Tips and Tricks on how to serve your meals with less calories for the healthier you!
For Breakfast :
1. Try eating fresh fruit as a replacement for your fruit-flavored juice in the morning. A cup of juice has 110 calories while a single orange has 60 calories.
Less 50 calories!
2. Try 3/4 cup of oatmeal with 2 tablespoons of low fat granola and raisins (try it with cinnamon sprinkles) instead of your 1 1/2 bowl of plain oatmeal.
Less 65 calories!
3. Instead of adding 2 tablespoons of your favorite maple syrup on your pancakes, why not try topping it with 1 cup of sliced ripe fruit?
Less 50 calories!
4. Try substituting 2 low fat turkey sausage links for your 2 regular sausage links.
Less 100 calories!
5. Cooking omelet? Use the white part of the egg instead of the whole egg.
Less 55 calories! (per egg yolk omitted)
6. Eat a 3 inch peanut butter cookie or oatmeal cookie instead your glazed donuts.
Less 50- 75 calories!
7. Instead of butter, use a spoon full of all fruit on your toast.
Less 60 calories!
For Lunch and Dinner :
8. Try using 4 ounces of ground meat of turkey instead the traditional 1/4 ground beef for your burgers.
Less 50 calories!
9. Eat fresh grown corn than 1 cup of corn kernels from the can.
Less 60 calories!
10. Instead using 2 tablespoons of light mayonnaise, try the 2 tablespoon of the fat version.
Less 100 calories!
11. When cooking, replace your butter or oil with cooking oil spray. A 2 tablespoon of cooking oil is already 85 calories while 2 quick spritzes o your cooking oil spray is only for 5 calories.
Less 80 calories!
12. Leave your sandwich open! Leave it with 1 bread at the bottom and open at the top.
Less 80 calories!
13. Turn your traditional Lasagna recipe into a vegetable lasagna!
Less 50 calories! (per serving)
14. Try enjoying 3/4 cup of brown rice and ditch your oily friend rice.
Less 50 calories!
15. If you cant get away with your french fries, try the steak fries rather than the shoestring fries.
Less 50 calories!
16. Can’t get enough of your canned tuna? choose the one soaked in water rather than the one in oil.
Less 50 calories!
17. Go for a roasted bare chicken breast than the chicken breast with skin.
Less 50 calories!
For Dessert :
18. Serve your icecream on a dish and ditch your waffle cone.
Less 50 calories!
19. Use the unsweetened applesauce rather the sweetened for your baking.
Less 50 calories!
20. Opt for a plain fruit pie rather than a ice cream with pie ala mode.
Less 75-100 calories!
21. Try scraping of the icing on your birthday cake.
Less (at least) 100 calories!
22. Eat a bunch of fruits rather than a small fruit slushie.
Less 100 calories!
23. Choose an iced cupcake rather than a slice of frosted cake.
Less 100 calories!
24. Have someone special? Share your chocolate cake with buttercream icing with them.
Less 115 calories!
25. Opt using a evaporated non-fat milk fro your coffee than your regular non-dairy french-vanilla flavored creamer.
Less 55 calories!
26. Drink a 12- ounce diet soda than the regular soda.
Less 100 (and up) calories!
27. Drink a tumbler of cherry flavored sparkling water rather than a 5-ounce of goblet of wine.
Less 100 calories!
28. Drink your beverage (hot or cold) without whipped cream.
Less 50 calories!
29. Replace your 1 cup of milk with 1 cup of vanilla soy milk.
Less 50 calories!
30. Enjoy your cup of tea (green or black) without the suger.
Less 15 calories! (per teaspoon of sugar)
31. Buy a carton (8 ounce) of chocolate milk rather than a small chocolate milkshake.
Less 75 calories!
Eating lively while living healthy! 🙂