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Are Your Snacks The Equivalent Of Another Meal?

By on May 17, 2013 in Calorie Tips, Healthy Eating, Food Facts, Eating on the Job, Food for Fun and Thought, Lose 5 Pounds in 5 Weeks, Manage Your Weight, Snacking, Noshing, Tasting

We chow down on a lot of snack food — a quarter of our calories come from them! Snacks account for more than 25% of Americans’ daily calorie intake; since the 1970s, snacks have accounted for around 580 calories a day — which basically turns them into “a full eating event,” or a fourth meal. [...]

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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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What To Eat When Party Food Is Heavy On Wings, Pizza, And Chips

By on May 11, 2013 in Calorie Tips, Healthy Eating, Food Facts, Eating with Family and Friends, Entertaining, Buffets, Parties, Events, Lose 5 Pounds in 5 Weeks, Manage Your Weight, Snacking, Noshing, Tasting

Stick with grilled meat, veggies, or baked chips rather than fried. Turkey, baked ham, and grilled chicken are better choices than wings and fried chicken. Plain bread, pitas, or wraps are less caloric than biscuits or cornbread. Or, try using lettuce as a sandwich wrap. Go for salsa and skip the guacamole; mustard instead of [...]

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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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Traffic Light Food Choices: Red (Once In A While), Yellow (Maybe Yes, Maybe No), And Green (Probably Good)

By on May 8, 2013 in Calorie Tips, Healthy Eating, Food Facts, Food for Fun and Thought, Lose 5 Pounds in 5 Weeks, Manage Your Weight, Restaurants, Diners, Fast Food

Here are some tips on recognizing menu descriptions to help you make the best caloric choices (of course, portion size plays a big role, too). Any menu item will have tons of added calories if it is: smothered in sauce covered or layered with cheese loaded with butter, oil, cream, mayonnaise, or dressing “sugared-up” even [...]

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Are You Ready For Some Super Bowl Food Facts – And Some Calorie Saving Tips?

By on January 30, 2013 in Eating with Family and Friends, Entertaining, Buffets, Parties, Events, Food for Fun and Thought, Holidays, Manage Your Weight

Will you be joining the ranks of over 20 million Americans who will attend a Super Bowl party?  Do you side with half of all Americans who say they would rather go to a Super Bowl party than to a New Year’s Eve party? Some Amazing Super Bowl Food Facts: About one in twenty (9 [...]

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Buffet Table Woes? Keep Your Back To The Table

By on January 23, 2013 in Calorie Tips, Healthy Eating, Food Facts, Entertaining, Buffets, Parties, Events, Manage Your Weight, Snacking, Noshing, Tasting

Whether it’s a fancy catered affair or pizza, wings, and cold cuts laid out on the kitchen and coffee tables on game day, why give yourself extra opportunities to shovel chips and dip or salami and cheese into your mouth all night long? You’re human, so stay out of hand-to-mouth range – and don’t stare [...]

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Free Food: No Money For Lots Of Sweet, Fatty Calories And Little Energy

By on January 22, 2013 in Calorie Tips, Healthy Eating, Food Facts, Eating on the Job, Entertaining, Buffets, Parties, Events, Manage Your Weight, Snacking, Noshing, Tasting

You have an early morning meeting.  Sitting in front of you is a platter loaded with bagels, danish, and doughnuts just waiting to be eaten and washed down by copious amounts of coffee. If you didn’t have time to grab some and if all the platters aren’t picked clean, the remnants will surely end up [...]

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Did You Forget These Calories?

By on January 18, 2013 in Calorie Tips, Healthy Eating, Food Facts, Eating on the Job, Manage Your Weight, Snacking, Noshing, Tasting

Are you keeping a record – virtual, written, or in your noggin – of how may calories you’re eating? Even if you’re not (and some people find it very hard to do – actually loathe doing it) you probably take note of what you eat each day – at least most of what you eat.  [...]

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No Seconds: Here’s A Useful Tip

By on January 16, 2013 in Calorie Tips, Healthy Eating, Food Facts, Food for Fun and Thought, Manage Your Weight

Do you skimp on putting food onto your plate thinking that it will keep your calorie count down? What happens?  You eat the skimpy portion – decide you’re still hungry – and then go back for more. If the serving dishes are right in front of you there’s potential for making caloric matters much worse. [...]

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