Sugars and sweeteners are some of your worst enemies when it comes to weight loss. Not only do they spike your blood sugar and load you up with empty calories...sweet foods actually hinder your bodies ability to know when you've had enough to eat! You don't believe me?...Take a moment this Halloween and watch your favorite 9 year old tear through a bag of Halloween candy! You think his body is requiring that food for energy?!?
Alright...we all know we shouldn't be eating a bag of Halloween candy in one sitting...that will definitely keep us from losing that extra weight...but when else are we consuming extra, unnecessary sugars and sweeteners?
The #1 culprit is sweet drinks. Let's start with the obvious ones:
1) Soda, or any drink with artificial sweeteners. Stay away from them! You shouldn't be drinking anything that has "high fructose corn syrup" as one of it's top ingredients! Throw away the Mountain Dew and Cranberry Juice Cocktail. Don't think that just because a juice drink has 100% vitamin C that it's good for you. Look at the label! It's all sugar! This even goes for "sports drinks" like Gatorade and Powerade. If you do drink them, water them down...at least 3 parts water to 1 part sports drink!
2) Diet soda. That's right! Diet soda might not have the calories, but most of those artificial sweeteners aren't very good for you. Not only that...like I said those sweeteners interfere with your bodies ability to realize when you're no longer hungry...causing you to over eat.
3) Juice. Don't get me wrong...you're much better off drinking juice than some sugar-loaded "juice drink", but you're still much better of drinking water and eating whole fruits. Fruits have a lot of fiber and other nutrients that get lost in the juice-making process, most of them won't spike your blood sugar, and they'll leave you feeling fuller longer.
By now you're probably fed up...."No soda, no sports drinks, no juice?!? What are you supposed to drink?!?"
Drinking seltzer, water with fruit, and unsweetened tea may not sound exciting, but it's not that bad either! Trust me, after 6 weeks off the "sweet stuff" you won't want to go back and your body will thank you!
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