Your Ticket to a Healthy Diet!

There are so many diets out there; low fat, no-fat, no-carbs, high protein, low protein… I get dizzy just thinking about it! But which one do you choose? Which is going to work the best? Honestly with so many diets out there, most of them have to be myths. Today we’re going to count down 5 diet myths out there.

5) Low fat foods are always good for you.

False: Just because it’s low fat doesn’t mean that it's low calorie, or low in sugar and sodium. I mean frozen yogurt is delicious and low fat but you can’t eat a pint of it everyday and hope to see positive results. Read the label; there are more important things than the fat content.

4) Fasting helps you lose weight.

False: In the short term this does work, but in the long term your body gets used to the fewer calorie intake. So when you do start eating again, those extra calories turn to fat.

3) The slower your metabolism the less weight you can lose.

False: In fact, the larger you are the higher your resting metabolism rate is. Real weight gain happens when your calorie intake exceeds your calories burned. Likewise weight loss happens when you burn these calories off.

2) The more fattening the food the more you gain.

False: It’s all about balance, just because a food has fat in it doesn’t mean that you are going to gain weight if you eat it. It’s all about calorie intake verses calorie burn off.

1) Coffee helps you lose weight.

False: Coffee does temporarily suppress your appetite, but the effects are only temporary! Plus the all the stuff you put in it has calories in it so it totally defeats the point.

The point of all this being, you should eat balanced, healthy meals, and not worry about diets trends or myths to lose weight.

Your Ticket to a Healthy Diet - Erin