Summer Foods for Weight Loss

5 Worst Beach-Body Foods

These foods might sound harmless, but the truth is they can make you look flabbier than you really are
By David Zinczenko menshealth
 

Foods That Make You Look Fat

5 Worst Beach-Body Foods // broccoli and ranch © Thinkstock

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Summer is a challenging time for Kanye West, Lady Gaga, and Katy Perry. I'm not talking about the pop charts; they seem to have those well in hand. I'm talking about the paparazzi.

Celebrity photographers love nothing more than to catch a pop phenomenon emerging from the surf in St. Barts looking a little flabby, so they can sell their "Shocking Weight Gain!" headlines at the drugstore checkout. Is it unfair? You bet. Are you and I going to stare at the pictures anyways? Oh, yeah.

We like seeing celebs look less than perfect because, come swimsuit season, we all feel like we're being gawked at; and whether those photos wind up in the tabloids or on our mom's Facebook page, we all want to look our best. (Looking for beach reading? Check out our complete day-by-day, meal-by-meal weight-loss plan for busy people: The Eat This Not That! No-Diet Diet.) So what can you do when the cover-ups are about to come off and the cameras about to turn on?

It's simple: Avoid self-sabotage by letting Eat This, Not That! guide you through the foods and drinks that can cause bloating, water retention, and short-term weight gain—snacks that can make you look flabbier than you really are.

Below, I've listed the very worst beach-body foods and beverages, and some smart alternatives that will help you make this summer your leanest, fittest, healthiest ever! (Note to Lady Gaga: These are foods that you eat. Not foods that you wear. Just FYI.) For more health, nutrition and weight loss secrets every day in your inbox, sign up for our FREE Eat This, Not That! newsletter.

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