8 Quick and Easy Tips for Cutting Calories and Losing Weight

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While not all of us feel that counting calories is important, or that every little bit counts, when you are trying to lower you daily caloric intake baby steps can work wonders. Here are a few quick and easy tricks for cutting calories daily and working towards a stronger and healthier body.

Drink Milk, Love Life

When counting calories, it is easy to focus on the numbers and fall into the habit of trying to cut out everything. The problem is that this means we lose sight of healthy calories such as the ones found in milk. Drinking close to 2,000 milligrams of milk per day can help ensure that your body doesn’t absorb all of the calories you take in throughout the day. Try to drink one full cup of milk before your morning coffee to make it easy to remember.

Pre-Cut your Veggies

While it may take a bit more work in the beginning, having washed and cut veggies ready in the fridge makes it easier to turn down other less healthy snacks. You can purchase vegetables that are cut if you want to avoid the hassle altogether, but it can get a bit more expensive.

Get your Water on

There are a number of new studies that are proving that consuming water can actually burn calories. Simply drinking two cups of warm or barely cool water can burn close to 25 calories. That equals out to a more than impressive 5 pounds per year and could mean the difference when trying to slink into your little black dress for New Year’s.

Blot your Food

Just speaking solely on the topic of pizza, blotting each slice with a napkin can remove close to a teaspoon of fat. If you indulge in just one slice of pizza every week then that means you have cut down on over a cup of unwanted fat, and kept it off of your trouble spots.

Focus on Eating

Take the time out of your day to always have sit down meals without any other distractions around. Turn the TV off, put your work away, and just focus on eating. This will give your stomach a better chance to tell your brain you are full, and cut down on overeating due to distraction.

Forgo Empty Fluids

If you are thirsty then try to chug back something that has value, and not something with empty calories or chemicals. Skip out on a Diet Coke and instead grab some healthy juice or a V8.

Keep Healthy Snacks On Hand

You never know when you might get ravenous throughout the day, and that is the point that we are all most likely to run to the vending machine or even head for Chinese food at lunch. Keep healthy, power snacks on hand such as nuts or a bean salad with low calorie dressing and you may be able to distract your mind from the temptations around you.

Use your Belt to your Advantage

Of course we are all used to loosening, or even unbuckling, our belts after a big meal, but instead try tightening your belt. If you are craving a particularly unhealthy food then tightening your belt just one notch can keep you focused and be a constant reminder of your favorite pair of pants you are trying to fit into.

When it comes to weight loss it really is the little things that matter. Trying to change everything in your life, hit the gym 3 times a day and dine on cabbage soup is often a recipe for failure. Give these quick and easy tips for cutting calories a try and you just may be surprised at how much easier it is to ditch a few unwanted pounds.

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