Tuesday, June 16, 2009

20 Ways to Cut 100 Calories or More

* Replace 1 cup of whole milk with 1/2 cup of nonfat milk.

* Snack on an orange and banana instead of a Snickers candy bar.

* Replace 3 tablespoons of strawberry topping on your ice cream with 3/4 pint of fresh strawberries.

* Snack on a papaya instead of a bag of M&M.

* Replace a 12 ounce can of cola with a 12 ounce can of diet cola.

* Grill a cheese sandwich with nonstick cooking spray instead of margarine.

* Order 2 slices of cheese pizza instead of 2 slices of pepperoni pizza.

* Top your celery sticks with 2 tablespoons of fat-free cream cheese instead of 3 tablespoons of regular cream chesse.

* Munch on 1 cup of frozen grapes instead of an ice cream sandwich.

* Eat 2 Kellogg's Nutri-Grain bars instead of 2 Kellogg's Pop-Tarts.

* Fix 1 cup of turkey chili with beans rather than regular chili with no beans.

* Sncak on 2 ounces of oven-baked potato chips instead of regular potato chips.

* Make a burrito with 1/2 cup of fat-free refried beans and 1 ounce of non-fat cheese instead of the same amount of traditional refried beans and cheese.

* Rather than drink a strawberry milkshake, make a smoothie of 2/3 cup of low-fat milk, 1/2 cup of strawberries and 1/2 a banana.

* Choose 4 1/2 ounces of tuna packed in water instead of 4 1/2 ounces of tuna packed in oil.

* Have a single scoop of ice cream instead of double scoop.

* Order a sandwich on cracked wheat bread instead of a croissant.

* Use 2 tablespoons of light pancake syrup instead of 2 tablespoons of regular syrup.

* Replace 1 large flour tortilla with 1 six-inch corn tortilla.

* Cut the peanut butter on your sandwich from 2 tablespoons to 1 tablespoon.

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