30 Ways To Cut 50 Calories A Day (And Lose 5 Pounds A Year)

If you only need to lose a few pounds, or just want to take it slow and steady, you can lose around 5 pounds a year just by cutting 50 calories a day from your diet. Here is a list of 30 simple substitutions, or tricks, you can incorporate into your day to cut those calories without hardly noticing it. Choose 2, or burn 50 more calories a day, (suggestions to do this are coming in a future post) and you could lose up to 10 pounds in a year!

1. Use skim milk instead of flavored creamer in your coffee.


2. Use non-stick spray instead of 2 tsp. oil.


3. Cut out 4 oz. of soda or orange juice.


4. Use low-fat cream cheese instead of regular.


5. If you must have french fries, have steak fries instead of shoestring fries. (steak fries absorb less oil thus lowering your calorie intake by 50 calories per 4 oz serving)


6. Use a low-fat salad dressing instead of full fat on your salad.


7. Skip the cheese on your sandwich.


8. Have 1 ounce of pretzels instead of 1 ounce of potato chips.


9. Use low-fat yogurt instead of sour cream where you can. (such as in dips)


10. Ditch one piece of bread on your sandwiches, instead eat them open-faced.


11. Use applesauce in place of oil or butter in home-made baked goods.


12. Have a 'fun-sized' candy bar instead of a full-sized one.


13. Eat a piece of angel food cake instead of chocolate Devil's food cake.


14. Eat an ear of corn on the cob instead of a 1 cup serving from a can. (an ear has around 85 calories, but a 1 cup serving has over 160!)


15. Eat 2 Tbs. less ice cream.


16. Have 4 oz. ground turkey instead of 4 oz ground beef.


17. Have a glass of wine instead of a margarita.


18. Have salsa instead of guacamole.


19. Use mustard instead of mayonnaise on your sub sandwich.


20. Eat egg whites only, cut out the yolks. (An egg has around 76 calories, more than 50 of which are in the yolk)


21. Use an 8-inch tortilla instead of a 10-inch one.


22. Buy your tuna packed in water instead of oil. (this one saves over 100 calories!)


23. Use light syrup instead of regular.


24. Drink non-fat milk instead of whole.


25. Eat roasted chicken instead of fried.


26. Eat couscous instead of white rice.


27. Blot your pizza with a napkin. (soaking up just one teaspoon of grease can cut 50 calories)


28. Only use 1 Tbs. of peanut butter, instead of 2, on your PB&J sandwich.


29. Eat 2 fewer meatballs with your spaghetti and meatballs.


30. Eat 2 fewer chicken nuggets.