5 Everyday and Even Healthy Food Groups That Are Sabotaging Your Weight Loss

1. Not all vegetables are created equally. Vegetables that are that are very high in sugar levels and high on the gylcemic index (often referred to as GI, where the glucose in foods is used as a baseline to determine their GI number) are to be avoided when you are trying to lose weight. The top 5 vegetables to avoid are beets, corn, parsnips, red or white potatoes and turnips.

Weight Loss Tip: Hopefully I haven't lost half of you by telling you that corn and potatoes are killing your chances of losing weight because there are dozen of yummy vegetables you can eat! Red and green bell peppers, cabbage, cauliflower, bean sprouts, broccoli, celery, cucumber, eggplant, endive, leeks, lettuce, mushrooms, onions, peas, pumpkins, radishes, sauerkraut, snow peas, spinach, squash: yellow, butternut, spaghetti, acorn, string beans, sweet potatoes/yams, tomatoes, watercress and zucchini.

2. Not all fruits are equal either. It's pretty obvious that some fruits are much sweeter than others, and these bad boys are brutal on your waistline when you are trying to lose stubborn fat. You must avoid these fruits when you want to lose weight: ripe bananas, pineapples, raisins and large servings of watermelon.

Weight Loss Tip: Here are tons of sweet fruits you can eat: apples, apricots, blackberries, blueberries, cantaloupe, cherries, grapes, kiwi, mandarin oranges, nectarines, oranges, peaches, pears, plums, raspberries, strawberries and tangerines.

3. Bakery Breads! You knew this one was going to be here! And these delicious delights are destroying any chance you have of losing those pounds. Here are a few of the culprits: french bread, dinner rolls, pistolettes, baguettes, pita bread, sliced white bread, and any breads that have sugars added such as corn syrup and molasses.

Weight Loss Tip: There is tons of yummy bread you can eat! Any sprouted bread (my favourite), whole rye bread, sunflower seed bread, whole-grain spelt bread, whole-grain bread, whole wheat pita and pumpernickel bread.

4. Beverages! The top killer to you losing weight! Completely avoid colas, sodas, juice and sport drinks with added sugars such as high fructose, corn and syrup - these drinks are keeping you fat!

Weight Loss Tip: Water! Drink your water people! Coffee, decaff coffee, herbal teas. crystal light, and diet Snapple.

5. Alcohol! I hate to be party killer Kate, but some alcohol is totally unacceptable when your goal is to lose weight. You must avoid beer, hard liquors with mixers containing added sugars and sweet after-dinner wines such as port and sweet sauternes.

Weight Loss Tip: You can enjoy red and white wines. Scotch, bourbon, rye, rum, tequila and vodka are also lower on the GI list. Enjoy!

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