Cutting 500 Calories a Day – Health Magazine

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Cut 500 Calories a Day by Health Magazine Dec 2009

1. Dance- 2 hours of dancing burns 500 calories
2. Get Enough Sleep- lack of sleep can make you snack
3. Don’t eat in front of the TV. Trade TV time for a walk
4. Get in tune with your stomach- listen when it tells you it’s full
5. Limit Dinner Guest- More people = more food = more snacking
6. Fill up on less- cup of soup before dinner
7. Limit salad toppings- ie. Cheese, croutons, bacon bits
8. Don’t clean your plate- leave some on your plate
9. Use smaller plates
10. Serve and Sit- serve food in the kitchen and leave the food there
11. Make a swap- 1 cup plain fat free yogurt for heavy cream
12. Make mine a mini
13. Ditch that buttered movie popcorn
14. Count your chips and crackers- don’t eat from the bag
15. Step away from the nuts-
16. Skip the whip- or at least size it down
17. Kick the soda habit
18. Drink Sugar Free
19. Skinny up Cocktails
20. Eat less pasta or switch to a whole grain pasta
21. Knitting- at a rate of 100 an hour
22. Cleaning the house- up to 2 ½ hours
23. Check the number of servings in a dish
24. Beware the healthy-food trap
25. Build a lean burrito- order a naked one- no cheese, beef, black beans, and salsa
26. Think small at the ice cream shop
27. Think thin when it comes to pizza
28. Beware of hidden oils
29. Order spaghetti with meat sauce-instead of with Italian sausage
30. Nix that Smoothie a day
31. Help a friend move
32. Shovel snow
33. Ice skate
34. Tap your foot
35. Be the hostess with the mostest- grocery shop, cooking and setting the table
36. Go Window Shopping
37. Hit the pool
38. Stroll you way slim- push the stroller with the kids
39. Head to a county fair or amusement park
40. Play a game
41. Head for the nearest hill- sledding or just walking up and down it
42. Do an hour of Circuit Training
43. Tackle the garage- clear out that junk
44. Rake the leaves- minimum 1 hour 45 minutes
45. Kick-box
46. Go cross-country skiing
47. Exercise at home- 1 DVD with 20 minutes of yoga
48. Walk or run a 10K
49. Go hiking
50. Cut down your own Christmas Tree- hike out, cut it, and haul it back