Simple Easy ways to cut calories, cut fat, add flavor and feel full!

Drop it...

Leave off the mayo on your sandwich or burger and you can save yourself 50-100 calories, not to mention a whole bunch of fat! Wooh! Use Olive oil mayo for almost half the calories and fat when mayo is required but we warned it does have a slightly different taste.









Spread it...


Peanut butter, whether great snack, great topping for pancakes or just another way to get your daily protein. Drop the Jiffy and Peter Pan PB which is full of hydrogenated oils and other things I cant even spell and try all natural peanut butter, yes it has a "healthier" taste but the benefits are great, plus if you buy a brand like Naturally More and it has flax seed included which has many health benefits, and it is sweetened with honey! Yumm! It can also save you 20-30 calories and up to 50 fat calories over the name brand PB.

Add it...

Add green chilies to your morning omelet, tacos, mushroom chicken casserole, and other dishes for a good twist of flavor, without the calories (only 5 calories in the whole can!)and for all you spicy wimps they do not add any "heat"! Yay!





Swap it...

 Swap out half of the mayo in a recipe with plain yogurt ( like in macaroni, potatoes or egg salad )and cut the calories by more then half, mix half yogurt with half sour cream and have a lower fat/lower calorie taco topper and you wont even know the difference!




Spritz it...

We all know salads are good for us but smothering them with fattening dressing is not. So spritz your way to good health with salad spritzers, they have a great flavor without the calories! Only 1 calorie a spray, that can be a 100-200 calorie save!









Snack it...

 Pickles...very low in calories big on taste! usually only 0-15 calories each! try the new "snack um's" for a great crunchy snack! Wrap a pickle with a slice or two of deli ham and have a nice tasty mid day snack.

Protein bars, really do keep you fuller longer! My favorite is the Kashi peanut butter and chocolate bars, although they are 200 calories they can be a meal on the go or cut them in half and you have a filling, pretty tasty snack that will keep off the hunger feeling until dinner!




Drink it...
                                     

 Like everyone already says, water, it's good for you! But it also can help you eat less if you drink it while you are eating. Also don't forget water helps cleanse your body of toxins and waste as you lose weight!

Tea, 0 calorie cup of goodness, weather you brew it cold or drink it hot, tea has great antioxidants, vitamins and can give you that little sweet you need to make it through the day, and for all of you non caffeine drinkers like me, it is easy to find great tasting caffeine free tea!







Switch it out...

Switch out that fatty breakfast sausage for some grilled thin sliced ham and save up to 150 calories, sliced deli ham averages 30 calories for 1 oz and contains less then a 1/3 of the fat over sausage.



For all you who are wanting to go fat free, sliced deli turkey is 99% fat free and has only 40 calories for 2 oz! Switch out that Italian sausage for lean sliced turkey and save over 100 calories a sandwich! And although grilled chicken is tasty and healthy if you are really crunching down on your calories, add chopped sliced deli turkey in place of grilled chicken on your chef or Caesar salad.