I am sure that you have all been told this at one point or another.  If you are trying to lose fat that you must eat bland, boring foods.

I bet that you also heard this one.  If it tastes good it can’t be good for you.

After hear all this for so long I’m positive that  you to believe that you can’t eat delicious, tasty foods while losing fat and getting healthy.

That is just a lie perpetrated by companies that make fatting, unhealthy  ”foods” and is so not true.  If your fat loss diet is bland and boring the only person to blame is you.

Of course taste is subjective.  Just because I think something tastes good doesn’t mean you will.  I think all the food I eat in my diet tastes awesome but another word may come to mind if I got you to try something I love to eat.

You have around 10,000 taste buds on your tongue designed to pick up the flavors salty, sweet, sour, bitter and umami or savoriness.

The “food” companies know this and will pump as much fat, salt, refined sugar and chemicals into their products so that you will believe when you eat them that they are delicious.  But when you die of a massive heart attack at 50 at least all your food tasted good, right?

What am I getting at with all this?

I am saying that you can make healthy and delicious food  choices even while on a fat loss diet and you don’t need all the  fat, salt and refined sugar “food” companies use to do so.

First off, if you can’t get it in the periphery of your supermarket, don’t eat it.  The inner aisles are full of nothing but crap that is HORRIBLE for fat loss.

Need something sweet (or maybe sour)?  Skip the candy and eat some fruit.  No, the natural sugar in fruit will not sabotage your diet but the refined sugar in the candy most certainly will.

Natures little treats.

Need something salty?  Avoid the chip aisle and buy some veggies and chicken/pork/beef to make a healthy stir-fry or get some cheese.  Or check out the new Angelina Jolie movie.

Salt-y.

Need something bitter? Greek yogurt will do the trick.

Now if that doesn’t look delicious…

So no matter what you think tastes good there is always a healthy alternative.  You can even combine tastes.  An apple with cheese.   Blueberries in your greek yogurt.  Angelina Jolie with…uhh, never mind.  You get the idea.

Need some recipes?  You can always find some here in my Train To Sweatt Blog under recipes.  You can look online and find one of the thousands of healthy and easy recipe books.

So remember, If your diet fat loss is bland and boring the only person to blame is you.

And if by the off chance that you do not find healthy food delicious no matter how hard you try, give it 21 days.  After 21 days your body should be rid of all the addicting chemicals that the “food” companies put in their product and your taste buds will adjust to your healthy and very delicious diet.

Your friend and trainer,

Paul F. Sweatt

Wellesley’s Fat Loss Expert