75 Tips to Reduce Calories
1. Spices to add flavor and zest to your meals. Experiment! Tantalize your taste buds.
2. Eat a frozen dinner designed for weight loss
3. Eat one less cookie per day
4. Consume one less regular soda per day
5. Use hot sauce, salsa and Cajun seasonings instead of butter or creamy sauces
6. Eat fresh fruit instead of drinking fruit juice
7. Eat equal portions of vegetables and grains at dinner
8. Switch to a lower percent fat milk
9. Bake, roast or broil your food
10. Remove all visible fat from meats before cooking
11. Remove skin from poultry before cooking
12. Avoid foods that list sugar in the first four ingredients – Fructose, corn syrup, maple syrup, molasses dextrose, turbinado, amazake, sorbitol, carob powder
13. Take your lunch to work
14. Eat fish 3 times a week
15. Avoid adding fat and oil while preparing meals
16. Use low-fat or nonfat condiments
17. Drink water with a twist of lime in place of high sugar beverages
18. Avoid prepackaged seasoning packets – they are loaded with sodium
19. Refrigerate soup after cooking so you can skim the fat off when it rises to the top
20. Try a new fruit or vegetable at least once a week
21. Add fresh fruit to your morning cereal
22. Use vegetable oil in place of solid fats (like Crisco shortening)
23. Eat several servings of whole grain food daily
24. Consume alcoholic beverages in moderation
25. Drink 100% fruit juices instead of soda
26. Dessings, sauces and condiments add extra calories you may have over looked.
27. Choose nuts when you must buy a snack from a vending machine
28. Eat a cup of yogurt when you’re feeling exhausted in the late afternoon
29. Replace corn and/or peanut oil with olive oil
30. Choose whole wheat bread
31. Eat tuna, sliced turkey and lean roast beef instead of salami or bologna
32. Drink cold unsweetened raspberry tea
33. Reduce your sweet tooth by eating more fruit
34. Satisfy your chocolate craving with sugar free hot cocoa, a fudgscicle, or a couple of Tootsie Rolls
35. Eat a salad in place of French fries
36. Frozen red grapes are a great sweet tasting snack
37. Eat low fat ice cream
38. Add whipped cream to fresh fruit
39. Limit your daily intake of sweets
40. Eat a large low calorie salad for lunch or dinner to save calories for a full dessert
41. Heat frozen vegetables in the microvave then top with parmesean cheese and chopped nuts
42. Keep pre-bagged salad portions on hand
43. Keep lean low calorie sandwich fixings readily available
44. Eat a can of good vegetable soup
45. Cereal isn’t just for breakfast. It also makes a healthy lunch and dinner.
46. Eat a veggie sandwich from Subway
47. Add fresh cut-up fruit to yogurt
48. Drink V8 juice for a quick pick me up in the afternoon
49. Dribble maple syrup over carrots for a sweet treat
50. Make your own three-bean salad by mixing three cans of beans and Italian dressing
51. Discover the sweet potato
52. Use bagged spinach in place of lettuce.
53. Dilute juice with water
54. Eat mostly veggies for lunch
55. Place all food on a plate or bowl. Never eat out of the jar or bag
56. During a meal eat highest calorie foods last
57. Limit juice to 8 ounces per day
58. Get your calories from food items rather than beverages
59. Eat a large healthy breakfast
60. Eat two servings of fruits or vegetables at every meal
61. Add one serving of fruit or vegetables daily until you reach the recommended 9 a day
62. Drink a minimum of 64 ounces of water per day
63. Use fat free sour cream
64. Drink fat free milk
65. Share an entrée with a friend
66. Order a 6” sub instead of the 12” sub and pile on more vegetables
67. When eating out order the smallest portion possible
68. Eat one hot dog at a barbeque -Pile on sauerkraut, lettuce, onions, pickles to fill you up.
69. Have a slice of cheese pizza -Just order it with half the cheese
70. Order a kids meal at fast food restaurants and sit down restaurants if available.
71. You’ll easily save half the calories that an adult combo meal would have given you.
72. Request your salad dressing on the side and dip your salad in it
73. Dip your fork in the dressing before putting salad on it. You’ll be surprised how great it tastes and you’ll be eating a lot less dressing.
74. Forego the cheese, bacon and croutons on your salad – you might be amazed at how many extra calories you can easily pile onto a salad.
75. When eating out go for the salad bar – choose wisely
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