In case you guys haven't noticed... I live at the gym and I'm always reading the health magazines that are laying around. I was running on the treadmill and was reading a few articles in the latest Shape magazine and so I decided to check out the site for additional information.
The Eat Right section had some pretty helpful tips regarding ways to cut out calories.
Some of the tips suggested:
1. Leave several bites of your meal on your plate.
2. Skin your chicken after cooking it.
3. Blend your smoothie for roughtly five minutes.
4. Eat your sandwiches and burgers with one slice of bread instead of two.
5. Order a cup of soup as an appetizer.
6. Swap a chocolate bar [235 calories] for a glass of light chocolate soy milk [120 calories].
7. Use butter-flavored nonstick spray rather than a tablespoon of margarine or butter when
cooking.
8. Order a white-wine spritzer [80 calories] rather than a mixed drink [roughly 180 calories].
9. Spike foods with hot sauce or chili pepper, as they may help in curbing your appetitie.
10. Hold the cheese. When adding it to a salad, sprinkle only a tablespoon of grated part-skim
mozzarella [36 calories].
11. Have the miso soup [28 calories] vs having the green salad [260 calories] when eating at a
sushi restaurant.
12. Try poached eggs instead of fried, lean Canadian bacon vs regular bacon or a fruit salad in place of home fries.
13. Top salads with a half cup of crunchy celery rather than a quarter cup of croutons.
14. At a Chinese restaurant, ask your server to take away the bowl of crispy noodle strips.
15. Ditch the maple syrup and top your pancakes or waffles, with a dusting of confectioners' sugar and cinnamon or a tablespoon of low-sugar jam.
Try out these few tips and see the pounds melt off.
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