Healthy Yet Problematic Foods On Fat Loss Diets

When starting up on a fat loss diet, your primary concern is dropping the weight. For you, if there is one thing you want to accomplish with that plan, it’s the scale moving downwards, your waist measurement going down, or whatever other measure you use to gauge weight loss.

But, this shouldn’t come at the expense of good health. Maintaining healthy eating habits on a fat loss diet is also going to be important to keep you feeling well, keep your energy levels high, and prevent long-term health issues that could start creeping up.

But, just going off and eating all the ‘healthy’ foods you want thinking that will help you lose weight isn’t always the best approach. Remember that calories do count, even if the foods are healthy. Some foods which are incredibly healthy in nature, could quickly put a stop to your weight loss results.

Being aware of these is important so you can make sure they don’t prevent you from seeing the progress you should. Here are the ones to keep in mind.

Nuts and Nut Butters

The first food that tends to be problematic for many people is nuts and nut butters. The reason for this is due to the fact that while they contain a high amount of healthy fats, the calories add up incredibly quickly. With over 500 calories per cup in most cases, you can very quickly tilt the fat loss scales against your favor.

Make sure you’re measuring out your serving sizes when including these foods in your diet so you don’t get stuck with more calories than you were planning on.

Fruit Juices

Another food that’s commonly thought to be very healthy but you need to be careful with is fruit juices. First, check the label. Many of these ‘fruit-juices’ actually contain a lot of pure sugar, something you want to stay away from.

Second to that, all fruit juices will lack the fibre that’s present in whole fruit, which is something that makes dieting much easier.

Whenever possible, aim to have whole fruit instead.

fruit-juice

Whole Grain Cereal

Whole grain cereal may seem like the perfect healthy food to eat on your fat loss diet, but dieter beware. check that ingredient listing. Many are loaded with sugar despite their claims to be healthy and a source of many vitamins and nutrients.

Also watch calorie content here. If it has more than 120 calories per 1/2 cup serving, you’re better off without it.

Brown Rice and Pasta

Brown rice and pasta are great forms of carbs, but unfortunately, are also very easy to overeat in. Not only that but they tend to stimulate appetite, making you want more food later on.

If you are going to include these foods, I’d recommend sticking with a 1/2 cup to one cup serving. This will fit in most fat loss diets without causing too many issues.

Dried Fruit

Finally, be careful with your dried fruit intake. These will contain fibre, unlike the fruit juice, but will also pack away hundreds of calories in a handful.

If you’re going to use them, sprinkle them on to whatever food you’re using them with (oatmeal, in trail mix, in snack bars, etc).

This will keep the calorie count down.

mixed-dried-fruit

So, keep these points in mind. Choosing healthy doesn’t necessarily have to be a struggle, you just really need to understand calorie count and portion sizes.

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