Are These 8 "Healthy" Foods Making You FAT?

There's not a day that goes by where someone doesn't come to us asking for diet advice confused as to why they're NOT losing weight even though they don't eat "a lot"...and even if they're eating "healthy".

The truth is that while "quantity" does matter, it's possible to still over consume calories if choosing the wrong foods.

Some foods, even though they're considered very healthy, carry loads of calories in a very small amount of food. We call these calorically dense foods and if your diet is comprised of a bunch of them, you can easily gain weight even without eating "a lot" of food.

Here are some "healthy" examples of calorically dense foods:

1. Granola - granola, especially the varieties mixed with nuts can pack as many as 500 cals per cup!

2. Pasta - a moderate 1 and 1/2 cups of most pastas yield more than 60 grams of carbs and almost 350 calories.

3. Avocado - avocado is awesome and a great source of monounsaturated fat, but one single avocado is over 300 calories and 30 grams of fat.

4. Nuts and Nut Butters - nuts are super healthy, but one of the most calorically dense foods around. A few ounces could mean 400+ calories.

5. Fruit Juice and Smoothies - all fruit juices are loaded with sugar and so are most "smoothie" shop smoothies (make your own with whole fruit).

6. Dried Fruit - dried fruits remove the water content which dramatically decreases volume...what's left is high in sugar and very calorically dense.

7. "Whole Wheat" Breads - even the 100% whole wheat variety can pack a mean calorie punch if you're eating a lot of grains as part of your diet.

8. Whole Grain Bagels - a large "deli" bagel is loaded with carbs and calories, many times over 400 cals in a single bagel.

While some of the foods above are only "thought" to be healthy (fruit juice, whole grain bagels, etc), stuff like nuts, nut butters, and avocado are foods that I'd recommend in just about everyone's diet and they are indeed great choices.

That said, these calorically dense foods require that you monitor your intake of them closely. A few ounces of nuts, a couple tablespoons of nut butter, and an avocado is NOT a lot of food, but if you ate all of these every day, you'd be getting close to 1000 calories just right there.

Now, before we go we also want to make sure you're aware of one particular carb that you literally should NEVER eat.  You see, this extremely common carb wreaks havoc on your fat-storing hormones in a MAJOR way, and has even been shown to hamper memory, slow brain activity, and increase your risk of Alzheimer’s.

Even worse, the money-hungry food industry is conspiring to sneak this nightmare carb into just about everything.

Read the bestseller "Why We Get Fat" today. It will help you understand more.

The #1 Reason People FAIL to Lose Weight

Let me ask you this: If every day you stepped on the scale and saw a lower number, and every week you looked in the mirror to see visually noticeable results, would you continue doing what you are doing?

Let me answer that for you. YES, you would. It doesn't matter how "hard" what you're doing is, you'd still continue to do it. 

In fact, you'd probably work out even more and tighten up your diet even more as a result of the RESULTS you're experiencing.

Results are motivating. If fact, there's absolutely nothing more motivating.

Nothing.

And here's another reality: If you're NOT experiencing results, you will never continue to put in the hard work and effort necessary to change your body.

Unfortunately, hard work and effort don't necessarily equate to results. In fact, there are a ton of people out there working hard, and getting nowhere.

Why? Because there's a ton of information out there that simply does NOT work for fat loss  while still requiring a ton of hard work and sacrifice.

For example, you could "diet" and choose the wrong foods and watch your weight stand at a standstill.

You could perform hours of slow-go cardio every week only to watch the scale read the same number week after week.

You could starve yourself, royally screw your metabolism, and even GAIN weight over time as a result.

And then what happens? You quit, that's what.

And we don't BLAME you. Why would you ever continue to sacrifice without being rewarded?

We wouldn't, and you shouldn't.

So take a good hard look at what you're doing and think about this: What's fueling your workouts? What's fueling your desire to eat healthy and consume fewer calories?

If results aren't your fuel, you're going to give up and quit...sooner rather than later. Proof? Let your car run out of fuel and see what happens.

That's right, it doesn't go.

The one solitary thing that fuels your desire to "stay on the wagon" is results. And that's what this newsletter is here for: to give you strategies and information that actually work, so you can continue moving forward toward your goals, without wasting your time.

Now, one of the most important things you can do to ensure your "diet" isn't wasting your time is to learn exactly how to eat foods that help you burn fat.

Check it out. The Truth About Fat Burning Foods