One of the keys to losing weight is cutting the calories that you eat daily.
It is also important to eat several small meals throughout the day instead of skipping meals.
Did you know that it is possible to reduce your calories by making just a few adjustments to what you eat and drink? Read on to find a list of these small adjustments that can cut your calories by as much as 100 or more at each meal.
1.
Use 2% milk instead of whole milk.
If you want to cut even more calories switch to skim milk.
2.
Snack on fruit throughout the day instead of chocolate bars or chips.
3.
Use a sugar substitute instead of regular sugar.
4.
Start drinking diet soda instead of regular sodas.
This is a big calorie reduction since diet sodas do not have any calories at all.
5.
When eating out, instead of super sizing, eat regular sized portions.
6.
Use light mayonnaise instead of regular mayonnaise.
7.
Switch to whole grain bread instead of white bread.
8.
Start eating grilled or baked chicken and fish instead of fried.
9.
Remove all the skin when eating chicken.
10.
Use low fat shredded cheese instead of regular shredded cheese.
11.
Eat frozen yogurt instead of ice cream.
12.
If you must have ice cream, eat sugar free or low fat ice cream.
13.
Use only tuna that is packed in water instead of oil packed tuna.
14.
Eat only two meatballs with your spaghetti instead of four.
15.
Replace a strawberry milkshake with a strawberry smoothie.
16.
Stay away from second helpings.
17.
Stop sampling when cooking.
18.
Instead of drinking fruit juice, eat a piece of fruit.
19.
Make it a point to eat one less slice of pizza than you usually do.
20.
Start eating turkey products such as turkey hot dogs, ground turkey and turkey bacon, instead of higher fat meats such as pork.
These twenty small changes can help you reduce your calories.
As you can see, they aren't that hard to do.
Remember losing weight is a series of small lifestyle changes or baby steps.
It is not meant to happen overnight.
So start small and work your way up to bigger changes.