If you want something to snack on, drink a glass of water. Sometimes the urge to put something in our mouths isn’t hunger but boredom. Another alternative is to
Exchange your potato chips, corn chips and other fried snacks for pretzels. The fat content in pretzels is far lower than the other snacks. And you still get the crunch. If you have to have your corn chips, bake a batch yourself. Cut corn tortillas in strips or wedges, season with fresh lime juice, cayenne pepper and a bit of salt. Spray a cookie sheet with cooking spray and spread the tortillas out. Bake at 350 for 10 minutes until crispy.
Don’t drink fruit juice, eat the whole fruit instead. Fruit juice is easily digestible and the fructose (fruit sugar) is almost immediately absorbed and sent straight to the blood stream spiking your blood sugar. If you eat the whole fruit, the fiber causes the digestive system to slow down and the blood sugar spike isn’t as severe.
Exchange one fatty item in your diet for a nonfat item. For example instead of whole milk use skim milk. Instead of regular mayonnaise use nonfat, instead of full fat cream cheese use nonfat. This one change can knock 200 calories off your diet each day. That could mean a weight loss of 21 pounds over a year’s time.
