10 Ways to Cut 100 Calories

Make small tweaks to your diet to see a big difference in your body

by Joy Bauer, RD

Make It Count
Cutting back your calorie intake doesn’t need to be a painful experience. With just a few nips and tucks to your normal eating regime, you can easily save hundreds of calories a week. Read on to discover 10 tips that will help you toward a slimmer self.


Mustard
Swap mayo for mustard: 2 Tbsp of mayo has 200 calories; 2 Tbsp of mustard has just 30.

Fruit
Eat fresh fruit instead of dried. One half-cup of raisins has more than 200 calories, but one full cup of fresh grapes has just 80.

Oil
Use an oil mister instead of pouring olive or canola oil straight from the bottle. A Tbsp of oil has 120 calories, but with a mister you’ll use a fraction of that.

Cheese
Leave the cheese off your sandwich. Instead, pile on lots of very low-cal veggies. The veggies add nutrition and volume, so your sandwich will be extra-filling.

Bagels
Scoop out the inside of a bagel. It’s an easy way to make a high-carb treat a little lighter.

Sandwiches
Eat your sandwiches open-faced (with just one slice of bread instead of two).

Soda
Swap your daily (12-oz) can of regular soda (150 calories) for a can of naturally flavored, calorie-free seltzer. These seltzers get their taste solely from a shot of natural fruit flavor, such as lime, raspberry or orange. They don’t contain any sugar or artificial sweeteners, so they’re not super-sweet—but thanks to the carbonation, they have that fizzy pop we all love from soda.

Egg Whites
Eat two egg whites instead of two whole eggs.

Salad Dressing
Switch from regular salad dressing (about 140 calories for 2 Tbsp) to a light salad dressing. (Look for brands that have no more than 40 calories in 2 Tbsp.)

Pizza
Don’t eat the end crust on your pizza. It packs about 100 calories.

Explanation of God - Written by an 8-year-old

This was written by an 8-year-old named Danny Dutton, who lives in Chula Vista , CA . He wrote it for his third grade homework assignment, to "explain God."

Could any of us have said it any better?


"One of God's main jobs is making people.

He makes them to replace the ones that die, so there will be enough people to take care of things on earth.

He doesn't make grownups, just babies

I think because they are smaller and easier to make.

That way he doesn't have to take up his valuable time teaching them to talk and walk.

He can just leave that to mothers and fathers."


"God's second most important job is listening to prayers.

An awful lot of this goes on, since some people, like preachers and things, pray at times besides bedtime.

God doesn't have time to listen to the radio or TV because of this. Because he hears everything, there must be a terrible lot of noise in his ears, unless he has thought of a way to turn it off."


"God sees everything and hears everything and is everywhere which keeps Him pretty busy.

So you shouldn't go wasting his time by going over your mom and dad's head asking for something they said you couldn't have."


"Atheists are people who don't believe in God.

I don't think there are any in Chula Vista .

At least there aren't any who come to our church."

"Jesus is God's Son.

He used to do all the hard work, like walking on water and performing miracles and

trying to teach the people who didn't want to learn about God. They finally got tired of him preaching to them and they crucified him

But he was good and kind, like his father, and he told his father that they didn't know what they were doing and to forgive them and God said OK."


"His dad (God) appreciated everything that he had done and all his hard work on earth so he told him he didn't have to go out on the road anymore.

He could stay in heaven.

So he did.

And now he helps his dad out by listening to prayers and seeing things which are important for God to take care of and which ones he can take care of himself without having to bother God. Like a secretary, only more important."


"You can pray anytime you want and they are sure to help you because they got it worked out so one of them is on duty all the time."

"You should always go to church on Sunday because it makes God happy, and if there's anybody you want to make happy, it's God!


Don't skip church to do something you think will be more fun like going to the beach.

This is wrong.

And besides the sun doesn't come out at the beach until noon anyway."


"If you don't believe in God, besides being an atheist, you will be very lonely, because your parents can't go everywhere with you, like to camp, but God can.

It is good to know

He's around you when you're scared, in the dark or when you can't swim and you get thrown into real deep water by big kids."


"But...you shouldn't just always think of what God can do for you. I figure God put me here and he can take me back anytime he pleases.


And...that's why I believe in God."

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