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Take It Black
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If you're
java devotee, here's an easy way to slim down your order: Just ditch the
creamer! Splashing two tablespoons of heavy cream to your cup adds 100
calories. Assuming you down two cups of Joe a day, passing up dairy can helpyou drop 10 pounds in just under six months!
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Swap Cheese for Veggies in Your Omelet
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If you're
accustomed to shredding muenster cheese into your eggs, try swapping it for
your favorite veggie. One ounce of cheese packs in about 110 calories while a
half cup of steamed broccoli boasts 15 calories. Making this morning switchwill nourish your body with extra satiating fiber and nutrients, as well assave your waistline from added inches.
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Choose Plain Yogurt
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While
protein-packed Greek yogurt makes for a perfect meal when paired with chia
seeds, antioxidant-rich berries, and crunchy nuts, you could be sabotaging your
weight loss goals if you choose the wrong tub. A plain cup of Chobani containsabout 50 fewer calories than the fruity options, saving your belly from extraflab.
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Make Grapefruit Your Go-To
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In a study published in the Journal of
Medicinal Food, researchers found that noshing on
half a grapefruit before each meal helped participants lose a significant
amount of weight in addition to improving insulin resistance.
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Buy a Reusable Water Bottle
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Before you begin the habit of refilling your water bottle several
times a day, make sure yours isn't laced with BPA. A Harvard study found that
adults with the highest concentration of BPA in their urine had significantly
larger waists and a 75 percent greater chance of being obese than those in the
lowest quartile. No wonder why drinking out of plastic bottles is one of
our 40 Bad Habits That Make You Fat! To avoid weight gain, make sure your bottle is BPA-free
and be particularly wary of plastics that sport a #7 recycling symbol on them,which is an indicator that BPA may be present.
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Buy Organic
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Even if you're stocking up on fruits and veggies, buying
inorganic may be doing your body a disservice, thanks to the pesticides.
"They have been shown to poison the mitochondria so it cannot burn
fuel," says Walter Crinnion, N.D., chairman of the environmental medicine
department at Southwest College of Naturopathic Medicine in Phoenix in Weight Loss Tricks You Haven't Tried. "Fuel that is not burned turns to fat." If
you're worried about breaking your budget at Whole Foods, start by stocking up
on these 17 Cheap Organic Foods You Must Buy.
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Cut Carbs at the Right Time
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Cutting carbs altogether can often cause a guilt-ridden
binge that will leave you unmotivated and packing on the pounds. Instead of
prohibiting yourself from eating the foods you love, set a carb curfew.
"For dinner, contestants always have a high-protein, high-fat meal with
plenty of fibrous veggies," Chris Powell of ABC's reality series Extreme Weight
Loss tells us in Chris Powell's Behind-The-Scenes
Extreme Weight Loss Tips. "If they havea post-dinner snack, they stick to protein-rich, high-fat foods like almonds or
2 percent milkfat string cheese." Nixing carbs at night flips the
fat-burning switch by increasing the amount of fat-burning hormones released
while we're asleep, Powell adds.
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Limit Variety
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When many
of us have too many options to choose from, we often become flustered and make
the wrong decision. Same goes for food. If you have a few different boxes of
cereal and a handful of flavors of potato chips, you're likely to eat more of
the packaged stuff. Limiting your options to just one can cut down on yourgrazing habits and prevent a snack attack.
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Pick Red Fruits
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Red
fruits such as watermelon, Pink Lady apples, and plums have higher levels of
nutrients called flavonoids—particularly anthocyanins, compounds that give red
fruits their color, which have been shown to reduce fat-storage genes.
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Choose Whole-Grain Cereal Over Granola
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"This seemingly-innocent food is almost always loaded
with added sugar. In fact, most companies use synonyms or alternative words for
plain old 'sugar' to disguise it. " Lisa Hayim, registered dietitian and
founder of The Well Necessities tells us in 37 Worst Breakfast Habits for Your Waistline. And she's right: Choosing a cup of Kashi Indigo Morning
Organic Corn Cereal over ¾ cup of Kashi Organic Promise Cranberry, Spelt andFlax Granola, will slash 160 calories off your breakfast!
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