The Facts To Lose Weight & Keep Off The Excess Pounds

Everyday millions of people do things all the time without actually thinking about it. But today, I am going to talk about things pertaining to weight loss.

Let me ask you a question, do you think anything you do during the day makes you fat? If you answered no, you may be in for some surprising facts. Many people wonder why they can’t be successful with weight loss and they feel that their body just can’t lose the weight.  The truth is anyone can lose weight, some may lose more weight than others, but any and everyone can be successful at weight loss, including you.

Here are some true facts on why you can’t lose weight.

One of the main reasons many people can’t lose weight is not reading food labels and believing everything written on them. I will give you an example. You go in the store searching for foods that will help you battle the pounds, have reduced calories, and ones that are “healthy”. Lets take strawberry jam, most labels will tell you that it is made with real fruit. But did you know that out of a 16 ounce jar there may only be one strawberry in it. See the food industry don’t want you to know how much is in that jar of your favorite strawberry jam because they really don’t put much in it at all. What is a very small amount of strawberries going to do for your health? Not a thing. All it will do is add to much unnecessary sugars to your diet and slow your weight loss efforts.  All the food industry did was make money off of fooling you into thinking the strawberry jam was healthy when in reality it isn't.

The next food item I want to tell you about is energy drinks and sports drinks. Now the problem with these drinks is they mainly have high fructose corn syrup in them and other added sugars.  Sugar, as I mentioned with the strawberry jam, prevents you from losing weight, heck it puts more weight on you.  The advertisements will tell you that these drinks help you gain energy or they suppose to be helpful after a good workout. What’s so good about the workout if you’re adding junk back into your body? When you exercise you’re getting all that mess out of your body so the worst thing you can do is put it back in you. This not only causes you to gain weight, it will in the long run make you slugglish and more tired. Why, because even if you avoid the sports and energy drinks loaded with sugars and the high fructose corn syrup and drink the ones with artificial sugars you will just cause even more problems for your body and your weight loss efforts will surely go down the drain.

The artificial sugars, such as aspartame, are nothing more than harmful chemicals that are a big danger to your body. These sugars cause cancer and a multitude of diseases, and over time weight gain. They claim Splenda is healthy and that it is made from real sugar. Don’t believe it! It’s a straight up lie. They make you think it is healthy when it is absolutely not.

Also you should stay away from foods claiming to be diet, or lite foods. These types of food contain artificial sugars, especially the Splenda. Some lite or diet yogurts have artificial sugars in them.  Many people think they are doing themselves a favor by purchasing these so called healthy foods. You’re not treating yourself to nothing but garbage if you buy it. The industry wants you to buy it so they can continue to make money off of you. They know they will lose business if they did not make these “healthy foods because a person who wants to lose weight or get healthy will quit buying the regular versions of these foods. It is only a strategy for them to make money and keep you fat and unhealthy.  By the way chlorine is added to Splenda and I don’t recommend anyone to use it, period!

If you want to treat yourself to your favorite snack, just stick to the regular version of the product and cut down on the amount. Also only have it sparingly. If you want to lose weight this is the best route to go. Artificial sugars will cause you to increase your cravings, bettering your chances of not losing weight and it can cause digestive problems. You don’t want that.

It is best to use natural sugars like agave nectar, or raw honey, or organic. You come out better using these because you will not have those awful cravings. Fake sugars leave you feeling empty but you gain weight at the same time.

As far as the sports drinks, it is best to have some oolong tea, herbal tea, or some other kind of healthy tea instead that is lightly sweetened. I like ginger flavored tea. I’ll put a little ginger in it and it gives it a good taste. Oolong tea helps a person lose weight because it’s not loaded with calories and it is natural.

And the strawberry jam, you can make your own. At least you know what in it and you can make it be as healthy as you want and lose weight.

Watch the food labels. Most of the time if you can’t pronounces a word it’s not best to buy the item.  And try to get foods that have lesser ingredients.

Overall, don’t let the so called food experts fool you. Companies are going to continue to come out with foods to keep up with those who are trying to lose weight or want to be healthier, and they will continue to do this until the end of time to make money. Money is really the root to all evil and these companies play on the emotion of people and they don’t care if you want to be healthier or lose weight.  They have a hidden agenda and that’s to take your money.  Now you know the main reason why people can’t lose weight. Sure there are other reasons but being fooled by the food industry tops them all.