Regardless of whether you're actively dieting, you're likely concerned with avoiding extra calories. Use the suggestions below for avoiding common calorie boosters.
Not all salads are created equally and the addition of a single high-calorie item can transform your diet meal into a meal with more calories than you planned on eating. Whether you add croutons or salad dressing, the ingredients included in a salad are crucial in calorie counting.
Ignoring portion size is one of the main ways you can miss the actual number of calories you're consuming. Once you pay attention to portion size you'll realize that you've likely been consuming far more than a single portion of a particular item.
Keeping your kitchen surfaces clear from all food, including the traditional fruit bowl, is a good way to pay better attention to impulse eating in which you engage without keeping a food diary. Whether it's grabbing a piece of a doughnut or grabbing a few grapes, food that's left out creates an increased chance that you're eating more calories than you believe you are eating.
Tasting your food as you prepare it can add significant numbers of calories to your diet. For instance, if you're preparing dinner for your family and you're tasting the pasta to see if it's done or the sauce to see whether you like the flavoring, you're likely adding calories to your meal. If you're unable to cook without tasting, reduce your mealtime portion size.
Avoid finishing up the last bit of food after you've served a meal to your family. Whether it's a tablespoon of corn or a mouthful of beans, you're body doesn't distinguish between what you consume at the table and what you consume to finish up small amounts of leftovers.
If tuna fish is part of your healthy eating and you use small amounts of mayonnaise for flavoring, measure the mayo carefully. Light mayonnaise has 49 calories in a tablespoon so that being even a bit off on your measurements can add unnecessary calories to your meal.
Being aware of the calories in any beverage you drink is a good way to save calories. Purchasing low-calorie versions of your favorite drinks can help you avoid unnecessary calories.
Consider purchasing the light version of products such as yogurt. One container of yogurt can have 170 calories versus 90 in a comparable low-fat version.
Make sure that your breath mints are low-calorie.
If you're a fast eater you might eat more during mealtime because you finish before the other people you're eating with finish their meals. In order to slow down your eating, consider pausing between mouthfuls. Putting your fork down and taking a drink of water while you're eating instead of eating steadily can help slow down your fast-eating habits.
If you're a fast eater you can slow down your eating by making your food temperature hotter, which will force you to eat more slowly as you wait for it to cool off.
Few people want to add unnecessary calories into their diets. Use the suggestions above to avoid extra calories during the day.
Not all salads are created equally and the addition of a single high-calorie item can transform your diet meal into a meal with more calories than you planned on eating. Whether you add croutons or salad dressing, the ingredients included in a salad are crucial in calorie counting.
Ignoring portion size is one of the main ways you can miss the actual number of calories you're consuming. Once you pay attention to portion size you'll realize that you've likely been consuming far more than a single portion of a particular item.
Keeping your kitchen surfaces clear from all food, including the traditional fruit bowl, is a good way to pay better attention to impulse eating in which you engage without keeping a food diary. Whether it's grabbing a piece of a doughnut or grabbing a few grapes, food that's left out creates an increased chance that you're eating more calories than you believe you are eating.
Tasting your food as you prepare it can add significant numbers of calories to your diet. For instance, if you're preparing dinner for your family and you're tasting the pasta to see if it's done or the sauce to see whether you like the flavoring, you're likely adding calories to your meal. If you're unable to cook without tasting, reduce your mealtime portion size.
Avoid finishing up the last bit of food after you've served a meal to your family. Whether it's a tablespoon of corn or a mouthful of beans, you're body doesn't distinguish between what you consume at the table and what you consume to finish up small amounts of leftovers.
If tuna fish is part of your healthy eating and you use small amounts of mayonnaise for flavoring, measure the mayo carefully. Light mayonnaise has 49 calories in a tablespoon so that being even a bit off on your measurements can add unnecessary calories to your meal.
Being aware of the calories in any beverage you drink is a good way to save calories. Purchasing low-calorie versions of your favorite drinks can help you avoid unnecessary calories.
Consider purchasing the light version of products such as yogurt. One container of yogurt can have 170 calories versus 90 in a comparable low-fat version.
Make sure that your breath mints are low-calorie.
If you're a fast eater you might eat more during mealtime because you finish before the other people you're eating with finish their meals. In order to slow down your eating, consider pausing between mouthfuls. Putting your fork down and taking a drink of water while you're eating instead of eating steadily can help slow down your fast-eating habits.
If you're a fast eater you can slow down your eating by making your food temperature hotter, which will force you to eat more slowly as you wait for it to cool off.
Few people want to add unnecessary calories into their diets. Use the suggestions above to avoid extra calories during the day.
