Weight Loss Tip #271 Kids & Dietary Fat - Dietary fat plays an important roll in overall health and is necessary to the diet. The problem is consuming an excess of fat. Be sure and consult your Pediatrician about your child's daily fat requirement. Infants and children under two need high levels of fat for proper growth and development. Cutting fat could result in problems in terms of maturity of body organs such as the liver, spleen, kidneys and brain and could even stunt the growth of your child. Children get most of their fat intake from: red meat in the form of hamburgers, cheeseburgers, meat loaf, hot dogs, ham, luncheon meats, whole milk, ice cream, cheese, commercially baked goods, fried foods Weight Loss Tip #272 Calorie-free is going to be a bit difficult to find in your pantry or fridge, but the following food comes pretty close: 1 carrot - about 25 calories Weight Loss Tip #273 Diet Omelet Tips: Use egg-substitutes. 1/4 cup contains a mere 25 calories. With cheese and the fixings, your omelet will contain less than 100 calories if cooked with the non stick cooking spray. Ole! Weight Loss Tip #274 There are two ways to lose weight. 1) cut back on food intake. 2) burn off the weight by exercise. By combining the two, you'll lose weight faster! Weight Loss Tip #275 A stick of sugarfree gum contains the same number of calories as gum made with processed sugar. Weight Loss Tip #276 Your diet plan should advise moderate exercise. Walking 1-2 miles per day requires about 10-15 minutes per mile, raises the heart rate and reduces risks for many diseases, chiefly heart disease. Weight Loss Tip #277 Diet Garlic Toast: 1 slice of diet bread (35 calories) sprayed with no calorie butter spray and sprinkled with garlic salt. Pop into your toaster or toaster oven. You can also substitute no calorie, non stick butter flavored spray which will render impressive results. Weight Loss Tip #278 Vinegar in Recipes to Save Calories - Replace the butter and margarine in your recipes with a bit of vinegar. Weight Loss Tip #279 Splenda is Splendid for Hot Diet Recipes! - Versions of no-calorie sweeteners on the market these days tend to lose their sweetening powers under heat. An exception is Splenda which can save dieters a plethora of calories that can be spent elsewhere on their daily visit to The Food Pyramid. Weight Loss Tip #280 Sherbet Calories vs Ice Cream Calories - Replacing high calorie, high fat ice cream with low fat sherbet is a great step towards reducing the waistline. Here is a calorie comparison that comprise an average of the brands we selected:
Little things matter and add up over time. And the fun thing about sherbet is that is comes in so many flavors - pineapple, orange, lime, raspberry and rainbow. What's your favorite flavor of the sherbet rainbow?
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