Member Comments for the Article:50 Easy Ways to Cut 100 CaloriesLose Weight Without Deprivation45 Comments
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5/16/2011 6:35:04 AM
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I am stilt trying to locate a list of sensible ideas for daily meals with the calorie count included. I find the complex sites too time consuming to bother. I could spend time better devoted to activity. The diet recipes seem very expensive and very American to me in the UK. I would like inexpensive ideas for a single person, maybe dividable into two to four saveable portions to save cooking time. Food prices are rising steadily here and fresh fruit and vegetables are often beyond the pockets of the poorest, I think this may apply in the US as well. I don 't ever drink fizzy drinks. I drink lots of plain water and redbush tea with semi skimmed milk. No coffee or alcohol beyond the occasional Btritish half pint of bitter. I dislike fast food except the very occasional half portion of fish and chips. I like to eat when I am hungry and take a very small sandwich to town if I know I shall miss the usual conventional meal times. What am I supposed to cut out? Chef, please comment. (if I can ever locate your reply). |
3/27/2011 1:45:10 PM
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2 ounces of oven fries? That's a serving? You turn on an oven for that? Some of the suggestions are puzzling. |
3/20/2011 4:31:09 PM
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The suggestions to use fat-free products doesn't work for me because I don't like the taste and the bottom line is to enjoy healthy food that I'll actually want to eat, right? |
3/2/2011 12:42:40 PM
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Ehh. Half of the items aren't a typical part of most people's diet, I would wager. For advanced spark people, changes like these are second nature. For people just starting out, like myself, it might rub the wrong way. Here I am, trying to convince myself that I can do this, and I can get used to the sacrifices. Then I see this article, which makes a big deal over relatively minor calories. It might come off as the sort of petty thing that drives people away from diets. (I know, most of us can't afford to ignore these things...but I don't think the article ultimately has the effect of feeling encouraging, the way it intends.) |
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K-LUEBCKE
1/23/2011 12:19:06 PM
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Some of these are quite silly. Fat free sour cream, fat free half-and-half? Why not just use real things which are lower in calories rather than ersatz substitutes? If you don't want fat to put on top of your taco or wherever you would use sour cream, use fat free Greek yogurt. At least that has just cultured skim milk. If you're desperate for no added fat in your coffee, use skim milk. And what the heck is fat free cream cheese? Probably nothing you should be putting in your body, just like fat free whipped cream. If it has cream in the name, it shouldn't be fat free. Period. And at least one is just incorrect: if you use two tablespoons of actual maple syrup on waffles or pancakes (not just low calorie pancake syrup) instead of one tablespoon of butter, you've actually added two more calories and lost all of the fat that would slow down the absorption of the carbohydrates in the waffle. Some of these are clearly stretching logic by increasing the portion size. I thought a serving of milk was 8 ounces rather than twelve, which would make the difference between skim and whole milk 60 calories. The ones calling for less of a particular food or a different preparation of real food are about the only ones that make much sense (less oatmeal, a smaller bagel, pineapple in juice or water instead of syrup, etc.). But cutting out foods naturally high in fat for larger portions of ones which are fat free by engineering or nature seems silly. And that last one, shouldn't strawberries taste good enough to eat plain? Get the good ones when they're in season where you live. You might not want to put anything on them to cover them up. |
HEALTHYSOON2
11/5/2010 12:29:47 PM
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Some of these suggestions work for me, while others probably may not. But I'm happy that you offered the ones I most like will incorporate into my new lifestyle. |
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BOOKMOMMY3
8/10/2010 7:16:02 PM
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These suggestions were ridiculous..."instead of strawberry ice cream try strawberries w/ whipped cream". Um, I cut out ice cream long ago, as with most of the things in this article. I was hoping it would be more relevant to someone who already on a diet, not someone who hasn't even begun yet. |
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3/2/2010 5:59:04 PM
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I want a salami sandwich, I be turkey will cure that craving... |
1/20/2010 5:53:55 AM
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Thank you for the ideas.... Every little bit helps. |
RENA1965
1/1/2010 2:28:23 AM
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I can make more economy out of most of these tips lol.. |
1/1/2010 2:22:46 AM
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We are meant to take what will help us, not dissect the article. In the 50 given, there must be something you could cut?? |
9/15/2009 10:48:28 AM
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When would you ever eat a candy apple? Maybe at the fair? In which case you probably wouldn't have a choice to eat a regular apple or you're choosing the candy apple as a treat. Some of these examples didn't really help me, or I've already made those cuts... oh well. |
7/17/2009 1:41:11 PM
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I meant 4 oz. = 1/2 cup of half-and-half, which is even more! |
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7/17/2009 1:40:29 PM
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I have a couple of issues with some of the suggestions: - artificial sweeteners don't solve the calorie problem - the body goes looking for calories to replace the art. sweetener. - Some of the servings seem to be way off - 1/4 c. of half-and-half for coffee? That's a lot! 6 oz. of chips replaced with 6 oz of tortilla chips when 1 oz is a serving? 5 oz of chocolate milk when a serving is 8 oz? 3 oz of cheese on a sandwich when a serving size is 1 oz? Just some thoughts. Without knowledge of correct serving sizes, this list could easily cause people to overeat because they're trying to save calories! |
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10/2/2008 6:39:55 PM
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I ahve always liked mozzerella cheese. Plus, I use Crystal Light in my bottled water. If you want flavour, and just 5 calories per glass, this is what you should use. There are many different flavours too. They come in single use packs too, very convienent. Trish |