Looking to decrease daily sugar intake, but unsure how best to tackle it?

Sugar is in pretty much everything. It’s delicious and highly addictive, which is why so many companies and restaurants add it to their foods.

Unfortunately, this means that added sugar isn’t only present in places you’d expect, like Auntie Anne’s cinnamon pretzel bites. It’s also in foods like ketchup, breads, meats, and granola. It’s everywhere! Which means that most of us eat wayyy too much of it. And that’s a very, very bad thing.

Why?

“Calculating your daily calorie intake is more necessary today than ever before.”

Should you count calories? Well, I’m usually NOT a supporter of it. Why? Because people often get way too hung up on the numbers. And calories are just one small piece of the nutrition puzzle.

Instead I’m all about intuitive eating, which is eating foods that sound good when you’re hungry. Though I do still suggest reaching for nutritious foods first and making them the majority of what you eat. Intuitive eating allows you to be more mindful of how you’re feeling and what you’re craving, and discourages the intensive tracking that comes with dieting.

But sometimes it’s good to have a check-in and make sure your habits are on the right track. Because you may eat healthy the majority of the time, but your intuitively eaten half pint of ice cream every night could be sabotaging your health goals.

Today we’re talking about how to lose excess weight in one particularly annoying place: your belly.

Or are we? Stick with me here as I reveal the secrets no one’s ever told you about how to lose belly fat.

First things first: losing belly fat isn’t exactly easy. If you’re prone to storing fat there, it will take dedication and discipline. But it is possible.