Here’s a quote I hear fairly often:

“I’m eating right and I’m still not losing any weight. How can this be?”

Well, it’s usually pretty simple. By ‘eating right’, most people mean they aren’t eating junk food, they’re staying away from sugar, eating plenty of fruits and veggies, eating frequently, etc.

That’s great.

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First, I hope you all have a happy Thanksgiving. If you’re trying to lose weight and are worried about blowing it tomorrow, don’t worry. Here are my simple rules to get you through it just fine:

1- Don’t go anywhere hungry. People always say “I’m not going to eat all day to save up calories for Thanksgiving dinner.” Well, that’s about the worst thing you can do. Eat normally all day before your Thanksgiving feast. That way, you won’t be starving, which just causes you to tank up on chips, dip, cheese, candy, and all of the other stuff spread out before dinner happens.

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If you’ve had a hard time losing weight (who hasn’t?), check out this video.

A quick follow up to my previous example of how food companies lie to you. Here are a couple of other good examples, courtesy of the Center for Science in the Public Interest:

Kellogg’s Special K Fruit & Yogurt
The ads for this cereal tell us how it “combines the crunch of whole grain goodness, the smooth creaminess of yogurt and the sweet taste of berries…” Notice how the objects in the sentence are ‘crunch’, ‘creaminess’, and ‘taste’. That’s because the cereal really contains more highly processed refined rice than whole grain wheat, no actual berries at all (they’re really just dyed apple pieces), and no yogurt (just heat-treated yogurt powder).

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If you open your cupboard, I’m guessing you’ll find a can of non-stick cooking spray. I know there’s one in my cupboard.

Look at the front of the can, and regardless of the brand, you’ll probably see “For fat-free cooking”, “calorie-free cooking spray” or something similar.

Now, turn the can around and look at the ingredients. Basically it is canola oil, flavoring, and propellant. If you look at the bottle of cooking oil you probably also have in your cupboard, you’ll see that it has 120 calories per tablespoon, with 100% of the calories coming from fat.

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