Diet Tips and Tricks

Soup Tips Whether I'm trying to lose weight or not, I love soup. I could live on soup - or soup like substances. Here are some tips to use when you are making soup. Never boil soup. It should only be simmered. The same goes for stew. Before eating soup, after its done cooking, refrigerate overnight. This will allow you to skim or … [Read more...] about Soup Tips

The Incredible Edible Smoothie There are smoothie shops everywhere these days. Within a 5 mile radius of my house, there are four shops, not including the mall. The smoothie has been around since 1960. Similar to a milkshake, they're sweet, made with fruit, milk or yogurt. They can be made from vegetables as well. Smoothies can be both … [Read more...] about The Incredible Edible Smoothie

Here's something cool: a home soda maker. We're all hearing now about how diet soda is so bad for us, it's what's making us fat, it won't help us lose weight, the splenda/aspartame/saccarhin/whatever is going to give us brain damage and so on. Purdue says that diet soda prevents us from realizing how many calories we're taking in. Not sure I … [Read more...] about Home Soda Maker

Weight Loss Calorie Calculator A weight loss calorie calculator can help a lot of people to keep on track when they're trying to lose weight. You can buy a good quality weight loss calorie calculator for a small amount of cash and if you discover that getting a calorie counter keeps you on track and on your diet, then it was probably worth … [Read more...] about Weight Loss Calorie Calculator

Are you sure it's 100 percent? So you're in the store and you're getting ready to buy a product. The package says 100% whatever it is you're going to buy. But did you read the label? If you read the label on the back of the package, you might find it's not 100 percent. Let's use Tropicana 100% Orange Juice with Omega-3 as an … [Read more...] about Are you sure its 100 percent

Diet Forks First, we have your diet plate. Now, to go along with the diet plate, you can get a diet fork. I use small spoons, don't know why, I just always have. And it's never helped me with portion control. This think looks suspiciously like a spork, so if I were to try this, I'd get a couple of sporks to try out first to see if it … [Read more...] about Diet Forks

Ways To Cut Fat In Your Diet Try using a butter spray. Using a butter spray can help you cut the fat in your diet, but you must remember the sprays on the market still have fat in them. For instance, Butter Flavor Pam says it has 7 calories per 1 second spray, and less than a gram of fat. But they don't tell you exactly how much fat. 1 gram of … [Read more...] about Ways To Cut Fat In Your Diet

Hurricane Is Coming What Do I Eat? Just because a hurricane is coming doesn't mean that you have to blow your diet. Of course, it's a good reason to, but you don't have to. If a hurricane hits, you need to plan on having at least 3 days of food and water, per person, if not more. The last time we had a hurricane, we didn't have power for a … [Read more...] about Hurricane Is Coming What Do I Eat