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Save 100 Calories: Snacks

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Mak­ing small changes in your diet can save you calo­ries in small places where you won’t taste the dif­fer­ence but your body will know the dif­fer­ence. Eat­ing 100 less calo­ries a day (or 100 more calo­ries a day) adds up to about 10 pounds in a year. So 200 calo­ries less = 20 pounds, 300 calo­ries less = 30 pounds, etc. – small changes add up!

We are post­ing a series of arti­cles that will pro­vide you with tips on sav­ing 100 calo­ries at every meal, includ­ing snacks. Today we have tips for snacks — the mini-meals we all love!

• Salsa w/ veg­gies vs. 1 oz. tor­tilla chips (100)
• 1.5 oz baked chips vs. reg­u­lar chips (75)
• Sub­sti­tute fruit for gra­nola (1÷4 c) on frozen yogurt (110)
• Sub­sti­tute fruit for carob chips (1÷4 c) on frozen yogurt (230)
• Small Pinkberry vs. medium size (80)
• 100 calo­rie bag microwave pop­corn vs. full bag (130)
• Light or non­fat yogurt vs. “fruit on the bot­tom” yogurt (100)
• Low­fat ice cream, 4 oz, vs. pre­mium (i.e. Häagen-Dazs) (150)
• 2 mini choco­lates (i.e. Dove or Her­sheys) vs. whole candy bar (120+)
• 4 oz choco­late sor­bet vs. reg­u­lar choco­late ice cream (125)
• Eat the pie fill­ing, but skip the crust (150)
• 1 T. of peanut but­ter vs. 2 T. (100)
• Have 23 pis­ta­chios vs. 20 cashews (90)
• 12 almonds vs. 10 macadamia nuts (120)

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3 Responses to “Save 100 Calories: Snacks”

1. Susan says:

   November 3, 2011 at 9:12 am

   Here are the Hill Coun­try Trail Race at Serenbe promo codes for BC4C:

   5K
   coupon code 2 = “hc5kteam”. This code is for $10 off, and is effec­tive August 1st to Nov 6th.

   15K

   coupon code 2 = “hc15kteam”. This code is for $10 off, and is effec­tive August 1st to Nov 6th.

   Hope to see lots of BC4C folks there! Race is Sat, 11/12. Andrew will also send out an email with these details.

   See you tomor­row! Great job this morn­ing! Thanks Kathleen!
2. Jeff says:

   November 3, 2011 at 10:36 am

   Great work­out this morn­ing. My abs/love handles/lower back are quite sore!

   Speak­ing of sav­ing calories/snacks, I am back on the LOGBOOK. I have not been mak­ing good food choices and I need some help for the hol­i­days. When I know Andy will make fun of my McRib’s and/or pop­tarts, I won’t eat them. It’s that sim­ple. Bet­ter choices, bet­ter results, bet­ter everything.

   Hit it and quit it.
3. Tracy says:

   November 3, 2011 at 2:59 pm

   Wahoo! Hit it or quit it. Thats what Mary said.

   Who is excited about the Hol­i­day Chal­lenge, other than myself? So, any­one who knows me, knows that I get excited over stuff like this and this Chal­lenge is a great way to test your­selves. Think you can’t accom­plish some­thing? If you never try, then you will never know. The Chal­lenge isn’t about los­ing the most weight or being the very fastest at boot­camp, it is about set­ting and achiev­ing YOUR OWN GOALS. You set your goals and you achieve them — we are just here to try and help you get there.

   Remem­ber — Nove­mer 16 is the kick-off day, so you gotta bring your entry form and moola ($20) to me BEFORE that day. I will be orga­niz­ing a 5k run on Sat­ur­day, Novem­ber 19 for all chal­lengers (and who­ever else wants to join) in case you can’t get in a 5k this week­end or next.

   Ques­tion? Email me at tracy at bc4c​.com. And don’t you worry, you haven’t heard the last of this yet.

   Great job today Julie!