10 Foods That Are Keeping You From Being Your Fittest Self

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When you were younger, you could eat whatever you wanted to as long as you hauled yourself to the gym a few times a week. For many of us, college means years of ramen and pizza. Eventually, your metabolism will come back down to Earth along with your expectations of life. If you eat garbage long enough, your body will start to resemble refuse itself. Hitting the gym is a must to keep yourself in shape, but sooner or later, you won't be able to expect great results if you put things in your body that sabotage your hard work.

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We all know that a steady diet of ice cream and cake will give you more of a sumo wrestler's physique than a body builder's, but there are many foods you eat on a daily basis that are contributing to the problem. Many of them don't even taste that great. There's no way you can say that white bread, potatoes, and boxed spaghetti taste better than grilled chicken. And grilled chicken isn't going to make your stomach look like a flabby pouch.

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Sooner or later, what you eat will determine the size of your waistline, and here are some foods not to eat if you ever want to have a six pack that doesn't involve six Bud cans resting on your ample gut.

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We're not saying you shouldn't eat bread at all. But, if you're like most Americans, you're probably eating too much.

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If that doesn't convince you, here is some more info, courtesy of the Physician's Committee for Responsible Medicine. Typically, cheese is roughly 70 percent fat, most of it saturated. A two ounce piece of cheese (smaller than the two batteries mentioned above, contains 350 milligrams of sodium.

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No matter how you slice it, there is no reason to behold the power of cheese more than once in a while.

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Moderation also becomes a problem with pizza, since it takes a man with some real will power to resist another slice. And this should go without saying, but definitely avoid grabbing that pizza on your way home from the bar. You'll almost certainly eat the whole thing.

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And the fries and bun don't do you any favors either.

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Bagels should be the last thing you're craving. A bagel provides 3-6 servings of carbs (or about four slices of bread), often more than you should have in an entire day. Pretty much all bagels are made with refined flour, that stuff we mentioned earlier that provides no nutritional value. Bagels often pack up to 350 calories, and though they offer some protein, there isn't nearly enough nutrients in a bagel to offset the massive caloric intake.

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