Weight Loss Tip #501 Cornstarch vs Flour - Replace cornstarch for flour when making sauces and gravies. Cornstarch makes a clear gravy that is unique and so delicious that it's often the choice of the Cooking Grandmother when dieting or not. Weight Loss Tip #502 Tip for Diet Beverage Using Powdered Drink Mixes - Replace high calorie beverages with diet drinks. This includes diet sodas, diet juices and diet punches. While dieting, it's important to save all the calories that you can, particularly on beverages. Tip: Powdered drink mixes (such as Kool-Aid) prepared with sugar substitutes or 1/2 sugar and 1/2 sugar substitute can also help liven up a diet. Weight Loss Tip #503 Energy Bars - High in Calories - Beware of energy bars while dieting. If an energy bar is part of the exercise ritual, the dieter may be eating more calories than they have just burned off. Some energy bars contain more calories than an ooey gooey candy bar. Weight Loss Tip #504 Low Calorie Juices Make Great Option for Dieters - Replace high calorie beverages with unsweetened juices. Welch's makes a delicious grapefruit juice that contains Splenda rather than sugar. We also love their reduced-calories cranberry juices. Wal-Mart also carries reduced-calorie juices that are of good quality. Weight Loss Tip #505 Bullion - Tasty Drink for Dieters - Replace high calorie beverages with bullion - but watch the sodium content. Simply warm up a cup of water, then drop in a bullion cube. It makes a warm, cozy drink that's a welcomed change from the same-old-same-old. Weight Loss Tip #506 Root Your Diet in Vegetables - Check out the roots at your local market. They are located in the produce section. From carrots to turnips, roots will add fun and nutrition to your diet. One of our favorite simple root dishes is to take a few baby carrots, boil them, drain them, then spray with no calorie butter. Sprinkle on a bit of ground cinnamon and a bit of Splenda. Yum! Weight Loss Tip #507 Pickles, Olives - Lower Sodium Options - Salty pickles and olives can be replaced with reduced sodium varieties of pickles. And there's more good Pickle News for those of us who love sweet pickles. Next time you're at the market, look for sweet pickles prepared with Splenda. Weight Loss Tip #508 Bananas For Potassium - One banana will help fill your body's subscription for daily potassium. Leg aches can often be associated with a lack of potassium in the body. One medium banana contains about 105 calories. Weight Loss Tip #509 An Apple A Day - One apple will help fill your body's prescription for daily fiber. An apple a day really does work to help keep the doctor away! And obviously, it also works in keeping constipation away. Some even say it works better in waking them up in the morning than coffee. Grilling For Weight Loss Weight Loss Tip #510 Grill some kabobs. Thread lean chicken cubes, green bell pepper, small whole onions, and pineapple chunks onto a skewer. Brush with a glaze of 1 cup orange juice, 1 teaspoon of honey and 1 small can of crushed pineapple that have been mixed thoroughly. Cook on grill using slow heat. Continue to brush kabobs with glaze until done.
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