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Let A Baseball Be Your Guide For A One Cup Serving Of Food

By on May 12, 2013 in Calorie Tips, Healthy Eating, Food Facts, Food for Fun and Thought, Lose 5 Pounds in 5 Weeks, Manage Your Weight, Snacking, Noshing, Tasting

It’s awfully hard to gauge how much food you’re putting on your plate – and even harder to figure out how much food you’re popping into your mouth when you eat directly from a multi-serving bag of food – like a big bag of chips. Portion size is critical to managing your weight.  One helpful [...]

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Want Beef? Here’s a Steakhouse Mini Cheat Sheet

By on May 9, 2013 in Calorie Tips, Healthy Eating, Food Facts, Lose 5 Pounds in 5 Weeks, Manage Your Weight, Restaurants, Diners, Fast Food, Shopping, Cooking, Baking

If you’re watching your weight, beef can be a good choice – just be aware of portion size and which are the least fatty cuts of meat.  Here’s a mini cheat sheet: The USDA defines a lean cut of beef as a 3.5 oz serving (about 100 grams) that has less than: 10 grams total [...]

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Slim Down Your Sandwich The Easy Way

By on April 30, 2013 in Calorie Tips, Healthy Eating, Food Facts, Food for Fun and Thought, Lose 5 Pounds in 5 Weeks, Manage Your Weight

Here are some easy ways to slim down your sandwich and still have it taste great. Substitute mustard for the mayo and save 100 calories.  Leave off the slice of Swiss cheese for another 133 calories.  Ditch the two slices of bacon for another 84 calories.  Put your turkey, ham, or roast beef along with [...]

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Mindless Bites: They Pack On The Pounds

By on January 11, 2013 in Calorie Tips, Healthy Eating, Food Facts, Food for Fun and Thought, Manage Your Weight

Are you having a bit of trouble getting your pants to close – or maybe it’s difficult to zip up your jacket? In part you can blame those mindless bites – those “shove it in your mouth without thinking about it” bites.  Oh come on, most of us — at one time or another — [...]

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When’s The Best Time To Start Your Diet?

By on January 8, 2013 in Calorie Tips, Healthy Eating, Food Facts, Food for Fun and Thought, Manage Your Weight

Do the stars, moon, sun, and all of the planets need to be in alignment for you to start your diet? The word diet usually means deprivation and a way of life that’s not easy, comforting, or fun.  So is there any wonder that there are tons of excuses and reasons to put off starting [...]

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When Is The Perfect Time To Start Your Diet?

By on May 8, 2012 in Calorie Tips, Healthy Eating, Food Facts, Food for Fun and Thought, Manage Your Weight

Do the stars, moon, sun, and all of the planets need to be in alignment for you to start your diet? Diet, not a word I usually use, generally implies deprivation and a way of life that is not easy, comforting, and fun.  So no wonder there are tons of excuses and reasons not to [...]

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Will It Be Coleslaw Or French Fries With Your Sandwich?

By on September 23, 2011 in Calorie Tips, Healthy Eating, Food Facts, Eating on the Job, Manage Your Weight, Restaurants, Diners, Fast Food, Takeout, Prepared Food, Junk Food, Travel, On Vacation, In the Car

Everyone loves a “side” with their sandwich.  Here’s some approximate calories counts (portion sizes and contents always vary depending on who makes or serves them).  Which would you choose? French fries (from frozen);10 pieces of 3½ to 4 inch deep fried strips: 249 calories; 13.38g fat; 29.27g carbs; 2.93g protein French fries, deep fried; one [...]

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Do Restaurant Meals Sabotage Your Diet?

By on September 22, 2011 in Eating on the Job, Eating with Family and Friends, Entertaining, Buffets, Parties, Events, Manage Your Weight, Restaurants, Diners, Fast Food

Are you afraid to eat out for fear of “blowing your diet” or because you think there aren’t good choices to be had? Are you tired of hearing that you shouldn’t go to restaurants if you want to control what you eat? Choices You can choose to eat out and eat well. You are responsible [...]

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Is Chinese Food Diet Friendly Or A Diet Buster? Nine Tips To Help You Make Good Choices

By on June 7, 2011 in Calorie Tips, Healthy Eating, Food Facts, Eating on the Job, Manage Your Weight, Restaurants, Diners, Fast Food, Takeout, Prepared Food, Junk Food

Chinese take-out can be a friend to your diet – or the devil in disguise.  Commercial Chinese food – or what you usually get for take-out – can be extremely high in fat (a caloric nightmare) and very high in sodium (a water retention nightmare).  And then there’s portion size:  those little white boxes hold [...]

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Prep For Your Big Event And Snag An A . . .

By on May 12, 2011 in Calorie Tips, Healthy Eating, Food Facts, Entertaining, Buffets, Parties, Events, Manage Your Weight, Restaurants, Diners, Fast Food

A  for Awesome, because that’s how you’ll feel. Don’t you hate it: you’ve been so much attention to what you eat and your healthy eating habits are really getting grooved.  You’re starting to feel and look great, but, oh boy, you have to go to something big.  It could be a wedding, a dinner party, [...]

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