4 Ways to Cut Calories in Your Diet Without Sacrificing Taste
In any weight-loss journey, you need to adjust your lifestyle overall. Fad diets are strict and can have long-term adverse effects on your body, including gaining more weight than you started with. For these reasons, I make minor (and more manageable) adjustments in my daily eating habits to lose weight and manage a healthier lifestyle overall. Here are four ways you can cut calories in your diet without sacrificing taste.
Opt to drink water instead of soda.
So, no matter how tempting, I do not order soda when I go out to eat. I get the bonus of knowing I saved myself about two bucks at dinner every time I go out (#winning.) I also bring soda to our house, which is a no-brainer for me to pass on. While this may seem small, drinking just one soda daily could make a massive difference in weight loss. Cutting out soda could mean losing an extra 15 lbs over a year. It could mean even more if you drink more than one a day.
Use water to sauté your veggies instead of oil
When I read The End of Dieting by Joel Fuhrman, I first heard of sautéing your veggies in water instead of oil. I didn’t think it was possible to do until I made my own veggie fried rice without a drop of oil in the pan. I was amazed and delighted by the extra 239 calories from only 2 Tbsps of olive oil that I was not eating in my meals. Oil can be such a waste of calories in your meals because chances are you can’t even taste it, but you are still taking in the calories. Do yourself a favor and opt for water here, too.
Cut the Occasional Carb when you can
This one can be a little difficult for me because I love carbs, especially the bad ones, so I am now trying to lose weight. But I don’t have to eat every carb when it comes down to it. If you are at a restaurant and they sit the bread down, choose not to. Or go wild on the bread and eat a salad, not a burger and fries. Carbs are okay, even the bad ones sometimes, But if you consciously try to cut some of them, you will see a change in your weight loss.
Use Born Sweet® Zing™ Stevia Sweetener in your morning coffee and tea.
I am not much of a fan of coffee, but it is something I NEED to function in the morning. Therefore, drinking it black is not an option for me, so I add a little bit of Zing™ Zero Calorie Stevia Sweetener to my coffee. What I love about Zing™ is that it only has real ingredients-nothing artificial, since it comes from the stevia plant. While it is suitable for smoothies, tea, fruit, etc., I find it perfect to make my coffee bearable to drink without adding extra calories. Another bonus about Zing™ Stevia Sweetener is that they are giving away free samples to Miss Millennia Magazine Readers. Grab your freebie here.
Losing weight can be as simple as a few small lifestyle changes like the ones I mentioned above. It does not have to be dramatic and painful. Yes, weight loss is problematic because, on top of cutting those things out above, you have to exercise and eventually find some other bad stuff in your diet to cut out. But the bonus is losing weight and having yourself to thank for sticking it. Good for you for taking the steps needed for a healthier lifestyle.
What are some of your life hacks to cut down on calories? Answer in the comments.
I was selected for this opportunity as a member of Clever Girls, and the content and opinions expressed here are all my own.
