1. Soda: If you usually drink regular soda, stop! Lose more than 2 pounds in a month without trying (if you drink about 10 cans per week). One 12-ounce can of soda has 150 to 170 calories and no nutrition. Have cold water or a can of diet soda if you like, but limit the diet stuff to one can per day.
2. Activity: Go for a 15-minute walk twice a day. It's not hard and it takes commitment, but in a month, there goes 1 pound!
3. Chips: Change the potato chips to pretzels. One serving of chips has 60 calories more than pretzels -- and 10 times the fat grams. Just changing this snack will help you lose half a pound this month. Better yet, switch to baby carrots to lose an entire pound.
4. Fast Food: Order a Whopper Jr. instead of the regular one and sub those fries for a side salad. The smaller sandwich is plenty for most folks and is mighty satisfying on its own. The original with cheese has 770 calories, and the Whopper Jr. only has 420. Eliminate the mayonnaise and cheese for even more calorie savings. Assuming you eat out at least twice a week, you'll shed almost a pound a month just by switching from a large size to a smaller one.
5. Television: Instead of sitting for hours in front of the television, get on your exercise bike and pedal. Each time a commercial comes on, pedal! Burn about 200 calories when do it at least five evenings per week during your favorite program.
6. Breakfast: Lower sugar and fat effortlessly by switching from your usual Raisin Bran cereal to Bran Flakes and adding your own 2-tablespoon serving of raisins. This, plus switching from 2 percent to 1 percent milk, saves enough calories to lose another half a pound!
7. Fat: Do you add butter to your bread? Do you add mayo to your tuna? Do you drink full-fat milk? Eat full-fat ice cream? Just switch products to save fat and calories. Today's low-fat butters are great; you don't need to sacrifice the taste of butter, and you can avoid trans fats too. Buy a spread labeled "no trans fats" and save about 75 calories per tablespoon. Newly formulated low-fat mayonnaise is tasty, and you'll never miss the extra calories. Low-fat ice cream is superb, too. Just switch to lighter food choices and lose close to 2 pounds per month.
8. Lifestyle: Instead of paying someone else to wash your car this week, do it yourself. Spend an hour cleaning your car each week this month, save yourself some money and lose half a pound. Cut your housecleaner to once a month and take up the slack. Get up 30 minutes earlier in the morning Monday through Friday. Vacuum on one day, clean the floors the next, dust on the third, do the bathrooms on the fourth and clean the kitchen on the fifth. Put the savings toward a new bathing suit and lose another half a pound.
9. Omit the Fat: Avoid fried chicken. Eating either broiled, baked or grilled chicken, without skin, is the better choice and nets you delicious savings equal to about 200 calories.
10. Set Aside the Sugar: Your morning coffee can undo all the good efforts of the day before! A mocha latte with syrup and whipped cream has all the hallmarks of a decadent dessert and can add 420 calories -- before you've eaten breakfast. Instead, have a cappuccino with nonfat milk and a sprinkle of cinnamon. You'll lose up to 3 pounds in a month and save a lot of money.
It's the small stuff that adds up. I guarantee you'll never miss the calories by changing what you eat. By adding some simple activities, you can keep your body slim. I'm not saying never to indulge in an occasional dessert or a high-fat meal. Just remember that it's the day-to-day good eating that keeps you where you want to be.
Source: eDiet.com
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