foods to avoid for fat loss

Carbs, fats, red meats, white meats, sugar, sweets, fried foods, I’m pretty sure you’ve heard some kind of warning on all these foods from others claiming that you have to stop eating them if you wanna lose fat. So today we start off with good news:

You do not need to avoid any types of food to lose fat.

No food in this world exists where the moment you take a bite and swallow it you start gaining fat. The only way to gain fat is to consistently eat too many calories but that comes from the combination of all the foods you eat in a day consistently over time. Eating a bowl of rice doesn’t make you fat. Eating a chocolate bar doesn’t make you fat. Having a scoop of ice cream doesn’t make you fat. All these foods in mindful portions can absolutely be part of a fat loss diet.

But yes there are some foods you should avoid. 3 types to be exact.

Type 1 is foods that your doctor tells you to avoid due to medical conditions.

This is probably as self explanatory as it gets, if your doc’s telling you to avoid something it’s probably a good idea to listen to him/her.

Type 2 is foods that you avoid due to ethical, religious, or moral reasons.

Also self explanatory, but a lot more choice based and could change over time. You’re free to include or avoid any foods you want in your diet based on your own values. This could be meats if you’ve decided to go vegan, or certain meats for religious reasons like pork or beef.

But don’t mistake your values for facts. You're free to have your own belief system, but the fact is following a certain diet path doesn’t automatically equal to health or fat loss. A prime example would be I used to think going vegan was the ultimate path to health and fat loss. I dove into it for over a year, only to realize that it’s absolutely possible to be unhealthy and gain weight while following a vegan diet.

Type 3 is foods you dislike.

I mean if you really don’t like a certain type of food, don’t eat it. It’s wasted calories at that point cos you’re just consuming calories you don’t enjoy. Say someone offers you some strawberry flavored oreos but you actually really don’t like them at all, so don’t eat them. That’ll be 53kcal saved per oreo you don’t eat that you wouldn’t have enjoyed anyways. I think it’s become too common practice that in our day to day lives we eat or accept foods we’re not so excited about just cos it’s convenient not realizing that in that moment it’s convenience but in the long run it’s a lose lose situation for us. First loss is we didn’t even enjoy it, second loss is all the calories add up over time and that’s how we end up overeating without really realizing it.

There are no foods you gotta eat more of to lose fat. There are no foods you gotta avoid to lose fat. Losing fat ultimately comes down to consistently eating less than your body expends, being in a consistent calorie deficit.

It’s one million percent possible to lose fat including all your favorite foods on a regular basis. All comes down to the portions you’re having.

Till the next one~

Hope you’ve been well!

—Po