Stick with calorie-free drinks, glass water

Water, unsweetened tea, flavored seltzer—these are the kinds of beverages that experts advise focusing on when you want to trim down. Alcoholic drinks, juices, and sugary coffee drinks can totally sabotage your weight loss efforts without even contributing many nutrients or helping you feel full. "Only consume drinks that have no calories in them," says TJ Mentus, ACE-certified personal trainer and member of the expert review board at Garage Gym Reviews. "If you are consuming drinks with added sugars it is an easy way to unintentionally get into a surplus of calories. These calories will not satiate hunger like whole foods will so you will end up still having to eat real food. By cutting out these drinks you can easily save a couple of hundred calories a day if not more depending on what your current consumption looks—like which can translate to a half-pound of weight loss a week at least."