as the salted variety add needless calories.
7. White carbs
Bread and pasta are quick and convenient but they’re simple carbohydrates that quickly turn into sugar in your body and adds on those pounds.
8. Alcohol
Booze is made of empty calories, so cutting it out will quickly make a difference to your weight.
9. Pastries
If you enjoy a croissant with your coffee, remember that they’re full of butter, sugar and white flour, all of which will pile on the pounds.
9. Pastries
If you enjoy a croissant with your coffee, remember that they’re full of butter, sugar and white flour, all of which will pile on the pounds.
10. Latte
A large latte can contain around 350 calories, so if you drink two a day, that’s over a third of your recommended daily intake. Cut down and ask for skimmed milk.
11. Butter
Butter is essentially just fat, so stop using it. Spread a low-fat soya spread, or even olive oil, on your toast instead.
12. Cheese
Cheese is hard to sacrifice, but it’s chock full of calories and saturated fat. Switch to cottage cheese or low-fat cream cheese.