Part 4 — Weight Loss Advice from the Personal Training Blog
Dec 11, 2008 in Douglasville, Fitness, Personal Training, Personal Training Blog
This is part 4 of my series on Weight loss. This time I will write about empty calories. Empty calories are the downfall of many diets. If you are keeping a diary and writing everything down, you should be able to see these.
Do you drink soda? I don’t know how many times a day I hear from personal training clients that they don’t like the taste of diet soda. Somehow they think this justifies drinking 300-400 calories worth of sugary soda. IT DOESN”T. If you want a soda, limit yourself to ONE DIET SODA per day. You need to drink water, not soda. And sugar soda is completely off limits — it is bad for your teeth, your waistline and your health.
Do you like coffee drinks from Starbucks? ME TOO. But I have a Grande NONFAT latte and I limit it to a couple of times a month. I don’t have anything with full fat milk or added sugar or sugary flavors. Some of the chocolate chip/caramel drinks have over 800 calories — like 1/2 day worth of calories.
Do you like to eat out? Really watch your portions — obviously – but also what you eat. Appetizers in restaurants can MURDER a diet. A blooming onion has over 2000 calories and potato skins can have over 2000 calories — avoid anything that even resembles fried cheese.
Do you eat off your kids plate? WHY?? Those couple of mouthfuls of mac and cheese can be the difference between you losing anything that week or not.
Do you hit the candy bowl at work? Work treats like candy and birthday cake. AVOID. And with any cake situation, use the two bite limit. That allows you to taste and be done.
Check back soon for part 5 on weight loss from Douglasville Personal Trainer, Dave Hansey and the Personal Training Blog!