Foods to avoid on XLR8

Are you wondering what foods you need to avoid or cut back on?

XLR8 is all about getting you off the roller coaster of dieting, meaning you have to do something you have never done before and to forget everything you know about dieting.

This is a new way of living and will become part of your life, don't think about what foods you are giving up think about what you are gaining by losing weight, getting healthy and getting your life back.

1. Bread and Grains

• White bread (1 slice): 14 grams of carbs 
• Whole-wheat bread (1 slice): 17 grams of carbs
• Flour tortilla (10-inch): 36 grams of carbs
• Bagel (3-inch): 29 grams of carbs

2. Some Fruit

• Banana (1 medium): 27 grams of carbs 
• Raisins (1 oz / 28 grams): 22 grams of carbs
• Dates (2 large): 36 grams of carbs
• Mango (1 cup, sliced): 28 grams of carbs
• Pear (1 medium): 28 grams of carbs

3. Starchy Vegetables - especially ones grown underground

• Corn (1 cup): 41 grams of carbs
• Potato (1 medium): 37 grams of carbs
• Sweet potato (1 medium): 24 grams of carbs
• Pumpkin (1 cup, cooked): 8 grams of carbs
• Carrots ( 1 cup cooked):  12 grams of carbs

4. Pasta

One cup of cooked pasta contains 43 grams of carbs

5. Cereal

• Weetbix (2 ): 20 grams of carbs
• Oats (1/2 cup): 22.7 grams of carbs
• Rice Bubbles (1 cup): 26 grams of carbs
• Special K (3/4 cup): 21.2 grams of carbs

6. Beer

A 356-gram can of beer contains 13 grams of carbs, on average. Even light beer contains 6 grams per can.  Look for low carb alternatives

7. Sweetened Yogurt

One cup of nonfat sweetened fruit yogurt can have up to 47 grams of carbs

8. Juice

• Apple Juice (1 cup ): 28.97 grams of carbs
• Orange Juice (1 cup): 25.79 grams of carbs
• Vegetable Juice (1 cup): 14.93 grams of carbs

9. Low-Fat and Fat-Free Salad Dressings

Two tablespoons of fat-free French dressing contain 10 grams of carbs

10. Beans and Legumes

• Lentils: 40 grams of carbs, 
• Peas: 25 grams of carbs, 
• Black beans: 41 grams of carbs, 
• Pinto beans: 45 grams of carbs, 
• Chickpeas: 45 grams of carbs, 
• Kidney beans: 40 grams of carbs,

11. Honey

Honey: 17 grams of carbs

12. Sugar in Any Form

The worst. Soft drinks, candy, juice, sports drinks, chocolate, cakes, buns, pastries, ice cream, breakfast cereals. Preferably avoid sweeteners as well

• White sugar: 12.6 grams of carbs
• Maple syrup: 13 grams of carbs 
• Agave nectar: 16 grams of carbs

13. Chips and Crackers

Packet of chips - 20 chips is 20 grams of carbs

7 Biscuits Arnotts Chicken Crimpy - 16 grams of carbs

14. Milk

Full cream milk contains 11.49 grams of carbs per cup

Low fat milk 12.18 grams of carbs per cup

Skim milk 12.30 grams of carbs per cup

Look for unsweetened almond milk and coconut milk approx 1 gram some brands even less than that

15. Low fat frozen meals

These meals claim low in fat and are packed with carbs

Thai green curry 52.6 grams of carbs

Spagetti Bolognese 42.3 grams of carbs

Steam Atlantic Salmon with pasta 42.9 grams of carbs

Stay away from anything claiming low fat, lite etc

16. Margarine

Industrially imitated butter with unnaturally high content of omega-6 fat. Has no health benefits, tastes bad. Although no carbs choose butter.