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20 Easy Ways to Cut 100 Calories

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optom3:
Come live my life, the stress will have the pounds falling off !!!!!

Seriously though, be wary of low fat foods, such as yoghourts, they often have nearly the same calories as ordinary yoghourt because of sugar etc.

Swap ordinary soda for diet.

Coffee drinkers watch how many you have, even with 2% milk. I am a terrible caffeine addict and was amazed when I measured my milk intake in coffee. It added up to one big gulp of calories.

Portion sizes are deceiving as well. I measured a cup of cereal and it is about half what I would normally give my kids !!!

Chewing gum always helps me. I have been tempted to pick since I have been going into the store each day.I am surrounded by food. If I chew gum, I can't stand the taste of food afterwards so that works for me.

serious crayons:

--- Quote from: optom3 on November 22, 2008, 11:43:38 am ---Swap ordinary soda for diet.
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Or better yet, water or tea. Recent research has found a correlation between diet soda and weight gain. I don't think they've figured out why -- is it psychological? chemical? -- but it gives one pause.

optom3:

--- Quote from: serious crayons on November 22, 2008, 12:16:22 pm ---Or better yet, water or tea. Recent research has found a correlation between diet soda and weight gain. I don't think they've figured out why -- is it psychological? chemical? -- but it gives one pause.



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Maybe it is a bit like the the sugar crash after something sweet.It keeps you happy for a while, but then the crash where you crave something sweet again. It has to be part psychological though, because there is no insulin involved with diet drinks.

I have to drink gallons of fluid as the tablets I take really dehydrate me.So I drink all sorts.I am not good with just plain water.Wish I was, as it would be so much cheaper and better for me.!!!

serious crayons:

--- Quote from: optom3 on November 22, 2008, 01:29:42 pm ---Maybe it is a bit like the the sugar crash after something sweet.It keeps you happy for a while, but then the crash where you crave something sweet again. It has to be part psychological though, because there is no insulin involved with diet drinks.
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Yes, I think it may be something like this. Or maybe it's related to a similar finding that people who think they're eating "healthy" foods, low-fat or low-sugar or whatever, tend to consume more calories than those eating regular food.


--- Quote ---I have to drink gallons of fluid as the tablets I take really dehydrate me.So I drink all sorts.I am not good with just plain water.Wish I was, as it would be so much cheaper and better for me.!!!

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Have you tried it with a slice of lemon or lime? That jazzes it up a bit. And drink water that's been put through a filter, to eliminate off-flavors. Preferably from a metal or glass container, because these days there are questions about plastic bottles. Another possibility: carbonated water, also with a citrus slice or mixed half-and-half with juice.

opinionista:
Try to have your highest calorie intake at lunch time, and have a light dinner. You burn more calories during the day.

Another tip that works for me is if one day you eat too much because you had a dinner party or something, eat light the next day and go out to do some exercise.

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