Forget about those low carb diets etc they are redicously bad. Obviously you have to eat a little under your maintnance, try and change any bad habits you have to good ones. The mediterranian diet for example is excellent, fruit veges fish etc. As you said you want to cut out those processed sugars which are full of calories and inhibit fat loss.
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Too many diets try to sell you on some "technology" or science. We've seen low-carb, low-fat and all sorts of combinations. The Wrangell teaches us that it's not what you eat that makes us gain weight, it's eating too many calories that makes us gain weight.
(To learn more about The Wrangell do a google search under hockey-coach, beer and grumpy old man.
Just today I was eating some chicken wings at a carnival and I was thinking how the skin was still on it. Sure, the protein is low-cal....but the fat is not. The thing is, a gram of fat renders our bodies with about 9 calories, whereas a gram of carb gives us about 5 calories, so common misconception gives rise to the notion that the carbs will make me fat while the higher-calorie-per-gram fat is just fine. Ughhh!!!!!!
Here's the primary key: to lose weight, you must consume less calories then you expend....and do it on a consistent basis so that your overall weekly/monthly balance is a calorie deficit. That's it. Exercise will help burn more calories and has other tremendous health benefits, but it still comes down to how much goes in vs. how much goes out.
If you want to make your whole diet about Cake, Candy, Coke & Cookies (The four basic health dis-service groups)...you can. BUT you'll be far healthier if you avoid:
Sugar
High-Fructose Corn Syrup
Trans-fats, hydrogenated fats, bad oils
Refined carbs (which act like sugar)
Stuff with additives, preservatives, flavorings
4-legged meats (beef, pork, etc)
Anything fried
Beer that comes from a tube & funnel or is intravenously fed to you
We'll call this the....hmmm...ugh, Junk-food group! Your body burns these very quickly and the fast rise in blood-sugar will cause an over-kill response in your pancreas to release insulin which in turn will store the excess sugar in your fat AND drop your blood-sugar so fast that in short time your body will be feeling hunger again. It's a cycle. Eventually it can lead to Insulin Resistance (Pre-diabetes) and then full-blown diabetes! Ain't life grand? The American Diet is literally "Killer"...but with the sharp rise in obesity, heart-disease and other diet-related symptoms...the good news is that medicine is making money and developing ways to keep unhealthy people alive longer! Isn't that fabulous?
On the flip-side, we could eat what works best for us:
Lean meats (turkey, chicken & fish)
Fruit & vegetables
Whole grains
Very few things that come in packages and have expiration dates
These foods will digest slower and give you a nice & gradual rise in blood-sugar, you wont' store as much as fat and you'll feel fuller longer....and overall eat less. These eating habits alone will promote a leaner & more healthy body, add exercise and now you're turbo-charging your progress!
Here's a simple test I use: when you are hungry, ask yourself if you are hungry enough to eat an apple. Yep, a plain & boring apple. No caramel, no nuts, just a plain & simple apple. In ancient times an apple would be considered what we today hold as tasty as a candy-bar! If you are hungry enough to eat an apple, you are truly hungry. If, on the probably other hand, you aren't very interested in eating an apply....then you aren't truly & honestly hungry for bodily-needs & nutrition, you're hungry for something tasty, interesting and probably evil.
I know, the truth bites, blows & sucks all at the same time. Now you have to ask yourself if you really want it. And don't lose weight to get in shape, live longer and have a healthier life...or even to feel better about yourself. Do it so that all the woman around you have someone to fantasize about when they.....
(Someone report me to the mod's, I'm clearly out of control and I think I like it)
