From Health magazine
Bad news: The average person gains one to two pounds a year.
Good news: Consuming just 100 fewer calories each day is enough to avert that weight gain.
If you’re finding this out a little too late—and you want to actually lose some of that weight—you have to downsize by 500 calories a day. But you don’t have to slash them all from your plate.
“You can eat 250 calories less and then burn 250 by walking for 30 to 45 minutes. Over a week, that will produce about a pound of weight loss,” says Holly Wyatt, MD, a clinical researcher at the Center for Human Nutrition in Denver. You won’t see dramatic changes immediately, but small tweaks like these will pay off over time.
1. Order two appetizers
According to a study at the University of North Carolina, the average hamburger is 23 percent larger today than it was in 1977. Choose a pasta dish and salad or soup from the appetizer column, instead.
2. Visit the vending machine
Nibbling on single servings is better than digging your way to the bottom of a megabag of chips.
3. Start with salad…
and eat less during the rest of the meal, says a study from Pennsylvania State University. When salads were topped with low-fat mozzarella and low-calorie Italian dressing instead of high-fat alternatives, women ate 10 percent fewer calories over the course of the day.
4. Stick a fork in it
If you prefer your salad dressing on the side, dip your fork into it before stabbing your greens. That little maneuver could cut hundreds of calories.
5. Watch coffee calories
The fancy concoctions that are now the javas of choice for many people can contain as many calories as an entire lunch.
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Comments (51)
I think soda is a really killer in the battle of the bulge. You are drinking hundreds and hundres of calores down your throat not to mention the havoc it is doing to your teeth, skin.
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Most post on weight loss are geared toward people 40 years and younger with good health. What advice can you give to a person 60 plus with bad knees and a young spirit?
It´s great what you said.If your knees are weak,don´t panic,try to walk half an hour per day,and then,improve your trainig up to one hour per day.And eat healthy,drink a glass of milk,a piece of cheese and a yogurt per day
“Walk and talk”? Please, no more. People walking around while on mobile phones are oblivious to their surroundings, and acting rudely to others around them. Just watch from a distance how a person on a mobile phone walks around. You would think that he or she is drunk.
You know, I tried eating an apple before each meal once, and I ended up hungrier when I went to eat the meal. Go fig!
When you get older is more difficult to lose weight,unfortunately,you have to eat less and less to mantain your weight.I´m fourty three right now and I´m slim but I do a healthy diet constantly except on sundays.Try to check your tyroid gland through a blood test,it sometimes may be the cause of your excess weight
My class reunion is one month away. How much can I lose before then. I have procrastinated trying seriously to loose 25 pounds for months. HELP!!!!
Jan:
Have your Basal Metabolic Rate (or Resting Metabolic Rate) tested at a local gym. Take this number and decrease by 500-800–this is your daily calorie level. It will result in about a 1-2 pound weight loss per week or more if combined with daily activity.
Forget about losing all that weight at once. Have your hair blown dry and your make up done and wear an outfit that you think is beautiful.
Smaller portions and lots of veggies. One of the best excercise is a rebounder…turn on some music and dance, you can do 100 jumping jacks in less than a song!
Thanks for the jumping jacks to music idea. I think I will try it.
I found out that I tend to eat more and gain weight following weeks of inadequate sleep.
Bonnie, I am offended when people don’t use capital letters. Is the ’shift’ key really that difficult to use?
stay on the subject carrot breath!
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i don’t understand how the comments on masturbation have anything to do with losing weight. and, frankly, i found them offensive. health.com should delete those comments.
Hey it must burn some calories, and the pay off is FANTASTIC!!!!!