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20 Ways to Cut 100 Calories or More a Day

1. Eat only one cookie instead of two or three.
2. Eat frozen yogurt or lowfat ice cream rather than regular ice cream.
3. Choose fruit as a side order.
4. Drink fat free or 1% milk rather than 2% or whole milk.
5. Pat your pizza with a napkin before eating it. It will absorb 9-14% of a slice's total fat.
6. Pour reasonable portions of food into a bowl or onto a plate - do not eat out of the box.
7. Use mustard or low-fat mayonnaise on a sandwich instead of regular mayonnaise or salad dressing.
8. Eat baked potato chips rather than regular potato chips and you will save half the calories.
9. Use tuna packed in water rather than packed in oil.
10. Choose canned fruits in natural juices rather than in heavy syrup.
11. Always order salad dressing (preferably lowfat) on the side rather than on the salad – and only put a small portion on your salad.
12. Use a small bowl for your cereal rather than a large one.
13. If you have dessert, split it with someone else.
14. Have one less soft drink a day.
15. Eat the “snack size” candy bar rather than a regular one when you have an urge for chocolate.
16. On your next serving of fries, leave at least 10 fries uneaten.
17. Choose water flavored with lemon or lime rather than a fruit drink.
18. Choose a small 2 ounce bagel for breakfast rather than the larger bagels.
19. Choose lowfat sour cream and cream cheese instead of regular.
20. Leave the cheese off of sandwiches and burgers.

Some tips adapted from:
America on the Move (http://www.americanonthemove.org)

20 Ways to Cut 100 Calories or More a Day
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