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:
Don’t slack on sleep. A lack of sleep may make you want to snack more to make up for low energy. Snacking does not make up for lost sleep, so avoid extra calories by getting a good night’s sleep.
Cut back on the starchy vegetables. Yams and carrots as well as squash and tubers have more calories than green vegetables. So, next time choose for the broccoli and green beans and save some calories.
Cut back on the salad dressing. Eating a salad is a healthy choice, but once you have added the cheese crumble, caramelized nuts, bacon, avocado, croutons and creamy vinaigrette, you have turned your light dish into a high-calorie fat meal. Save 500 or more calories by substituting those toppings with roasted bell peppers, grilled onions, or cucumbers and use 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 instead. A 12 ounce soda has approximately 150 to 180 calories. If you drink 2 – 3 a day you can save those calories by switching to drinking water. You can choose for the sugar-free kind, if you miss the taste 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.
Cut meat portions in half. Often meat portions tend to be too big. This is especially true in restaurants, 3-6 ounces is plenty. Focus on 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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