Beware of the fat food trap

A lot of times, we find ourselves working hard on cutting down junk food; eat healthy low fat food, counting calories, AVOIDING ice cream, yadiyadiyada.. And the best part? That needle just wouldn’t drop 0.01kg! It is not our fault, fake health products often overwhelmed the market, tricking innocent people like us into believing low-fat-foods are equivalent to healthy food.

Energy dense foods tend to be less feeling, so you’re more likely to snack again. Many people tend to take in a larger portion of food labeled ‘low fat’, taking in more calories in the diet. When manufacturing fat-free food, fats are often substituted with sugar and starch. Reduced-fat products contains more kilojoules than usual in every bite, thus our body converts more excess kilojoules into fats. Feel like fainting? Hold on! Let me tell you the rest before I call the ambulance.

#1 Bread

White bread, whole meal bread and wheat bread! Bread lovers often have hard time controlling their surge to splurge on a couple more slice of bread a day. Bread is not evil; it just tends to be hard to control for people who love it. You can always substitute with grains such as whole-wheat pasta, wild rice with veggies.

#2 Flavored yogurt

Same theory as above, you’ll often spoil yourself with extra bottles of yogurt. Try plain yogurt and add your own choice of fresh fruits.

#3 Breakfast cereal

A very dangerous snack if you eat it straight out of the box as you tends to munch on way too much of it in one day. Even the healthy, high-fiber cereals can increase the day’s calorie count and halt people’s weight loss. Eat it with skim milk has fewer calories than eating on eats own as you feel full.

#4 White rice

It takes more white rice than brown to make you feel satisfied because white rice has to fiber. So? Eat brown rice lo, it contains more vitamins too and fiber that helps you to feel full.

#5 Juicy food

Avoid food that have lower water content such as butter, bacon, crackers and nutrition bars which tend to be very high in calories. And you think nutrition bars are awesome treats? Pfttt~

#6 Don’t stock

Limit the amount of food you order in advance, it takes 20 minutes for your stomach to signal you that you’re full. So before you call the waiter and order more food, give it a good 20 minutes and do something else. And don’t forget to chew your food! Chewing helps to feel full and satisfied.