Ways To Cut Calories From Your Daily Diet
You can start losing weight by cutting calories from your diet each day. The question is how many do you need to cut or burn to see results. For mos...
You can start losing weight by cutting calories from your diet each day. The question is how many do you need to cut or burn to see results. For most, you can drop a pound a week by simply eliminating an average of 500 calories from your diet each day. A simple way to do this is by replacing or substituting a few food items a day and you can lose approximately 10 pounds in just 5 weeks! Here are some tips you can follow that might just do the trick for you:
Get enough sleep. A lack of sleep can make you snack, researchers found that people who got on average only 5 1/2 hours of sleep had a tendency to snack more during the day. Snacking does not make up for lost sleep, so you can avoid calories by getting a good night’s sleep.
Substitute the starchy veggies. Yams, carrots as well as squash and tubers have more calories than green vegetables. So, choose for the broccoli and green beans next time and save some calories.
Salad with less Dressing. A salad is a healthy choice, but once you add the salad dressing and extra toppings, you have changed your salad into a high calorie, fat meal. Cheese crumbles, caramelized nuts, bacon, avocado, croutons, and creamy vinaigrettes can add lots of calories. Save 500 or more calories by adding toppings such as roasted bell peppers, grilled onions, or cucumbers, and using half the dressing or substitute with vinegar and oil.
Hold the whipped cream. Coffee drinks that are more like dessert creations can contain as many as 670 + calories, with large, extra large cup sizes, whipped cream, whole milk, and sugary syrups. If your going to enjoy one of these drinks, hold the whipped cream and try a smaller sized drink. Save even more calories by ordering just a coffee, latte or chai.
Drink Water. A 12-ounce soda has about 150 to 180 calories. If you are used to drinking two to three a day you can cut calories by drinking water instead. But, if you miss the flavor, try drinking a sugar-free soda and limit your alcohol, dairy and juices.
Eat less pasta. One cup of pasta is just 220 calories. But typical dinner portions at restaurants can be as much as quadruple that amount. That’s 1,056 calories. Even if you eat 2 whole cups of noodles, you’ll still save 616 calories.
Reduce your Meat portions. Often meat portions tend to be more than you need. This is true especially in restaurant, 3 – 6 ounces is plenty. Focus on the source, flavor, and quality, not quantity.
Avoid eating while watching TV. You’ll eat up to an average of 278 calories more, by snacking while watching Television, before you know it, you finished a bag of chips meant for the whole family. Walk the dog in exchange for 1 hour of TV and avoid eating while watching.
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