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Are the common calorie cuts really worth it?

August 23rd 2009 20:50

So many people say that just switching a few little things in your diet will make a big difference, but does it really? Does switching from regular to diet coke really help you cut calories? We're going to see...

Skinny Vanilla Lattes instead of Vanilla Lattes- YES
Starbucks Vanilla Latte, 2% milk, Grande - 250 calories and 6g fat
Starbucks Skinny Vanilla Latte, Grande - 130 calories and 0g fat

If you are a regular coffee drinker, by switching to the skinny version of the vanilla latte, you can lose up to 12.5 pounds a year.

Sugar Substitutes instead of Real Sugar- DEPENDS
If you're just using the sugar substitute for one cup of coffee or tea, then there's really no significant change, but if you switch everything to the substitute all day long, it will be worth it to you.

Diet Soda instead of Regular Soda- YES
Coca-Cola Classic, 1 can - 143 calories and 0g fat
Coke Zero, 1 can - 0 calories and 0g fat

By shaving a can of soda from your diet you can easily cut off 15 pounds in a year. Soda contains LOADS and LOADS of sugar, so keep that in mind when you pop your next soda can open. By drinking diet soda, any no-calorie, or sugarless substitute will help, but water will always be the best calorie saver beverage.

Hamburgers instead of Cheeseburgers- NOT REALLY
McDonald's Cheeseburger - 300 calories and 12g fat
McDonald's Hamburger - 250 calories and 9g fat

You can lose about 5 pounds when you get a basic fast food burger without cheese, and about 8 pounds a year if you leave the average cheese slice off a regular full-sized burger. Since you're probably not eating a fast food burger every day, switching to plain hamburgers really isn't going to affect you too much, but there is potential to lose a few pounds. But, if you're super concerned with your calorie intake, you should just skip hamburgers to begin with.

Baked Chips instead of Regular Potato Chips- ABSOLUTELY
Lay's Classic, 1.125 oz. bag - 230 calories and 15g fat
Baked! Lay's Original, 1.125 oz. bag - 130 calories and 2g fat

By switching to baked chips, you can potentially lose up to 10 pounds or more in a year. Baked chips are so much less greasy than regular chips, so if you're one of those who prefer chips as a nice snack or with your sandwich at lunch, definitely grab the baked chips instead of regular.

Use Half Salad Dressing instead of All of the Dressing- DEFINITELY
Ranch dressing, 2 oz. - 145 calories and 15g fat
Ranch dressing, 1 oz. - 72 calories and 7.5g fat

Generally at a restaurant the dressing comes on the side, if not make sure to ask for it. You want to be able to use half of what they offer you. If at home, half what you would normally use on your salad. You'll find that using half the normal amount, you can lose up to 7 pounds in a year. If you can, you can lose a few extra pounds by switching to a low fat dressing.

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Healthy Foods to Eat to Stay Fit

July 27th 2009 22:46

It's true that there are some foods that you can eat for better fitness. Popeye did it, so why can't we? Just because he's a cartoon, that doesn't mean that there wasn't any truth to spinach helping muscle tissue repair itself faster after a workout. The only difference is that, you'd have to eat about 2 pounds of iron-packed vegetables every day to see Popeye results.

Just remember that when you are trying to get fit and stay fit, you really are what you eat. Check out these foods that will help you stay in shape.

Pineapple and Papaya are both good for muscle recovery. They are loaded with bromelain and papain, which are enzymes that help break down protein for digestoin as well as anti-inflammatory properties to help speed up your post-workout recovery.

Salmon is great for cardiovascular fitness. Fish oil has been proven to help lower heart rate. Plus, the fatty acids that are in fish oil can be incorporated into beneficial effects on your muscle and heart cells. If you can't eat fish, then you may want to consider taking a fish oil pill every day.

PB&J or Pasta with Meat Sauce are both good for building muscles and muscle repair. A peanut butter and jelly sandwich or a small bowl of pasta and meat sauce is perfect to fill your 20-30 grams of protein and 50-65 grams of carbohydrates, which has been proven as the perfect formula for bulding new muscles and repairing old muscles.

