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Guest post: Male fitness cover-model David White gives his diet alternatives!

Posted: 09/09/2009 at 06:43pm by Rich Leigh, founder of Fat Free Fitness

For our first guest blog, we’re lucky enough to be able to introduce arguably the UK’s best known fitness model, David White.

David has appeared on the cover of industry leading titles such as Men’s Fitness and Healthy for Men, as well as modelling for the likes of Adidas and Reebok. David is also the founder of online fitness magazine www.finalfitness.co.uk. Final Fitness includes many fantastic diet and exercise tips, including interviews with leading athletes and models.

David recently spoke to Fat Free Fitness about his diet and how he manages to keep himself in such great shape for his work.

He kindly agreed to look at typically unhealthy foods to give alternatives, to help people stay on track with their weight loss effort. Below are David’s alternatives to the top 10 foods which can ruin weight loss attempts. As with anything, moderation is key!

1.       Crisps – Crisps are a dieters’ worst enemy, simply because there’s very little of any actual nutritional benefit in them. If you’re going to eat crisps try ‘Snack a Jacks’, or ‘Ryvita Minis’. These come in loads of flavours so there’s sure to be a flavour you like. They’re low in fat and high in fibre so will help fill you up too!

2.       Chocolate - If you simply have to have that chocolate moment, try and pick dark chocolate rather than milk, and maybe limit yourself to a day a week you treat yourself to chocolate. Dark chocolate can be good for blood pressure and contains anti-oxidants.

3.       The dreaded ‘office cakes’ – Do the amount of cakes brought into your office seem to directly correlate with whenever you are trying to lose weight? If you have to choose from a selection of cakes try and stay away from the high fat cakes, which will typically be the ones with added extras. Try carrot cake, there are loads of natural cakes out there in the shops and at no extra cost.

4.       Jarred pasta sauces – All supermarkets do an amazing range of pasta sauces, and all offer a healthy option in an array of flavours. Have a good look next time you’re in the supermarket and try to pick out the healthy option; they normally taste the best as well. Alternatively, look up home-made recipes online, you can create sauces using little more than simple ingredients such as tomatoes and garlic.

5.       Alcohol - The best beer to drink is Michelob Ultra if you can find it, with 120 calories in a pint serving. For wine, go for Chardonnay, with around 90 calories for a 4 oz (118ml) serving. As for spirits they are all highly calorific at around 80 calories for a single shot but the mixers are the worst, you can try and have it on the rocks of course or try diet coke.

6.       Takeaway pizza - Always try to go for thin crust and vegetable options. It’s normally the bread that builds up the calories on a pizza; if it’s fresh it’s a lot better for you.

7.       Pre-packaged sandwiches/baguettes - When looking for a sandwich always try to have the one with less or low-fat mayonnaise, and always have brown bread. Seafood or chicken is great.

8.       Pop/fizzy drinks – I would say all fizzy drinks should be avoided, try to go for water at all times. It’ll fill you up more, is less likely to bloat you and costs much less.

9.       Sugary cereals - For breakfast try Oats or Muesli, the fibre will keep you going all day, you can add fruit and honey as well if you prefer a sweeter taste.

10.   Chips – If you are a chip eater, it’s always good to check the back of the packet before you get oven fried chips, to compare the calories to competitors' chips. Homemade chips are best as they won’t include any preservatives frozen chips often include. Try not to eat soggy battered chips… this means no more regular trips to the local chippie!
 
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David on the cover of Healthy for Men


David on the cover of Men's Fitness

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