As we work towards achieving our goals of losing unwanted belly fat, we target to obvious methods - Diets and Exercises. Little attention is sometimes paid to one of the most basic actions we can take - Reduce Our Calorie Consumption.
Cut 100 Calories In The Kitchen:-
* Substitute nonfat Greek yogurt for a serving of sour cream.
* Use chicken broth (low-sodium is best) instead of oil to sauté meat and veggies.
* Making homemade mac 'n cheese? Cut 2 tablespoons of butter from the recipe.
* Replace the oil or butter in cakes with Sunsweet Lighter Bake prune-and-apple mixture or any brand of unsweetened applesauce.
* Next time you make meatballs, meatloaf, or burgers, go half-and-half with ground beef and turkey.
* When preparing packaged foods that call for butter or oil, like rice and stuffing, use a broth instead.
* Swap low-fat cottage cheese for whole-milk ricotta when you make lasagna or stuffed shells.
* Use tuna packed in water, not oil.
Cut 100 Calories At the drive-thru:-
* Pass up a baked potato with sour cream and chives and chow down on value fries instead. Amazing but true.
* Have a McDonald's cheeseburger instead of a Quarter Pounder with cheese.
* Downsize your drink: Trade a large fountain soda (with ice) for a medium.
* Go for grill marks. Order a flame-broiled chicken sandwich rather than one that's breaded (and usually fried in oil).
* Treat yourself to an ice-cream cone at McDonald's instead of Dairy Queen.
* Slurp a cup of Panera Bread's low-fat chicken noodle soup instead of the cream of chicken with wild rice.
* Make your daily pick-me-up at Starbucks a skinny vanilla latté, not a regular.
* Skip the two packets of BBQ sauce—eat your burger and fries plain.
Making these slight adjustments will go a long way towards reaching your goal.
Sources: Shauna Reid, author, The Amazing Adventures of Dietgirl (Avon, 2008); Kristina Sargent, D.C., CEO, Restor Healing Centre; Barry Sears, Ph.D., creator, the Zone Diet.
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