Diet Tips and Tricks

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

Portion Control I take issue with some of this stuff. Portion sizes. If the USDA says 1 slice of bread equals one portion and Dictionary.com defines a sandwich as: two or more slices of bread or the like with a layer of meat, fish, cheese, etc., between each pair. So I'm only supposed to eat a half a sandwich? I mean, come on! I can't … [Read more...] about Portion Control

Five Ways to Cut Carbs I don't know about you, but cutting carbs, for me is a tough thing to do. While I've cut back somewhat, I'm not able – and I won't – cut carbs completely out of my diet. A gal's gotta have some comfort! I do try to watch what kind and how much I'm putting into my system. I love wraps. I loved them before … [Read more...] about Five Ways to Cut Carbs

Reasons Why I Love Oatmeal One of the best breakfasts you can prepare is a bowl of oatmeal. Not only is it inexpensively priced and easy to make - especially if you buy steel cut oatmeal in bulk, it's also flexible. Instead of buying a box of 10 packets for twice the price of a large container, try some of these ideas. I use steel cut … [Read more...] about Reasons Why I Love Oatmeal

Diet Plates Interesting concept. I don't think it would work for me, but it might for babyboy for portion control. I never could get the idea "use a smaller plate and you'll eat less." No I won't. I'll just go back for more if I'm still hungry. Even the You on a Diet doctors stress portion control - portions shouldn't be any larger than your … [Read more...] about Diet Plates