Eat slowly. Choose foods that make that happen naturally – soup, shrimp in their shells, cherries with pits, artichokes, whole apples, and leafy salads. Swallow first before taking another mouthful. Put down your fork often and start a conversation. … Read More
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Low calorie sweeteners are used in place of sugar to make low calorie and sugar free foods like chewing gum, candy, cookies, ice cream, yogurt, jelly and cough drops. These sugar substitutes, called sugar alcohols, are a type of carbohydrate, but they are not sugars and they do not contain alcohol like beer or wine. … Read More
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No calorie sweeteners or artificial sweeteners have no carbs and no calories. Brands you are familiar with are Sweet ‘N Low, Sugar Twin, Equal, NutraSweet, Fruit-Sweetness, Truvia, and Splenda. Their chemical or generic names are saccharin, aspartame, sucralose, stevia, luo han guo, and acesulfame-K. All have been approved for use by the FDA and most … Read More
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Keep moving. You burn approximately 100 calories for every mile you walk, 170 calories for a half hour of doubles tennis, and 200 calories for a half hour of moderate aerobic exercise, such as dancing. … Read More
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Walk, Walk, Walk. Or you can ride a bike, skateboard, and ski or use in-line skates. It doesn’t matter what you do as long as you move each day. Researchers refer to this as active transportation or human-powered movement. As a population, the US has the lowest rate of active transportation in the world. Less than … Read More
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Tiny temptations that add on calories. The dessert buffet is extravagant, but you’ve already made a deal with yourself to skip dessert and simply order a cappuccino. But, those tiny cream puffs are so tempting and so little. How can just one hurt? One miniature cream puff = 75 calories. … Read More
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Slim trumps all. More than 50% of people would rather be slimmer than younger—and more a third would give up a year from their lifespan to be thinner. … Read More
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In an annual Gallup Health and Healthcare survey, American men, on average, reported that they weigh 196 pounds. Women say they weigh 160 pounds. Both figures are nearly 20 pounds higher that the average weights reported in 1990. When you ask men what they believe their ideal weight should be they say 181 pounds. Women … Read More
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In the course of one month, if you make each of the swaps below, just once, you save enough calories to lose 1 pound. Instead of a cheese omelet have 2 scrambled eggs – 188 calories saved. Instead of a convenience store, extra-large soda, drink a can of soda – 660 calories saved. Instead of … Read More
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Tiny temptations that add on calories. You eat part of three broken cookies that you are making for the kid’s class party. They are only tiny bites and you deserve them because you got up extra early to bake the cookies before work. Three broken cookie pieces = 50 calories. … Read More
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