Toss whole milk and use only skim milk
Swap at least one daily cup
of whole milk for skim milk (collectively from coffee, cereal, etc). At the end of five weeks, you'll save 2,450 calories
and drop 3/4 pound.
Make all your sandwiches open-faced
For the next five weeks, omit
the top slice of bread and you'll save 80 calories per sandwich (stick with regular size bread for sandwiches - skip rolls
and bagels). If you're currently eating one daily sandwich, you'll save 2,800 calories and lose about ¾ pound.
Eat more slowly
Research shows you eat approximately 60 fewer calories
per meal when you slow down your pace. Thus, slow down the pace for all three meals, and you'll save 180 daily calories -
that's a whopping 6,300 at the end of five weeks
Lose the liquid calories
Trim 250 liquid calories off each day -
at the end of five weeks you'll save 8,750 calories, prevent 574 sugar cubes from entering your body, and knock off 2.5 pounds!
Omit the salad dressing
Completely omit salad dressing and instead
douse your veggies with plain balsamic/red vinegar or fresh lemon (when you're home, take advantage of low-calorie varieties.
Since an average salad contains five tablespoons salad dressing, and each tablespoon provides about 80 calories, you'll save
400 calories per salad.