Many people in the modern world find themselves in a situation where they would like to lose some weight, and it turns out that losing weight may be far easier than you may think. A large part of weight management comes down to calories in vs calories out, in other worlds you either have to burn more calories or consume less, yet many people who don't seem to eat that much are overweight and others who eat all the time are not. A contributing factor to this is that most people are unaware of how two very similar foods can have a considerable difference in calories.
There are around 3500 calories in a single pound of body fat, so if you are consuming 3500 calories a week less than your body is burning you will lose weight, that is 500 calories a day. The same is true for gaining weight, 100 calories a day too much adds up to nearly a pound of fat a month, that's 12 pounds a year, looking at it like that its easy to see how so many people manage to become overweight. The good news is there are dozens of ways to substitute one food option for another and cutting up to a hundred calories out of your diet per change, implementing just 2-3 of these changes a day can have a dramatic affect on your body weight.
Here are 15 painless ways to reduce your calorie intake by around 100 calories per serving:
1. Eating tin tuna packed in water instead of tin tuna packed in oil.
2. Replace regular soda with diet soda.
3. Trim the fat off your meat before you cook it.
4. Dip your chips in salsa instead of guacamole.
5. Instead of eating garlic bread made with butter, spread baked garlic cloves on French bread.
6. Cut the peanut butter on your sandwich from 2 tablespoons to 1 tablespoon.
7. Snack on oven-baked potato chips instead of regular potato chips.
8. Grill a cheese sandwich with nonstick cooking spray instead of margarine.
9. Use fat-free sour cream instead of regular sour cream.
10. Thicken sauces with corn flour mixed with a small amount of water instead of a roux.
11. Roast chicken instead of frying.
12. switch to low-fat milk.
13. Eat pretzel sticks instead of dry-roasted peanuts.
14. Eat poached eggs instead of fried eggs.
15. Order smoothies instead of milkshakes.
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