...Per Day!
1. Make the bed, sweep kitchen floor, fidget, pace, tap your foot
2. Stay away from nuts
3. Don't eat infront of the TV
4. Limit salad toppings to one
5. Use smaller 10-inch plates
6. Skip the whip on coffee beverages
7. Count your chips (and crackers), 15 max
8. Serve from your kitchen, not platters on the table
9. Go skinny on cocktails w/ club soda, tonic water, fresh citrus
10. Eat less pasta
11. Smaller dinner parties w/ fewer guests
12. Stop eating when full. (Don't clean your plate)
13. Order bite-sized mini-desserts (hot restaurant trend)
14. Nix the smoothie at breakfast. Enjoy oatmeal & bananas instead
15. Beware of "healthy menus."
16. Beware of hidden oils
17. Get enough sleep to limit your urge to snack
18. Shop & cook in high gear, like you're in a hurry
19. Kick the soft drink habit
20. Eat 2 eggs at breakfast, cup of veggie soup before dinner
21. Skip the cookies
21. Ditch the buttered movie popcorn
23. Drink sugar-free
24. Eat only a spoonful (or two) of ice cream per sitting
25. Read food labels to calculate calories & serving sizes
Via Health.com's article, "25 Ways to Cut 500 Calories a Day."
Photo: vincentq (Flickr)
Can you add to this list?
3 COMMENTS:
Great tips...and pretty do-able. So glad to have you back sharing. You were missed during your move!!
So I'm guessing #6 means that ordering my tall Starbucks Mocha in a large cup so there's room for all the "extra whip" is a bad thing?!?
great list...i would add don't take 2nds, make 2 meals a week meatless and add 1 mile of walking per day
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