We all know how difficult it is to lose weight - a process that becomes even more frustrating when you think you're making healthy food choices and the extra pounds just won't seem to budge.* When you can recognize diet-destroyers in disguise - foods that appear to be good for* weight loss but in fact might be the reason you still can't zip your* "skinny" jeans - you'll have a much easier time limiting or eliminating them altogether.* Here are some of the most common hidden traps:* 1. Low-fat dairy products* 2. Protein and energy bars* 3. Smoothies***** 4. Dried fruit* 5. Granola* 6. Ground turkey* 7. Fruit juice* 8. Coffee drinks* Which one of these do you find it is hard to give up?* Send me a message and lets compare the ones we are finding it hard to give up.

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What is your source on this? I'm curious because for every report like this there are 10 more saying some of those thing should be in your diet such as low-fat dairy. What should you eat? High fat dairy? I dont think so. It is not good to cut dairy (unless for medical reasons) because of the oh-so important calcium. Ground Turkey, the low fat kind, can also be a great alternative to hamburger. Coffee is also not fattening. There are no calories in coffee and can stave off hunger cravings. The rest I would agree with.

Protein energy bars should be classified as junk food. They are really \"candy bars\". Juices that are not 100% juice may contain alot of sugar that you mind as well drink Coke or Pepsi.

hmmm some just dont make sense

I agree that coffee drinks - the ones with all of the cream, whipped cream, etc. can be high in calories & sugar and even fat, and that protein bars are high, too, but low-fat and no-fat dairy are good for you and so is juice in moderation, 4 oz of 100% juice say, and granola is high in fiber - you just have to look for the low-fat options there.
Basically it comes down to looking at the nutrition information and not just the advertising of the item.
Just my thoughts.

I think what she means is that a lot of the things can be fattening. For example just because you use turkey in your spaghetti sauce doesn\'t make it any better if it has a lot of fat and dark meat in it. Just because you drink juice doesn\'t mean it is not 100%, and coffee isn\'t great if you dump a bunch of sugar and ceamers in it.. etc