Originally Posted by
OBoile
No, excess fat, including belly fat, is caused by consuming more calories than you burn. It doesn't really matter what macro nutrient the calories come from. High sugar (and high gi) foods are less satiating so it is easy to over-eat on them, but a calorie of sugar doesn't cause you to gain more weight than a calorie of fat.
This is the primary reason I would watch these types of food - it's easy to overeat them. The easiest way I've found to lose weight are by reducing "empty" calories where the nutritive value is really low compared to the calories and reducing drinking my calories when the purpose of what I'm drinking is for hydration. Basically, I'm substituting water for juice/soda/anything else.
Be that as it may, I still have a terrible diet and I've only managed to lose 17 lbs in the last 4 months (from 215 to 198. first time below 200 in several years) by out exercising my terrible diet. I've increased my cycling considerably and have finally started losing weight.