Renee has done it again. She promises on Saturday to let us know where she got these top 100 tips:
- Have a V8 or tomato juice instead of a Diet Coke at 3 pm.
- Doctor your veggies to make them delicious: Dribble maple syrup over carrots, and sprinkle chopped nuts on green beans.
- Mix three different cans of beans and some diet Italian dressing. Eat this three-bean salad all week.
- Don’t forget that vegetable soup counts as a vegetable.
- Rediscover the sweet potato.
- Use prebagged baby spinach everywhere: as “lettuce” in sandwiches, heated in soups, wilted in hot pasta, and added to salads.
- Spend the extra few dollars to buy vegetables that are already washed and cut up.
- Really hate veggies? Relax. If you love fruits, eat plenty of them; they are just as healthy (especially colorful ones such as oranges, mangoes, and melons).
- Keep seven bags of your favorite frozen vegetables on hand. Mix any combination, microwave, and top with your favorite low-fat dressing. Enjoy 3 to 4 cups a day. Makes a great quick dinner.
- The best portion of high-calorie foods is the smallest one. The best portion of vegetables is the largest one. Period.
- I’ll ride the wave. My cravings will disappear after 10 minutes if I turn my attention elsewhere.
- I want to be around to see my grandchildren, so I can forgo a cookie now.
- I am a work in progress.
- It’s more stressful to continue being fat than to stop overeating.
- Skipping meals. Many healthy eaters “diet by day and binge by night.”
- Don’t “graze” yourself fat. You can easily munch 600 calories of pretzels or cereal without realizing it.
- Eating pasta like crazy. A serving of pasta is 1 cup, but some people routinely eat 4 cups.
- Eating supersize bagels of 400 to 500 calories for snacks.
- Ignoring “Serving Size” on the Nutrition Facts panel.
- Snacking on bowls of nuts. Nuts are healthy but dense with calories. Put those bowls away, and use nuts as a garnish instead of a snack.
- Thinking all energy bars and fruit smoothies are low-cal.
- A smoothie made with fat-free milk, frozen fruit, and wheat germ.
- The smallest fast-food burger (with mustard and ketchup, not mayo) and a no-cal beverage. Then at home, have an apple or baby carrots.
- A peanut butter sandwich on whole wheat bread with a glass of 1 percent milk and an apple.
- Precooked chicken strips and microwaved frozen broccoli topped with Parmesan cheese.
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