Port Tenderloin is a lean meat that can help trim your waist. It's a great low calorie course of proteins.

When working out, you'll not only want to stay fit with what you eat and your workout schedule, but you don't want to drink sodas and junk beverages. The following beverages have been proven to aid in fitness.

8 Ounces of Chocolate Milk is good for keeping hydrated. Believe it or not, milk does a better job than water or sports drinks at rehydrating the body after exercising, and by adding the chocolate, you get the pefect balance of carbs, proteins, and fat, for a quick muscle recovery.

Coffee is good for pain relief, as the caffeine helps to reduce muscle soreness by blocking the chemical that activates pain receptors.

Cold water is good for keeping your endurance up. You'll want to drink cold water before and during your exercise routine in order to improve your endurance levels.

Green tea is good for muscle recovery. It's been proven that 3 cups of green tea a day for one week will result in fewer damaged cells caused by resistance to exercise. So, at least one or two cups a day will help your muscles recover faster after an intense workout.

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Foods that Will Help You Get a Flat Stomach

July 25th 2009 22:29

Most people eat for convience, which means fast food for breakfast, lunch, and dinner. Well, all that eating out makes for a chubby belly in most people, so in order to get that flat belly that you want you want to make sure that you watch whaat you eat just a little better. When trying to lose weight and create a flat belly, you don't necessarily have to give up taste. There are a few things that you can eat that iwll help you keep your chances of creating a flat stomach.

Quinoa is a whole-grain product that doesn't have any white flour, which is an ingredient in most foods that will definitely help put on a few pounds, reducing your risk of a flat stomach. Quinoa contains twice the fulling proteins as most grain cereals, fewer gluscose-raising carbohydrates, and healthy fats.
Per 1/4 cup: 170 calories, 2.5g fat, 7g protein, 3g fiber

Kefir is a drinkable yogurt that is rich in proteins. There are active ingredients in Kefir that are proven to help boost the breakdown of fat molecules.
Per cup: 174 calories, 2g fat, 14g protein, 3g fiber

Grapefruit will help speed up weight loss because the acidity of the fruit will slow your digestion, meaning it will take longer for food to move through your system. This makes you feel full longer. The vitamin C is also great at lowering cholesterol levels.
Per grapefruit: 104 calories, 2g protein, 4g fiber

Green Tea: will increase you metabolism. It's actually been proven that if you consume just 690 milligrams of catechins from green tea each day, you can significantly lower your body mass inxes and create smaller waist measurements.
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Avocado has been linked to lower LDL cholesterol levels and weight loss. Avocados have healthy mono-unsaturaded fats.
Per avocado: 322 calories, 29g fat (4g saturated; 20g mono-unsaturated), 4g protein, 13g fiber

Eggs are a great way to get a healthy, protein-rich breakfast or snack. Studies show that people who increased protein-rich calories in their diet burn 71 more calories a day, which can be equivallent to about 7.4 pounds a year)
Per 1 large scrambled egg: 102 calories, 7g fat (2g saturated), 7g protein

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Make a 5 Minute Meal and Lose Weight

April 22nd 2009 13:53

Losing weight can be so hard with today's day being so busy, but there are was that your can put together a quick 5 minute meal or snack on the go and still lose weight without grabbing that fatty hamburger on the way home.

Below, you'll find a few quick breakfast, lunch, dinner, and snack options that you can consider.

Breakfast

* Ricotta wrap (350 calories): 1/4 cup plus 2 tbsp nonfat ricotta, 2 tbsp slivered almonds, 1/2 cup berries and 2 tsp honey in 1 whole-grain wrap such as a multigrain flatbread.
* Yogurt crunch (350 calories): 5 oz plain yogurt, 4 walnut halves, 3 tbsp All-Bran, 1/4 cup granola and 3/4 cup cubed melon

* Bacon, egg, and cheese muffin (500 calories): Scramble 1 large egg in 1 tsp margarine and place on a toasted whole-grain English muffin spread with 1 tsp margarine. Top with 1 slice cooked turkey bacon and 2 tbsp shredded reduced-fat cheddar. Serve with 3/4 cup berries, 1/4 cup low fat vanilla yogurt and 12 oz skim latte.

