Info about Snacks
Count Your Calories The Painless Way
Losing weight can be tricky but it surely is not impossible. We need to focus on the outcomes to get started and then there is no looking back….
A pound of body fat is equivalent to 3,500 calories and if you are able to cut about 100 calories a month then you would loose around a pound of weight. Though the procedure seems slow it is the best way to loose weight as this helps in preserving the weight once achieved. Apart from that you don’t really feel it’s painful as it’s a slow process. It can be as simple as ordering 2 appetizers instead of one.
So try out these 20 tips for a healthy and fit body:
1. Swap canned strawberry topping on your ice cream with a handful of fresh strawberries.
2. Replace your regular chewing gum with a sugar-free gum as a regular strip of bubble gum contains 10 calories of sugar.
3. Snack on a fresh fruit when you cannot resist an urge to binge in between the meals as this is healthy and packs in a great quantity of antioxidants’ into your bodies.
4. Replace 4 cookies with 2 to make your taste buds happy or try out the healthier versions of this sinful treat like the oatmeal cookie made of low fat sugars.
5. Eat slowly as it tricks your brain into feeling full and in the process the nicely chewed food blends with your saliva to benefit you.
6. Yearning to have a burger skip the unhealthy version by choosing on a fresh vegan filling instead of the regular burger. And who said fast food was not good for you, have it the right way and enjoy the difference.
7. Order one piece of whole wheat or multi-grain bread sandwich with lean meat filling instead of red meat.
8. Have a single scoop of ice-cream instead of two as it goes a long way in cutting out the total calories.
9. Have two pieces of meat balls with your spaghetti instead of four as the count of calories come down considerably.
10. Have low fat milk instead of the regular whole milk.
11. If you are someone who could not do without rice try replacing it with brown rice- a healthier option.
12. Pudding and desserts made of low-fat milk is a better option when compared to the whole milk recipes.
13. Keep the amount of mayonnaise or oil in your recipes to bare minimum.
14. Replace fried foods with grilled and baked options.
15. Switch to fresh fruits and fruit juices instead of canned juices and fruits.
16. Cut the intake of butter, peanut butter and switch to fresh fruit jams made at home.
17. Replace your can of coke with diet coke.
18. Low fat yoghurt is a healthier version.
19. Dried fruits are a great option for chewy snacks.
20. Poached egg whites are a better option compared to fried ones.
So get going!!!