Cut 100 Calories....

The following is a list of ways to cut 100 calories.  I don’t really recommend eating some of these on a regular basis. However, when faced with a choice, and you have a weight loss goal in mind, choose the lesser of the evils.

I would love to hear from you some of your favorite calorie cutting secrets....

Breakfast:
Cut the cream and sugar from your 2 cups of coffee

Substitute 1 slice of high fiber bread with 1 teaspoon of strawberry jam for 3” bagel, Pop Tart, Quaker Oatmeal bars

Fruit filled crepes instead of cheese filled crepes

Power Protein Pack from Starbuck’s for most fast-food muffin, egg, sausage and cheese sandwich

Omelette with cheese and meat replaces pancakes with syrup and butter

Exchange a cup of coffee (black) for a glass of orange juice

2 strips turkey bacon instead of 2 strips regular bacon


Lunch:
Order 6” Turkey sub on wheat instead of Fried Chicken Sandwich

Take half the bread off a 6” sub.

Substitute mustard for mayonnaise

Substitute chicken noodle soup for broccoli cheese soup or most cream based soups

Eat Pepperoni pizza instead of Meat Lovers and Vegetarian pizza for Pepperoni pizza

Double cheeseburger for a Big Mac
Save over 200 calories

Use lettuce wraps instead of bread


Order In/ Go Out:
Wings, skip the ranch or blue cheese dressing

Substitute regular white rice for fried rice

Shrimp cocktail instead of fried calamari for appetizer

Substitute salmon for beef top sirloin

Broccoli for mashed potatoes

House salad for cream-based soup

12 pieces of sashimi and edamame as a substitute for 12 pieces of spicy tuna roll


Cooking/Baking:

Marinara rather than Alfredo sauce

Eat more, 2 servings of spaghetti squash vs 1 serving of spaghetti pasta

A piece of pound cake instead of a piece of chocolate cake with chocolate frosting

Grilled chicken or Halibut replaces battered, fried chicken or Halibut

Beef Stroganoff as opposed to Beef Lasagna

Turkey meatloaf instead of beef meatloaf (saves 130 calories)

3 oz Lobster for 3 oz ground turkey

Over 200 calories

Veggie lasagna for meat lasagna


Snacks:

10 baked potato chips for 10 pretzels

Piece of fruit vs chocolate chip cookie

Almonds(10-12) rules over Snickers, M&M’s

1 cup popcorn replaces 1/2 cup of ice cream

Homemade hummus for ranch dressing with veggies

Skip the whip at Caribou or Starbuck’s

Small Latte for Large Latte at Caribou Coffee

Desserts:

Pumpkin pie for pecan pie

Oreo instead of McDonald’s chocolate chip cookie

Sherbet in place of soft serve ice cream

A piece of pound cake instead of a piece of chocolate cake with chocolate frosting

Happy Hour:

Red or White Wine Spritzer for your Red or White Wine

Mike’s Hard Light Lemonade for your Lemon Drop Martini, Mikes Hard Lemonade

Diet Coke instead of Coke with Rum, Vodka, or Gin

Club Soda for Tonic

Drive-Thru:

Power Protein Pack from Starbuck’s for most fast-food muffin, egg, sausage and cheese sandwich

Double cheeseburger for a Big Mac

Skip the cheese on your burgers

Grilled chicken for crispy chicken on a salad at McDonald’s