Lunch
* Shrimp Salad (400 calories): 10 cooked shrimp, 1/3 avocado, sliced, 1 tbsp slivered almonds, 2 tbsp each diced red onion and carrot, 1 tbsp prepared sesame dressing, tossed with 2 cups greens; 3 whole-grain crispbreads
* Tangy turkey pita (550 calories): 3 oz turkey breast, 5 olives, 3 tbsp feta, 2 tbsp each diced cucumber and tomato, 6 spinach leaves, 1 tbsp olive oil and 2 tsp balsamic vinegar in 1 whole-wheat pita; 1 large orange
* Pear ‘wich (650 calories): 3 tbsp almond butter, 1/2 large pear, sliced, 1/8 tsp cinnamon on 2 slices whole-wheat bread. Serve with the other half of the pear.

Dinner

* Fish and fries (400 calories): 4 oz cod rubbed with 1 tsp olive oil, seared (2-3 minutes per side); 12 Alexia Sweet Potato Fries, baked as directed on package; 1 1/2 cups sliced cabbage tossed with 2 tbsp reduced-fat dressing
* Chickpea pasta (550 calories): 1/3 cup chopped onion, 2 cups chopped zucchini, 1/2 cup red bell pepper, chopped, and 1/2 cup chickpeas sautéed in 1 tbsp olive oil. Mix with 1 cup cooked ziti, 2 tbsp Parmesan.
* Chicken pilaf (600 calories): 3/4 cup cubed, cooked, skinless chicken mixed with 1-1/2 cups cooked Near East Whole Grain Wheat Pilaf drizzled with 1 tbsp olive oil; 1 cup steamed cauliflower with 1 tbsp lemon juice and 2 tbsp fresh parsley

Snack
* Turkey and cheese roll-up (100 calories): 1 oz sliced turkey breast, 1 oz sliced reduced-fat cheddar rolled up
* Chocolate milk with nuts (150 calories): 1 cup light chocolate soymilk, 13 pistachios
* Orange spritzer and almonds (150 calories): 8 oz orange juice mixed with 4 oz sparkling water; 7 almonds

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Why Does Alcohol Make You Gain Weight

March 14th 2009 08:51

Alcohol is not a good if you are trying to lose weight, as it is a weight loss suppressant, meaning alcohol will make you gain wait. Unless you are a major alcoholic, and in that case the more you drink, the fuller you will be so the less you'll eat and the calories even out. Typically alcoholics are on the thinner side, whereas average drinkers can have the beer gut, so to speak.

But, you probably already know this, which is why you're trying to figure out why you gain weight when drinking alcohol. Basically, there are a few reasons as to why alcohol causes the averaged drinker to gain weight..

Alcohol is very high in calories, so when you eat an averaged days worth of food and drink to top it all off, you can actually double your calorie intake for that day. And, your body cannot process the extra calories, so it essentially sits in the body and turns to fat. So, if you eat 2,500 calories of food and drink 2,000 calories of alcohol, you have ingested 4,500 calories in that one day, and your body just can't process it all in a 24 hour period.

Another way to look at it, is that alcohol is hard for the body to digest and turn into a usable energy, so the body turns it into a substance that it can use quickly. When this happens, the other nutrients that your body is already trying to burn and use, such as proteins, fats, and carbohydrates, are not able to be stored in the cells because the alcohol is using up the space. So, in these terms, the alcohol is slowing down your body's ability to metabolize the nutrients in your body, and the slower your metabolism is, the faster your gain weight.

Now, as for the sugars, because alcohol contains a lot of extra sugar, when you mix them with the added calories and the body's metabolic functions, the sugar from the alcohol make you gain weight faster.

So as you can see with the extra calories and sugars that are in an alcoholic drinks, there's no way you can stick with your diet, as the alcohol will cause you to gain weight, at least for the average drinker- not the true alcoholic.

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