calories

tritta01

Just found this on Allrecipes.com, not sure if anyone else has posted yet or not. But good ideas!

Calorie-Cutting Tactics

Eliminating those calories (as well as burning more through exercise) doesn't have to be painful.

Starvation and deprivation diets simply don't work. Instead, the little things are what matter. Here are seven ideas to get you started:

1. Eat breakfast.

A study published in the February 2002 journal Obesity Research found that eating breakfast was a key behavior among people who averaged a 60-pound weight loss and kept it off an average of six years. Participants told researchers that skipping breakfast made them so hungry that they overate during other meals and snacked on unhealthy, high-calorie foods.

2.Measure that cereal.

The average serving of cereal is 1 cup. Yet most adults pour out at least twice that.

3. Scoop and save.

Every now and then someone comes up with such a cool kitchen utensil that you just have to rush right out and buy it. That's the Lê Scoop. Its function: to scoop out the inside dough from a bagel, leaving you with the outer crust (and, of course, less fat and fewer calories). Fill the inside with nonfat cottage cheese sprinkled with ground flaxseeds for an easy, low-fat, low-calorie breakfast.

4.Buy the smaller size.

The larger the portion in front of you, the more you'll eat. It's a proven fact. When researchers sent 79 parents home with a video and either 1- or 2-pound bags of M&Ms along with either a medium or jumbo size tub of popcorn for each family member, they ate more M&M's from the 2-pound bag than the 1-pound bag, and about half a tub of popcorn, regardless of the tub size.

5. Make smart switches.
See how much you can save by switching from high-fat, high-calorie indulgences to lower-fat, lower-calorie options. Just by making the following substitutions, you could lose 25 pounds a year:

Instead of eating this once a week


Try this once a week


Calorie savings

Large fries


1-ounce snack-size bag
of potato chips


383 calories a week,
or 5.7 pounds a year

Fried chicken breast


Roasted chicken breast
and wing and thigh without skin


243 calories a week,
or 3.6 pounds a year

Burger


Veggie burger


216 calories a week,
or 3.2 pounds a year

Three slices bacon


Two slices deli-style ham
and two eggs and egg substitute


199 calories a week,
or 3 pounds a year

Chocolate ice cream


Nonfat fudgsicle bar


240 calories a week,
(1 cup) or 3.6 pounds a year

Pasta carbonara


Pasta with tomato sauce
(1 cup)


246 calories a week,
or 3.7 pounds a year

One slice cheesecake


One slice angel food cake with
strawberry topping


130 calories a week,
or 1.9 pounds a year

6. Skip the soda.
If you drink non-diet soda, you can cut 160 calories (per 16 ounces) out of your day just by switching to diet soda. Better yet, drink green tea or water flavored with a squeeze of lemon or lime.

7. Start with soup.

Studies show that people who start a meal with soup--especially broth-based soup--end up eating fewer calories by the end of the day without feeling hungrier.

SARRY562

Thanks

kao708

3. Scoop and save.

Every now and then someone comes up with such a cool kitchen utensil that you just have to rush right out and buy it. That's the Lê Scoop. Its function: to scoop out the inside dough from a bagel, leaving you with the outer crust (and, of course, less fat and fewer calories). Fill the inside with nonfat cottage cheese sprinkled with ground flaxseeds for an easy, low-fat, low-calorie breakfast.

Lê Scoop...Also known as A SPOON! LOL :bigsmile:

quara

Why would I want to scoop out all that bagelly deliciousness??

tritta01

Yeah that section I did find a little weird! its like then a piece of toast isnt the point of the bagel to have that good soft center?!?! LOL but the rest of the information I found helpful!

amuhlou

Another tip would be to use smaller dishes!

Our pre-wedding set of dishes was crazy big, especially the bowls. Now we have dedicated ice cream/cereal bowls, which are smaller than soup/pasta bowls. You're a lot less likely to overeat because of trying to "fill up" the bowl. That said, I do weigh my cereal EVERY morning.

hpsnickers1

Just remember: Lower fat and lower calorie versions usually mean more sodium and more sugar added to make up for the lack of flavor. Or artificial sweeteners added which are man made chemicals we are putting in our bodies.

And yes I do consume things with artificial sweeteners so I can't totally condemn them. But when it comes to most dessert items I would rather have the real thing. Just in moderation.