Tips For Saving 100 Calories by Mindy Hermann, R.D. (NAPSA)—It doesn’t soundlike much—100 calories. But cutting out 100 calories each day could help prevent weight gain, an important goal of America on the Move, a national program to help Americans live healthier life- styles. You might even start shedding pounds! First, take a look at what you drink. Coffee drinks, Mindy Hermann smoothies and bottled tea might be adding a lot of calories. Switch from whole milk or half- and-half in your latte to skim milk. Get rid of one cup of sugarsweetened tea or soda. Cut your juice portion down to half a cup and mix with sparkling water. Next, look at how you cook. Switch from oil or butter in the pan to cooking spray and you'll save about 100 calories for every tablespoon you eliminate. Prepare chicken with the skin on to retain moistness and flavor, but takeit off before eating. Switch to grated reduced-fat cheese rather than slices of regular cheese. Now, pick just one meal to change—for example, lunch. Make tuna andchicken salads with light mayonnaise. Add extra veggies and less meatto yourpita. America on the Move (www.americaonthemove.org) encouragesall Americans to take 2,000 extra steps each day, in addition to dropping 100 calories, by walking more. Here are a few tips to get you started in the right direction: Walk around the block before getting your mail. Stroll from room to room while on the phone. Walk to a friend’s housefor a visit. Grab your partneror a friend for an after-dinner stroll. Include 10 minutes of walking during a work break. @ *Use reduced-fat salad dressing in place of regular and skip the croutons and baconbits. *Having dessert? Eat half a portion and share the rest with a friend. Densie Webb, a registered dietitian and author of “The Dish on Eating Healthy and Being Fabulous,” dishes up these 100-calorie-saving dinner suggestions. Portion your pasta to 1 cup instead of 1% cups. *Top your pasta with mari- nara sauce instead of cream sauce. Choose a medium-sized baked potato over a large one. *Skip the cheese on your burger. Replace one 10-inch flour tortilla with two 6-inch corntortillas. And switch from a medium bagel to a %-cup serving of Whole Grain Total cereal with skim milk. You’ll save over 100 calories with the simple swap. Note to Editors: This is Series VI—10 of26.
