Cutting Calories#1

Mcdonald's Big n' Tasty w/Cheese
Price: $3-4
Calories: 510

Have you ever tried giving up fast food such as McDonalds because of the amount of calories it has, but couldn't? Well here are a few good tips to cut calories and yet enjoy that hamburger that you've been craving.

Tip#1: Replace the bun with low calorie bread such as Wonderbread Wonder Light Wheat(40cal each slice) or SaraLee 45 calories & delightful bread(45cal each slice wheat or white).

For example, the big and tasty bun amounts to 170 calories!
If you were to replace it with these breads, the calories would amount to:
WonderBread Light Wheat: (510-170)+80= 420
SaraLee 45 Calories: (510-170)+90= 430

Tip#2: Go without Mayo

Mayo= 50 Calories

If you plan to get it with cheese, try not to have mayo in it. Cheese overtakes the flavor of the Mayo. If you can't taste it, what's the point of getting it?
WonderBread Light Wheat: (510-170)+80= 420-50= 370
SaraLee 45 Calories: (510-170)+90= 430-50= 380

Here's a thought:
Mayo is no less than 50 calories in that Big n' Tasty. The employees might not even measure the amount they put in it. You might be consuming more than you think.

Tip #3: Go without the cheese or replace the cheese with Kraft Fat Free American Cheese (30 caloires)

The American Cheese in the Big N' Tasty = 50 calories

WonderBread Light Wheat w/o mayo: (510-170)+80= 420-50= 370-50=320

SaraLee 45 Calories w/o mayo: (510-170)+90= 430-50= 380-50=330

w/Fat Free Kraft American Cheese

WonderBread Light Wheat w/o mayo: (510-170)+80= 420-50= 370-50=320+30=350

SaraLee 45 Calories w/o mayo: (510-170)+90= 430-50= 380-50=330+30=360

Conclusion

In the end, if you switch the bun for low calorie bread, go without mayo, replace the cheese, you would have eaten about 160-150 calories less.
Lower if you go without the cheese.
About 190-180 calories less!

You may think that 150 or 180 calories isn't much of a difference, but calories due add up!

Water

Water
Calories: 0

Drinking the right amount of water a day isn't as easy as it sounds. I use to drink less than 4 glasses of water a day. Way less then what I'm suppose to be drinking. When I told myself to consume more, it was a hard change. Mainly because drinking too much water makes me feel like I'm going to throw up. I started slowly and eventually started to drink more than 8 glasses a day. I did notice a lot of changes after drinking the recommended amount of water. It made my skin a lot more hydrated, my lips were less chapped, less food cravings, and I shed off some weight.

Here's my water drinking routine:

• 2 glasses(8oz each) of water in the morning as soon as I wake up
• Drink from any 20oz bottle(more than 2 glasses of water) while eating breakfast
• Drink from any 20oz bottle while eating lunch
• Drink from any 20oz bottle while having an afternoon snack
• 1 glass of water before working out
• Drink from any 20oz bottle while working out
• Drink from any 20oz bottle while eating dinner

amount of water consumed= 124oz

Tips:

• Get a water bottle that you can use to refill water with(recycle/reuse!)
• If you don't usually drink the recommended amount of water a day(8 glasses), start by adding a glass of water to your diet every two days until you get to the recommended amount.
• Gaining water weight is WAY better than actually gaining "fat" weight.
  
• Don't be afraid to gain water weight for the first few days. It'll eventually flush away a long with the rest of the toxins that's been with you for so many years.
  

Green Tea

Green Tea
Price: Varies by Brand
Calories: 0-5 Calories
Type: Tea Bags or Loose Tea

I've recently became a big green tea drinker. Almost every time I eat something sweet, I always have green tea with it. Green tea does have natural caffeine so if caffeine makes you hyper, drink it only in the morning. It has a bitter crisp light taste. I think it's more of a acquired taste. You like it or you don't. In my case, I love it. I like it unsweetened and all natural.

Green tea is not a magic potion that will sky rocket your metabolism. Maybe it does help a little considering that there are studies that had some credible proofs. There are health benefits to it such as reducing the chances of breast cancer. So I say, Drink to Your Health!