Weight Loss Tip #301 'Lean' towards ice pops and Italian ices for a leaner you. Diet Dairy Wars - Italian Ices vs Ice Cream - Diet Dairy Wars - Replacing high calorie, high fat ice creams with ice pops or Italian ices can save a dieter a lot of calories which equals a lot of pounds for those that fancy the Frozen Diet Beast. Weight Loss Tip #302 Calorie-free is going to be a bit difficult to find in your pantry or fridge, but the following food comes pretty close: 1 cup of butterhead lettuce - 5 calories Weight Loss Tip #303 Prunes are a fabulous replacement for oil when baking. Like bananas, prunes will also make your recipe bulge with moistness. Prunes are dried plums and like most dried foods, they taste sweeter dried than in their original state. Dried tomatoes are another good example of Nature's Sweetness, and they also work very well as an oil substitute for recipes that are veggie and/or meat-based. Weight Loss Tip #304 Light Salad Dressings for Weight Loss - Want to save a Diet Load of calories and fat? Simply replace Mayo and salad dressings with LIGHT salad dressings. One of our favorites is Ken's Raspberry Walnut dressing which adds a zing of nutty, fruity goodness to a bowl of field greens that contain a bit of chopped apple, a bit of grated cheese and a handful of sliced mushrooms. Weight Loss Tip #305 Some breakfast cereals contain more sugar than your partner's good morning kiss! Partner your healthy weight loss plan with a healthy breakfast, taking care to avoid those cutesy cereals that sugar-coat nutritional values. Oatmeal, Cheerios, Shredded Wheat, Fiber One, All Bran, Wheaties, Cream of Wheat, Cream of Rice, Farina, Grits, and Grape Nuts are all pretty decent breakfast cereal choices and some may even assist in fighting heart disease. Weight Loss Tip #306 Diet & Acne - True or False? Acne flair-ups are a result of greasy food choices. False. In fact, doctors rarely ask patients to amend their daily diet as a means of reducing acne breakouts. Certain foods MAY aggravate acne, but will not cause acne. So if you've been told that it's all your fault that you've got acne, quit shouldering the guilt, because it's NOT your fault at all. Weight Loss Tip #307 To substitute fatty buttermilk in recipes with a slimmer, healthier alternative, use 1 cup of skimmed milk plus 1 teaspoon of vinegar per cup of buttermilk. Weight Loss Tip #308 Rather than frying battered veggies, spray a cookie sheet with non-stick butter spray and line with battered veggies. Spray an additional coating onto layered veggies. Bake until golden. Veggies are naturally low in calories - it's all those coatings that coat the veggies with calories, as well as the oil they are generally dunked into. Opting for baking over frying saves considerable calories, even though the veggies are battered. Weight Loss Tip #309 Many things come into play when making calculations in the Activity Burn Field, such as chemical makeup and metabolism. Although there are many metabolism perker-uppers on the market these days, the metabolism can only work so fast. Rather than eek out the body with the nervous jitters, exercise a bit of patience to allow weight loss to progress naturally. Time will work its magic! Weight Loss Tip #310 Fruits Replace Sugar & Lower Recipe Calories - Replace the sugar in your recipes with fruits. Fruits come in all shapes, sizes, textures and their values are enhanced by methods of versatile preparation. Frozen, canned, dried or fresh - fruit will add moistness, flavor and freshness to your diet recipes without adding fat and unwanted calories.
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