Calories, calories, calories ... Cruel little things aren't they? They are tenacious little buggers. Sweat like a sweaty thing through a half hour workout and you still might have only burned your way through 200 of them. So how valuable is it for you to know how easy it is to save 100 calories in various ways on your food and beverage choices through the day? I can hear you now - yes, yes! Yes please! Well here they are:
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Make an Omelet from 4 Egg Whites Instead of 2 Whole Eggs
Forget the Cone and Eat Ice Cream in a Bowl
Shove Your Chicken Salad into a Whole-wheat Pita Instead of in a Sandwich
Choose a Clear Broth Soup over a Creamy Soup
Pick up an Espresso from the Coffee Shop Instead of Your Morning Latte
Make Your Burger Bunless
Have a Turkey Burger Instead of Beef Burger
Eat the Pie, Leave the Crust
Swap Pork Sausages for Turkey Sausages
Eat Brownies Au Naturel Not a La Mode
Eat a Medium Orange Instead of Drinking 12 Oz. of Fresh Orange Juice
Enjoy 5 Oz. of Chocolate Milk Instead of 5 Oz. of a Chocolate Milkshake
Snack on 1 Oz. of Baked Potato Chips Instead of Regular Chips
Choose 3 Oz. of Mozzarella Cheese for Your Sandwich Instead of Swiss Cheese
Choose a Slice of Thin Crust Pizza over Thick Crust Pizza
Top Your Salad with 1.5 Oz Reduced-fat Italian Dressing Instead of Regular
Or Forego the Dressing Altogether and Use Olive Oil and Wine Vinegar Instead
Finish Dinner with 1 Cup of Low-fat Frozen Yogurt Instead of Regular Ice Cream
Add Vegetable Toppings to Your Pizza Order and Say No to Pepperoni
Instead of 3 Oz of Regular Sour Cream, Use a Fat-free Variety
Have a Quesadilla Made with Two 6-inch Corn, Not Flour, Tortillas
Have a Piece of Chocolate Birthday Cake—but Scrape off the Frosting First
Have a Fudgsicle Instead of a Serving (3/4 Cup) of Chocolate Ice Cream
Have a Skinless Chicken Breast Instead of Chicken with Skin
Have an English Muffin Instead of a Bagel
Spread Your Sandwich Bread with Mustard Instead of Mayo
Have Apple Slices Instead of 5 Crackers
Eat 1/2 Cup of Sugar Snap Peas Instead of a Large Banana
Eat Your Granola from a 4-ounce Mug, Not an 8-ounce Bowl
Drizzle Extra Hot Sauce, Not Blue Cheese or Ranch Dressing, on Your Wings
Replace a Cinnamon Roll with 2 Slices of Raisin Toast with 1 Tbsp Low-fat Cream Cheese and 1 Tsp Powdered Sugar. Sprinkle with Cinnamon
Have Sugar-free Jell-O Instead of Pudding
Eat Tzatziki Instead of Hummus
Eat 7 Oz of Marinara Sauce Instead of 5 Oz Alfredo
Leave the Top Slice of Bread and Butter of Your Sandwich
Grill a Portobello Instead of a Burger Patty
Drink 1 Cup of Diet Soda Instead of 1 Cup of Regular Soda
Eat 2 Oz Pretzels Instead of 2 Oz Potato Chips
Swap out 2 Taco Shells for Lettuce Wraps
Eat Low Fat Greek Yogurt with Berries Instead of Sugary Fruit Varieties
For Meatballs Mix Half the Amount of Ground Beef the Recipe Calls for with Half as Much Cooked Brown Rice
Replace 1 TBSP Butter in Cake, Muffin, and Brownie Recipes with 1 TBSP Applesauce (and do It in Increments of 1 Tbsp)
Have a Slice of Angel Food Cake Drizzled with Chocolate Syrup Instead of 3 Cookies
Use 1 TBSP of Mayo and 1 TBSP of Low-fat Cottage Cheese to Make Tuna Salad
Leave off the Crackers and Cheese from Your Chili
Select Nonfat or 1% Milk Instead of Whole Milk (All Day)
Pick Water-packed Tuna Instead of Tuna Packed in Oil
Drink Wine from a Flute Instead of a Goblet
Have a Margarita Instead of a Pina Colada
Drink Two 12 Oz Light Beers Instead of Two Regular Beers
See how simple it is? Just with tweaking swapping, changing portion size and making smart choices, there are plenty of ways to save 100 calories. What's even better is that it won't feel like dieting.
Just doing one or two of these things every day will do you good. Are you going to start?
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