Cut Calories to Avoid Gaining Weight

Cutting calories is one easy to to avoid weight gain - We all know this. But did you know that eating an extra 100 calories a day can cause to you gain 10 pounds of fat per year? Where as eating 100 calories less per day can cause you to loose 10 pounds per year. Here are 10 simple ways to cut 100 calories a day from your diet.

1. Change your cooking Methods. Use low sodium chicken broth to keep vegetables or meat from sticking to the bottom of the fry pan instead of oil or butter. Or, another option is cooking spray.
2. Drink water instead of soda pop (diet or non), juice, sport drinks, or ice tea.
3. Cut back on your fancy coffees and lattes. Drink regular black coffee, or an Americano. If you must, just use a splash of skim milk.
4. In baking, substitute applesauce for the oil in the recipe.
5. Control portion size when eating out at Fast Food restaurants. Don't get super sizes!
6. Cut back on dairy. A good way to start is by removing the cheese from your sandwiches, burgers and salads.
7. Reduce the use of creams and sauces. Mayonnaise has almost 100 calories per serving. Opt for mustard, salsa, or a non-fat option of your favourite cream cheese.
8. Salads can sometimes be deceiving. Pass on the croutons, and keep the dressing to a 2 tablespoon max.
9. Substitutions make is easy to cut calories. Use skim milk instead of 2%. Have an English muffin instead of a bagel. Choose grilled chicken instead of crispy. Cook with lean ground turkey instead of beef more often.
10. Drink responsibly! Cut back on your intake of alcohol. Or try the virgin option.

Now go eat healthy and use these tips to cut back your caloric intake!