Trim to be Slim

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Tired of starving through a weight loss diet? Stop starving and start making smart choices. By simply making a few simple changes, you can easily save hundreds of calories without even noticing - although within a few months, you will notice a slimmer waistline. Note: Every 100 calories you save leads to 10 pounds lost a year. So if you cut out 250 calories, that’s 25 pounds in a year. The choice is yours! Make it.

THE DINNER TABLE

3 oz turkey breast instead of chicken breast

25

3 oz pork loin chop trimmed of fat

30

3 oz chicken drumstick without skin

50

4 oz baked fish instead of 4 oz baked chicken

51

1 cup chicken noodle soup instead of cream of chicken soup

110

1 cup tomato soup instead of broccoli and cheese soup

135

3 oz burger 96%-lean instead of 85%-lean ground beef

167

6 oz T-bone instead of rib-eye

182
BEVERAGES

1 cup nonfat milk instead of 2% milk

35

12 oz light beer instead of regular beer

35

1 cup 1% milk instead of whole milk

38

1 cup tea instead of tea with sugar

45

1 apple instead of 1 cup apple juice

45

1 orange instead of 1 cup orange juice

50

1 cup coffee instead of coffee with creamer

55

1 cup nonfat milk instead of whole milk

64

12 oz bottled water instead of a sport drink

75

3-1/2 oz white wine instead of dessert sweet wine

91

1 cup Crystal Light instead of fruit punch

92

1 cup sugar-free Kool-Aid instead of Kool-Aid with sugar

95

1 cup Old Orchard Healthy Balance instead of regular juice

104

1 jigger liqueur instead of two

105

16 oz skinny latte coffee instead of whole milk

100

12 oz diet soda instead of a regular soda

152

16 oz diet soda instead of a regular soda

3

16 oz spring water instead of regular soda

203

1 pkt cocoa instead of cocoa with syrup & cream

340

16 oz coffee instead of coffee vanilla cream

435
IN THE KITCHEN

1/2 cup plain yogurt instead of sour cream

138

1 Tbsp lite margarine instead of regular margarine

40

1 spritz margarine spray instead of 1 Tbsp margarine

75

1 Tbsp fat-free mayonnaise instead of regular

85

1 Tbsp mustard instead of 1 Tbsp mayonnaise

81

1 spritz no-stick cooking spray instead of 1-1/2 Tbsp oil

180

1/2 cup less sugar in a baking recipe

360

1/3 cup less oil in a baking recipe

640

1/2 cup applesauce instead of 1/2 cup oil in baking

940
AS A SNACK

1/4 cup dried apricots instead of dried bananas

110

10 mini pretzels instead of 10 crackers

115

20 baby carrots instead of 20 French fries

120

1 fat-free sugar-free flavored yogurt instead of regular

160

24 soy crisps instead of potato chips

194

7 cups light popcorn instead of with popcorn with butter

195

1 apple instead of 1 bag of chips

407

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