Fruits you must avoid for weight loss

It seems odd to suggest something as traditionally healthy as fruit would be a major caveat as far as weight loss is concerned but it is a fact. This is because of the naturally occurring sugar that exists in all fruit. Some are better than others and some of the less sweet fruits are actually the highest in carbohydrates.

If you want to jump start your weight-loss journey from fat-ass to fitness, you are going to need to completely cut these fruits out of your diet.

Mangoes

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This should seem rather evident because a mango is generally so sweet tasting that it is pretty evident that there is probably some business in there that is going to not exactly be part of a weight loss diet. An average size sweet mango can have as much as 30 grams of carbohydrates.

Apples

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This one surprises most people because apples, especially the horribly mis-named "red and delicious" apples, don't taste terribly sweet. An apple contains around 25 grams of carbs. To put this perspective, this is the same amount of carbs contained in a McDonald's cheeseburger.

bananas

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This is the one that gets the most people because a banana is probably one of the most energy packed food products on the planet. Carbohydrates are the source of easily burned energy and this is the reason why a banana can contain as much as 28 grams of carbs for each one. When I first started my weight loss plan i was aghast to find out that my go to breakfast of several bananas was the equivalent of a super-sized value meal with a coca cola.

There are many other fruits that are high in carbs but a good rule of thumb is that if you are going to "kick start" your weight loss by getting off of carbs almost entirely for the first couple of months is to avoid fruit altogether. Fruit contains a lot of essential vitamins, so during this part of the journey I recommend taking a multivitamin in order to give your body what it needs in terms of all that jazz.

We were told our entire lives that fruit is the key to good health and in many ways it is. However, if you are trying to shock the system into rapid weight loss this is one of the things that absolutely must go away for a while.

The MyFitnessPal app is a great way to confirm all food choices in your diet when researching what to purchase at the grocery store. The app is free and is downloadable from all major app stores.

_{I am not a weight-loss professional / nutritionist / or trainer. I am merely recounting the steps i took and choices I made that resulted in me losing over 50 lbs in a year and keeping it off. I believe it will work for other people as well}