Health & Fitness
Save Calories with Noshing Nixes and Switches
It's easy to save calories with a little bit of pre-planning. Pick a couple of the below "Nixes & Switches" to help shave up to 500 calories from your daily total.
It’s easy to save calories with a little bit of pre-planning. Pick a couple of the below “Nixes & Switches” to help shave up to 500 calories from your daily total. Remember, 1 pound equals 3,500 calories, if you eliminate 500 calories everyday for 1 week – you will lose 1 pound!
1. Strive for 5 to 9 servings of fruits & veggies per day! Easy tips include:
- Putting blueberries, strawberries, peaches or bananas on your cereal, oatmeal or waffles or in your yogurt at breakfast
- Adding lettuce or tomato to a sandwich at lunch
- Starting dinner with a healthy salad (be careful of the dressing you use)
2. Use these tips to slash calories without even missing them!
- Eat your sandwich or burger open faced with only 1 slice of bread
- Have a cup of broth based soup as an appetizer
- Take only a serving size of your favorite crunchy snack out of the cabinet instead of the whole bag
- Order salad dressing on the side
- Order an appetizer as your main course
3. When eating carbohydrates swap white processed carbohydrates for whole grains as opposed to processed. Good choices include: whole-wheat flour, whole-grain bread, high-fiber cereal, brown rice, whole-grain pasta, and oatmeal.
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4. Satisfy Your Sweet Tooth with one of these low calorie alternatives:
-Root beer Float (50 calories) -
Add ¼ cup of light vanilla ice cream to a glass of diet root beer!
- Tropicana Real Fruit – Fruit Bar (50 calories)
You’ll also get 25% of your daily vitamin C requirements!
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- Two Big Fluffy Marshmallows (46 calories)
Or coat 1 big marshmallow in chocolate syrup for the same # of calories!
- One Dove Dark Chocolate Promise (42 calories)
Sometimes all you need is 1 decadent bite of really good chocolate!
- JELL-O (1 cup) & a Dollop of Cool Whip (35 calories)
Let me know which “Noshing Nixes & Switches” were your favorites and of course if you have any ideas to share!
Be Fit, Be Healthy, Be Happy! ~Tanya
It’s easy to be fit forever when you exercise & eat healthy!
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