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#159 : 30 Ways To Cut 100 Calories
Sunday, October 17, 2010 @ 1:44 PM
Lose up to 10 lbs in a year, just by trimming 100 calories a day! We show you how.
An extra 100 calories here and there may not sound like much of a diet saboteur. Yet if you sum things up, trimming just 100 calories a day means saving a whooping 36,500 a year! Which translates to a 10-pound weight loss, explains Joanne V. Lichten, Ph.D., a dietitian and author of Dining Lean. "When people start putting on weight, they automatically start thinking that they're doing everything wrong. When in fact, it may be just a few small things that are making the difference," she adds. We show you 30 easy ways to cut 100 calories -- and still get to eat what you love.
Coffee savings
Ordering a friendlier-on-your-waistline cuppa is easy: Just ask for nonfat milk instead of whole milk. A Starbucks Café Latte with whole milk, for example, will cost you 260 calories. Replace with nonfat milk, and you'll save 100 calories.
Restaurants typically dole out gigantic portions of carbs -- think pasta, bread, rice and potatoes. Don't finish everything -- just setting aside 1/2 a tennis-ball size of pasta will spare you 110 calories.
One serving of fried rice has 460 calories on average. If you switch it with steamed rice (330 calories per serving), you'll shave 130 calories and substantial fat.
At the restaurant, request the bread basket to be removed from the table as you're being seated. Each French bread roll that you don't spread with butter and nosh on while you wait for your dinner, saves you 100 calories.
Dressing smart
A smart way to cut calories without feeling deprived: Switch what you won't miss. Do your tastebuds really notice the difference between regular mayonnaise and reduced-fat mayo? When you're making your own salad or sandwich at home, every 2 tablespoons of regular mayo that you replace with the low-fat version saves you 100 calories.
When dining out, ask for sauce and salad dressing on the side. You can still enjoy the flavor, but leave most of it behind.
Use fresh lemon to season your fish instead of tartar sauce, which packs 75 calories and 7.5g fat per tablespoon.
Make-it-healthier meats
Trimming the skin from a serving of poultry instantly saves you 100 calories -- most of it fat!
The healthiest way to cook your chicken: Bake, broil, or grill rather than fry.
When shopping for beef, avoid highly-marbled cuts. Buy low-fat ground beef (97% lean) instead of regular ground beef -- you'll spare yourself 90-100 calories and 9g fat per serving.
Replace 2 breaded wings (240 calories) with 2 spicy wings (85 calories) and you'll decrease the damage by 155 calories.
Liquid calories
Drink water first thing in the morning instead of fruit juice (about 100 calories a cup) which is high in sugar. Because most of us wake up dehydrated, water is really the best fluid to drink.
Craving for a cold, fizzy drink on a hot day? Replacing an 8-ounce soda with seltzer with lime slices or diet soda saves you 100 calories a pop.
Clever snacks
When chocolate craving strikes, opt for chocolate wafer fingers over a peanut- or caramel-filled snack bar. (A two-finger Kit Kat has 110 calories while a Snickers bar packs 271.)
Snacking on a typical handful of roasted salted nuts and you'll rack up 300 calories, not to mention 27g of fat. Go for a mix of raisins and unsalted nuts (195 calories and 11g fat) instead, plus you'll cut back on the salt.
Try portion control: Pour one serving of chips or pretzels into a bowl instead of eating from the bag.
Trade in a full-fat yogurt for a non-fat one and you'll save about 100 calories per serving.
Skinny sandwiches
Making your own French- or Italian-bread sandwich? Eat it open-faced, so you consume only one slice of bread (you'll shave about 100 calories).
Fill up with water-packed tuna in place of oil-packed and you'll save another 100.
An average bagel packs at least 300 calories -- and that's before you add the butter or cream cheese! Hollow out the inside (about a third of the bagel) and you'll cut 100 calories.
Go fresh
Got a sweet tooth for dried fruits? They may seem like a healthy choice, but they tend to be high in sugar. A 1/4 cup of dried cranberries contains 120 calories and 22g sugar. You can afford to have 1/2 cup (and still save 100 calories) if you opt for fresh berries instead, which only have 25 calories, plus 10% of the recommended daily allowance of Vitamin C and plenty of natural antioxidants.
Skip the bottled grape juice (170 calories per 8oz) for the real thing -- 1 cup of concord grapes has just 62 calories, without the added sugar.
Guilt-free soups
Opt for broth-based soups over cream-based soups. Ordering a minestrone instead of cream of mushroom at the bistro can save you about 100 calories in a standard serving.
Say no to the croutons and cheese. A serving of French onion soup with cheese and croutons costs you 200 calorie-wise. The sans cheese-and-crouton counterpart is just 80.
Desserts minus the sin
Desserts needn't be on the ban list when you're watching your weight. Try sharing a cake or ice-cream with your partner or friend to split the calories. Share a slice of cheesecake, for example, and you'll halve the calories from 250 calories to 125, and the fat from 18 grams to 9.
Splitting a wedge of chocolate cake? Your calorie count drops from 235 calories to 118.
If you divide a scoop of chocolate ice cream (250 calories and 12g fat) and share it with a friend, you'll save 125 calories and 6 grams fat.
Having your ice-cream in a cup (instead of a cone) will save you 118 calories.
Can't say no to a pie? Remove the bottom crust and you'll downsize by 100 calories.
Think all this can make you lose the calories? Try it NOW!
