| When you are trying to lose weight there definitely are | | | | is even sugar in a jar of pasta sauce. |
| foods you should try to avoid. These may be foods | | | | 3. Trans fat. Again, check food labels for trans fat. |
| that you absolutely think you can't live without. But if | | | | You may have to do a little deeper investigating as the |
| you truly want to lose weight you have to really limit or | | | | "Nutrition Facts" can say 0 trans fat when there really |
| do completely without some foods. One of the best | | | | is up to .5 gram of trans fat. Check the ingredients for |
| weight loss tips for moms is to find healthy alternatives | | | | "hydrogenated" or "partially hydrogenated". If you see |
| for these foods. | | | | anything like this put the package back on the shelf. |
| 1. Foods made with white (processed) flour. Check the | | | | 4. Unpronounceable ingredients. You know the labels |
| ingredients labels on breads, rolls, crackers, etc. and if | | | | that list ingredients that sound like something out of a |
| the first ingredient says "wheat flour," "enriched flour" | | | | chemistry experiment. The best foods to buy have the |
| or "bleached flour" put it back on the shelf. The first | | | | shortest ingredients list and have recognizable |
| ingredient should always be "whole-wheat" or | | | | ingredients. Look for real food on the labels. |
| "whole-grain" or another "whole" food. | | | | 5. Fried food. People love the taste of fried food but it |
| 2. Sugar. This is a really hard thing to give up but if you | | | | is really unhealthy and these types of foods are |
| learn to do without sugar there is a good chance that | | | | loaded with calories. Did you know that potatoes are a |
| you will lose the cravings for sugar. Check package | | | | good source of vitamin C but deep-fried potatoes, |
| labels, as most processed foods contain sugar. There | | | | "fries," have little to no vitamin C. |