September 20th, 2012
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Guilty as charged! I am the world’s most cliche “I-Wanna-Lose-Weight” gal. I see the words “low fat,” “natural,” or “fat free,” and I’m all like, yessssssssssss, I’m gonna buy me an, *insert well-marketed food here.* Mind you, I’ve come a long way from grabbing a “low-fat (my ass) muffin” after a workout, but still, there are sneaky-deaky foods out there that still often trick me into thinking they’re actually good for me. Take honey for example, say what? Or the fact that I still often eat a granola bar before a long run. This morning I was looking at my Latte Skinny Coffee sachet thingys I’ve recently started buying to save time (71 calories each and “low fat”) and the ingredients were literally numbers. NUMBERS!! POISON!! (Ps. Dear blog, I promise to always have natural coffee from now on. Love Liz) But the good news is my brainwashed mind is slowly switching, and I’m starting to not just look for the number of calories or key words on a box, but rather read the ingredients - it’s shocking what’s actually in some of our food. I mean seriously, do you have any idea how much natural yogurt I’ve eaten in the last year? I feel like I’m filled to the rim with aspartame. Ewwwwww.  Is there a food item out there you were tricked by? As I’d be interested to hear what common, every day things, are sneaking past my eyes. Photo: iStock

Guilty as charged!

I am the world’s most cliche “I-Wanna-Lose-Weight” gal. I see the words “low fat,” “natural,” or “fat free,” and I’m all like, yessssssssssss, I’m gonna buy me an, *insert well-marketed food here.*

Mind you, I’ve come a long way from grabbing a “low-fat (my ass) muffin” after a workout, but still, there are sneaky-deaky foods out there that still often trick me into thinking they’re actually good for me.

Take honey for example, say what? Or the fact that I still often eat a granola bar before a long run. This morning I was looking at my Latte Skinny Coffee sachet thingys I’ve recently started buying to save time (71 calories each and “low fat”) and the ingredients were literally numbers. NUMBERS!! POISON!!

(Ps. Dear blog, I promise to always have natural coffee from now on. Love Liz)

But the good news is my brainwashed mind is slowly switching, and I’m starting to not just look for the number of calories or key words on a box, but rather read the ingredients - it’s shocking what’s actually in some of our food.

I mean seriously, do you have any idea how much natural yogurt I’ve eaten in the last year? I feel like I’m filled to the rim with aspartame. Ewwwwww. 

Is there a food item out there you were tricked by? As I’d be interested to hear what common, every day things, are sneaking past my eyes.

Photo: iStock

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  1. exploringbus said: ______ juice. Realizing that when it has the word juice in the ingredient list it is not saying you’re getting 100% of that item. You’re getting a cocktail of sugar, fruit, and who knows what when it lists it like that.
  2. perfectlyfat reblogged this from one-twenty-five
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  4. lilacrane said: Corn syrup is the worst. Why do seemingly REGULAR things require SO much sugar? Very annoying. It’s great to be aware and conscientious but sometimes it can feel like a minefield. 80% is being aware and 20% is not worrying and enjoying.
  5. biteydidit said: Do the WHOLE30! This is the exact mindset if this challenge!
  6. ihopeyoulikeblackberries said: This is the exact reason I gave up on Weight Watchers & counting calories. Those methods (for me at least) really encouraged eating chemical ridden, high salt foods. I lost 70 pounds by switching to a primarily raw diet. Hang in there, Liz!
  7. thebodybarreworkout said: Figuring out what to eat is a journey. You get fooled, you get smart, and you constantly learn. Always read the ingredients on the packages and cans you buy. Sugar in black beans, salt in garbanzo beans, corn syrup in all sorts of crazy things? Ugh!
  8. lostweightgainedlove said: Fake meat!
  9. lindsayyy33 said: A good rule of thumb when looking at ingredients is less is better! The smaller list of ingredients the more natural it is. And if I cant pronounce a word on the ingredients list I put it back!
  10. wannabeerunner said: The tilapia I bought to be healthy? It’s ingredients (meat should never have ingredients…) were (1) tilapia and (2) CARBON FREAKING MONOXIDE!
  11. gh0st-0f-s0ciety said: it depends on where you live, but in the usa, the drinking water is poisoned with flouride, which can cause all sorts of problems, as well as sterilization and organ failure
  12. windowtounderland said: I used to always buy the same fruit preserves my mom bought when I was a kid and then when I had my daughter I saw that the ingredients included hfcs. There is only 1 jelly brand at my local grocery store that doesn’t include hfcs.
  13. greatescapes22 said: It took me so long to accept that words like “low-fat” or “natural” meant basically nothing, due to a lack of stringent labeling regulations! Now I pay attention to ingredients, not buzz words.
  14. chrystidoeslife said: The worst culprits are beverages, but I side-eye just about any “convienient” or “single serve” packaging. Most are filled with chemicals, BUT eating these things is by no means a capital offense-we’ve all done it. They’re sneaky.
  15. takingbackeelaine said: You should try out paleo
  16. androidlady said: CLIFF BARS - Don’t ask my why but I ignored the sugar content. It’s absurd. It’s 2 main ingredients are oats and sugar! Pretty much a candy bar… Now I have a LARABAR when I need a high cal treat.
  17. i-will-be-happy-soon reblogged this from one-twenty-five
  18. blissmanifesto said: Salad dressing is a bad one typically. I bring my own now most times.
  19. jennalee345 said: I “love” when a product is advertised as whole grain, but if you look at the ingredients the first one listed is something enriched! Maybe the 4th or 5th is something whole grain - just enough to advertise for I guess!
  20. haygirlhay said: good on you for realizing this - diet food isn’t food, hasn’t been around long enough to know what it is going to do to us, and beyond that - people have never been fatter or sicker since the introduction of dieting/diet foods. real food always.
Welcome! I'm Liz, the girl relieved the Internet has 0 calories. South African by birth; Canadian on paper. A marathoner. CrossFitter. Paleo (somewhat) eater. Traveler. Cheese lover. And I think you're great!

F | 28 | 5'4"
Highest Weight: 203
Current Weight: 179
Goal Weight: 125(!)

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