From wftv.com

BACKGROUND: If you’re looking to slim down, there are plenty of foods out there to halt your diet success. Some of the worst to consume include:

1. Cheese fries: According to the book Eat This, Not That, an order of Aussie cheese fries with Ranch dressing from Outback Steakhouse contains 2,900 calories and 182 grams of fat. It’s on the Men’s Health “20 worst foods” list. The authors say this order is equivalent to eating 14 Krispy Kreme doughnuts before your dinner arrives.

2. Fried desserts: Fried desserts are another “worst” food. “You’re dipping something in batter that is already high in calorie, high in fat, high in sugar,” Sarah Krieger, M.P.H., R.D., a national spokesperson for the American Dietetic Association, told Ivanhoe.

3. Soda: When Purdue University researchers had people consume 450 calories a day from either jelly beans or soft drinks for four weeks, the candy-eaters consumed no more total calories than usual. The soda drinkers, however, downed 17-percent more calories each day. Soda is loaded with artificial colors and sugar. Studies have also linked soda consumption to osteoporosis, obesity, tooth decay and heart disease.

4. Movie theatre popcorn: According to a Cornell University study, when moviegoers were served stale popcorn in big buckets, they ate 34-percent more than those given the same stale popcorn in medium-sized containers. Fresh popcorn in large tubs resulted in people eating 45-percent more than those given fresh popcorn in medium-sized containers.

5. Bacon cheeseburgers: One Carl’s Jr. Guacamole Bacon Six Dollar Burger contains 1,140 calories and 85 grams of fat! This offers 130 percent of your daily fat intake and 145 percent of your saturated fat intake.

6. “White” foods: Many dietitians caution against “white” foods like crackers and breads. “White flour in the human body is handled exactly like if you sat there and ate sugar out of a bowl,” Ann Kulze, M.D., a nutrition and wellness expert, told Ivanhoe.

7. Ramen noodles: You might not think of this as an unhealthy choice, but one serving of Ramen noodles has 780 grams of sodium. The noodles are deep-fried, so they have minimal nutritional value.

8. Sugary coffees: According to www.menshealth.com, gourmet coffee drinkers consume, on average, 206 more calories a day than people who sip regular coffee. Also, Americans get more than 20 percent of their daily calories from beverages.