Lose Weight By Simple Food Changes
Easy Food Changes That Will Cut Calories Out of Your Everyday Diet
Feb 11, 2009
Food substitutes and changes to make for what you eat and drink that can save you substantial calories and help you lose weight.
It has been well documented that if you cut back on your calorie intake, you will lose weight. Here are some easy food changes that you can make to your everyday meals that will help you realize real weight loss over time.
What You Drink
- Switch one 8 oz glass of 2% milk for 8 ounces of skim milk, and save 40 calories and 4.5 grams of fat.
- Cappuccinos and lattes cost more than money. Substituting a cup of black coffee (less than one calories) will cut anywhere from 80 to 200 calories daily out of a diet.
- Even better, instead of coffee have green tea. Besides having zero calories, has been proven to increase metabolism and help burn calories. A 2008 study showed that drinking 3 to 4 cups of plain green tea can burn anywhere from 50 to 100 calories per day.
- Club soda has zero calories and zero grams of fat. Drinking a can of it instead of regular cola would save 144 calories. If the taste of club soda is too bland, add lemon or lime.
- Have 12 oz of a light beer instead of two 6 oz glasses of wine and save 135 calories.
What You Eat
- Substitute ground turkey or chicken for 4 oz of ground beef and save around 150 calories and 10 g of fat.
- Instead of dipping raw vegetables in ranch dressing, use hummus. A ¼ cup of hummus has only 110 calories, 5 g of fat and no cholesterol, compared to 296 calories and 15 g of fat for the same amount of ranch dressing.
- Instead of snacking on cashews, peanuts or almonds, opt for chestnuts and save 420 calories and 48 g of fat for every 100 g serving.
- When making scrambled eggs, instead of using two whole eggs use 1 whole egg and two egg whites. This is 42 less calories and a lower cholesterol intake from 213 mgs instead of 426 mgs.
- Instead of 1 cup of potato chips, instead have 1 cup of rye crisp bread crackers and save 900 calories and 72 grams of fat.
- Change 1 tablespoon of mayonnaise for 1 tablespoon of mustard, and save 103 calories and 11.7 grams of fat. Plain yellow mustard has zero calories and zero grams of fat.
- Swap out 2 tablespoons of sour cream for 2 tablespoons of plain yogurt and save 40 calories and 5 grams of fat. They taste practically the same.
Hope these tips help with your weight loss.
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