18 Ways To Lose Weight With Out Going On A Diet

If your goal is to lose one pound of body weight a week you must eat 500 fewer calories a day than you were before. And no you don't have to go on a diet to do this. You can do it by changing your eating habits along with a few other things you can do.

1. Instead of having a big glass of orange juice for breakfast have a large orange for breakfast. You'll be saving about 50 calories this way.

2. If you want a omelet for breakfast make it from four egg whites instead of four large eggs. If you want to and to make the omelet stay together better add 1/4 cup of egg substitute to the egg whites when you beat them. Instead of regular bacon use the same amount of fine chopped Canadian Bacon.

3. If your family and you is still using whole milk switch to 2 percent low fat milk. You won't believe the huge amount of calories this is going to save you over a years time.

4. Instead of sugar use a sugar substitute in place of the sugar on your breakfast cereal and in your morning coffee.

5. Use regular yellow mayonnaise in place of mayonnaise on your sandwiches. You'll save as much as 100 calories each time you do this. This doesn't mean never to eat mayonnaise again it just means to do it as often as you can.

6. The next time you go to McDonald's have a plain 99 cent hamburger and small fries instead of the Big Mac and large fries and you will save around 600 calories each time you do this.

7. At snack time instead of going for the potato chips or candy bar go for a banana or a apple or both and you will save any where from 300 to 600 calories.Plus you have the added benefit of the fiber.

8. Stop drinking regular sodas or regular sweetened ice tea. Drink diet drinks instead of the regular sodas and add a sugar substitute to unsweetened tea or learn to drink unsweetened ice tea.

9. Break your meals up into six smaller meals a day and you'll eat less and be full longer. Just be sure not to over do it with the amount eaten at any of your six smaller meals. These six meals are supposed to be small meals. And where you can add lots of fresh fruit and vegetables to these meals.If you eat smaller high protein meals your blood sugar will be more stable throughout the day and you will be a lot less hungry and likely to over eat.

10. Don't skip breakfast. If you start off the day with a high protein low carbohydrate breakfast you will be less hungry all through out the rest of the day. Add fresh fruit to your breakfast.

11. You should get in the habit of eating dried fruits, fresh fruits, cut up vegetables and yogurt for snacks in place of potato chips or candy bars. A fresh crisp apple is much better for you than any candy bar you have ever ate. A can of peaches in their natural juices with a teaspoon of peanut butter is a great alternative snack to have and its healthy for you to.

12. Start to eat whole grains bread instead of white bread. Eat brown rice instead of white rice. Steam your vegetables and fish when ever you can. Change your eating habits over to healthy eating habits and you'll never have to go on a diet.

13. You can use vegetable, chicken, or beef broth to saute your vegetables in instead of butter and it will be much healthier for you and in time you will lose weight and grow healthier from doing this.

14. Instead of butter or margarine have low fat sour creme or yogurt in your baked potatoes. If you use salt us ground sea salt in place of table salt. The sea salt is packed with nutrients that are good for you.

15. For your salads try making a delicious salad dressing from fine ground peeled cucumbers, plain yogurt, salt and pepper. It tastes great and is much healthier than regular salad dressing.

16. Eat your pasta with marinara sauce instead of other pasta sauces. And make your own marinara sauce from fresh tomatoes and other vegetables and you'll be eating healthier and I bet you'll love the taste.

17. Start to walk and swim. If there is a club in your area that has a pool join it. Walking and swimming are low impact exercises where you are a lot less likely to get hurt. You can walk yourself thin if you will stick to it. Playing in the water and swimming is also a great way to exercise.

18. Learn sensible eating habits. Eating more fresh vegetables and fruit is the best way to do this. Also you need to educate yourself like learning to read food labels. Don't let extra sugar sneak into your life. Keep the sugars you eat to a minimum.

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