{"id":250,"date":"2011-12-26T12:00:08","date_gmt":"2011-12-26T12:00:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.egeve.com\/up\/wordpress\/2011\/12\/26\/it-is-not-myth-yes-you-can-lose-wight-without-dieting\/"},"modified":"2022-10-29T05:15:05","modified_gmt":"2022-10-29T04:15:05","slug":"it-is-not-myth-yes-you-can-lose-wight-without-dieting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.egeve.com\/en\/it-is-not-myth-yes-you-can-lose-wight-without-dieting\/","title":{"rendered":"It Is Not Myth.. Yes You Can Lose Wight Without Dieting"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The prospect of cutting calories usually means giving up foods you love. After all, when trying to drop a few pounds, most people focus on banning the big-ticket items, such as cake and french fries. But making small changes to your daily eating habits can have a big impact too. Eating just 350 fewer calories a day can help you lose about 3 pounds a month\u2014that\u2019s almost 40 pounds in a year without much work at all.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

50-Calorie Cuts<\/span>
\u2022 Replace your favorite creamy salad dressing with 2 Tbsp vinaigrette.
\u2022 Replace 1 cup rice with 1 cup broccoli at dinner.
\u2022 Ordering pizza? Ask for a slice of cheese instead of a slice of sausage.
\u2022 At the vending machine, choose a Peppermint Pattie instead of an Almond Joy. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

\u2022 Skip the sugary fruit-on-the-bottom yogurt and make your own by mixing 1\/3 cup fresh or frozen blueberries into 6 oz nonfat vanilla yogurt.
\u2022 Dip your tortilla chips in 1\/3 cup chunky salsa and ditch the spicy cheese dip.
\u2022 Peel and eat a medium orange with your breakfast instead of pouring a cup of orange juice.
\u2022 Leave the butter or margarine in the fridge and smear 1 Tbsp of 100% fruit spread on your morning toast.
\u2022 Enjoy 1\/2 cup slow-churned light ice cream (such as Edy\u2019s Mint Chocolate Chips!) instead of 1\/2 cup full-fat ice cream.
\u2022 Cook up a morning omelet using 1 full egg and 1 egg white rather than 2 eggs.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

100-Calorie Cuts<\/span>
\u2022 Rather than the usual doughnut, enjoy an Eggo Nutri-Grain Whole Wheat waffle with 2 Tbsp light syrup and 3\/4 cup sliced strawberries.
\u2022 Spread sandwich bread with 1 tsp mustard instead of 1 Tbsp mayonnaise.
\u2022 Don\u2019t reach for eight french fries; instead, choose seven sweet-potato fries (such as Ian\u2019s).
\u2022 Have a whole-wheat dinner roll instead of a biscuit.
\u2022 Trade 3 oz dark chicken meat with skin for 3 oz skinless white meat.
\u2022 Skip the whip (whipped cream, that is) on a 12-oz mocha Frappuccino.
\u2022 Need something crunchy to munch? Grab 11 almonds instead of 3 graham crackers.
\u2022 Spritz veggies with five squirts of I Can\u2019t Believe It\u2019s Not Butter! Spray instead of cooking them in 1 Tbsp butter.
\u2022 When making tacos or meat loaf, use ground round or sirloin (about 95% lean) rather than ground beef (about 73% lean).
\u2022 Instead of a sub roll, wrap sandwich fixings in a whole-wheat tortilla.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

200-Calorie Cuts<\/span>
\u2022 For a meal on the run, order a McDonald\u2019s Bacon Ranch Salad with grilled chicken and lowfat balsamic vinaigrette instead of the same salad with crispy chicken and ranch dressing.
\u2022 Fill a deli sandwich with 3 oz smoked turkey breast instead of bologna.
\u2022 At dinnertime, substitute 10 medium-size shrimp saut\u00e9ed in 1 tsp olive oil for 10 medium-size fried shrimp.
\u2022 Order a morning cappuccino with nonfat milk instead of half-and-half.
\u2022 Feel a fry attack coming on? Change your usual large order to a medium.
\u2022 For an afternoon pick-me-up, spread 2 tsp peanut butter on a medium-size sliced apple in place of 1\/2 cup trail mix.
\u2022 Satisfy a chocolate craving with 1 cup 2% chocolate milk instead of a medium-size (16-oz) milkshake.
\u2022 Fill up on 1 1\/4 cups minestrone soup (such as Healthy Choice) rather than 1 1\/2 cups New England clam chowder.
\u2022 Replace your breakfast corn muffin with a toasted whole-wheat English muffin topped with 2 Tbsp peanut butter.
\u2022 Instead of filling the cereal bowl with 1 cup granola, switch to 1 cup Cheerios with 1\/4 cup granola sprinkled on top.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

5 Ways to Save at a Cookout<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Instead of 12-oz wine cooler
<\/strong> Go for 6 oz cranberry-apple juice mixed with 6 oz seltzer
<\/strong>Save 80 calories<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Instead of 1\/2 cup baked beans
<\/strong> Go for 3\/4 cup fresh fruit salad
<\/strong>Save 95 calories<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Instead of 1\/2 cup macaroni salad
<\/strong> Go for 1\/2 cup coleslaw
<\/strong>Save 100 calories<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Instead of the oil and eggs called for in a basic brownie mix
<\/strong> Go for 1\/2 cup plain nonfat yogurt
<\/strong>Save 120 calories<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Instead of 4-oz Italian link pork sausage
<\/strong> Go for 3-oz 95% lean burger
Save 140 calories<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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