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of information to share with you.
So, grab a green tea with a twist of lime, kick back, and check out what you’ll learn in this guide. That’s IF you’re one of those people I described above who should keep reading...
Sabotage #2: You've Made NO Changes to Your Diet
I’ve read all sorts of statistics as to exactly how important the nutrition portion of your weight loss program actually is - 75%, 80%, 90%. I’m not sure where people get these percentages, but I do know what their point of sharing the stats are.
What you eat (and don’t eat) is the single most important factor determining the success of your weight loss efforts. If you’ve made NO changes to your diet you will see very little, if any, fat come off your body.
If you’ve made no diet changes and think that the exercise you’re doing will compensate, you’d be wrong. There’s little chance that you can out exercise a bad diet, even with the best fat loss workouts.
Even then, chances are extremely high that you're not doing your workouts the right way for fat loss, but that's something I will address in the companion to this guide.
Action step:
Commit to making at least 3 changes to your diet from the list of diet sabotages/action steps I discuss on the following pages.
Sabotage #3: You Drink the Wrong Liquids
I told you before I wasn’t going to tell you to simply "drink more water" because more water, in and of itself, is not going to make you lose weight. Granted, water is important for a lot of valid reasons.
But the reason you’re still overweight isn't because you don't drink enough water, it could be because you drink too many sugary calories.
Check out the calories and carb/sugar counts on the following popular beverages:
Starbucks tall java chip Frappachino - 320 cals, 67g carbs
Starbucks tall hot chocolate with whipped cream - 290 cals, 40g carbs
1, 20 oz bottle of Cola - 250 cals, 69g carbs
1, 32 oz bottle of Gatorade - 200 cals, 56g carbs
1, 10 oz serving of OJ - 140 cals, 32.9g carbs
The calories are bad enough in these drinks but check out the ridiculous amounts of carbs (aka, sugar) in them. The carbs in these drinks alone are more than you should be eating in one single day if you want to lose weight. I generally recommend a daily carb count around 30 grams if you really want to lose weight, so one of these drinks per day alone will sabotage your weight loss.
If you start to swap out some of these drinks with water, you will save yourself from further weight gain and maybe even begin to lose again.
Action step: Swap in water, green tea, or other 0 calorie, 0 sugar beverages, for any sugary drinks you regularly consume.
Sabotage #4: You Consume HFCS
High fructose corn syrup, you know, the stuff that the commercials (paid for by the corn farming industry) say is “fine for you” and is “just like sugar”, is making you fat and preventing you from losing weight.
The worst part is it’s being used by food manufactures in seemingly everything that needs to be sweetened. Bottom line - it’s a super-cheap sugar substitute made from corn that companies can use and keep manufacturing costs down (at the expense of your health and waistline).
Wait, no, the worst part is that HFCS causes you to have extreme sweet cravings that almost guarantees you will gain weight.
By the way, saying something is “just like sugar” isn’t exactly a complement either.
Action step: Start reading food and beverage (soda) labels and looking for foods you consume containing high fructose corn syrup. Avoid those foods and beverages.
Sabotage #5: You Use Artificial Sweeteners
All artificial sweeteners are chemicals - chemicals that are toxic in your body. And no, Splenda, or any other sweetener that claims to be, is NOT natural.
Did you know Splenda contains
chlorine
?
That’s right, the stuff you add to
So, grab a green tea with a twist of lime, kick back, and check out what you’ll learn in this guide. That’s IF you’re one of those people I described above who should keep reading...
Sabotage #2: You've Made NO Changes to Your Diet
I’ve read all sorts of statistics as to exactly how important the nutrition portion of your weight loss program actually is - 75%, 80%, 90%. I’m not sure where people get these percentages, but I do know what their point of sharing the stats are.
What you eat (and don’t eat) is the single most important factor determining the success of your weight loss efforts. If you’ve made NO changes to your diet you will see very little, if any, fat come off your body.
If you’ve made no diet changes and think that the exercise you’re doing will compensate, you’d be wrong. There’s little chance that you can out exercise a bad diet, even with the best fat loss workouts.
Even then, chances are extremely high that you're not doing your workouts the right way for fat loss, but that's something I will address in the companion to this guide.
Action step:
Commit to making at least 3 changes to your diet from the list of diet sabotages/action steps I discuss on the following pages.
Sabotage #3: You Drink the Wrong Liquids
I told you before I wasn’t going to tell you to simply "drink more water" because more water, in and of itself, is not going to make you lose weight. Granted, water is important for a lot of valid reasons.
But the reason you’re still overweight isn't because you don't drink enough water, it could be because you drink too many sugary calories.
Check out the calories and carb/sugar counts on the following popular beverages:
Starbucks tall java chip Frappachino - 320 cals, 67g carbs
Starbucks tall hot chocolate with whipped cream - 290 cals, 40g carbs
1, 20 oz bottle of Cola - 250 cals, 69g carbs
1, 32 oz bottle of Gatorade - 200 cals, 56g carbs
1, 10 oz serving of OJ - 140 cals, 32.9g carbs
The calories are bad enough in these drinks but check out the ridiculous amounts of carbs (aka, sugar) in them. The carbs in these drinks alone are more than you should be eating in one single day if you want to lose weight. I generally recommend a daily carb count around 30 grams if you really want to lose weight, so one of these drinks per day alone will sabotage your weight loss.
If you start to swap out some of these drinks with water, you will save yourself from further weight gain and maybe even begin to lose again.
Action step: Swap in water, green tea, or other 0 calorie, 0 sugar beverages, for any sugary drinks you regularly consume.
Sabotage #4: You Consume HFCS
High fructose corn syrup, you know, the stuff that the commercials (paid for by the corn farming industry) say is “fine for you” and is “just like sugar”, is making you fat and preventing you from losing weight.
The worst part is it’s being used by food manufactures in seemingly everything that needs to be sweetened. Bottom line - it’s a super-cheap sugar substitute made from corn that companies can use and keep manufacturing costs down (at the expense of your health and waistline).
Wait, no, the worst part is that HFCS causes you to have extreme sweet cravings that almost guarantees you will gain weight.
By the way, saying something is “just like sugar” isn’t exactly a complement either.
Action step: Start reading food and beverage (soda) labels and looking for foods you consume containing high fructose corn syrup. Avoid those foods and beverages.
Sabotage #5: You Use Artificial Sweeteners
All artificial sweeteners are chemicals - chemicals that are toxic in your body. And no, Splenda, or any other sweetener that claims to be, is NOT natural.
Did you know Splenda contains
chlorine
?
That’s right, the stuff you add to
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