2008 Woodie Awards
Eating healthier is as easy as shaving 100 calories off every meal
By: Carrie Richmond
Issue date: 2/6/08 Section: Entertainment & Features
Carrie Richmond
Staff Writer
Spring is nearly here again with the beautiful reminder that never fails to haunt dieters and healthy eaters alike: summer is four months away.
Only four sweet months until the world breaks into a frenzy of shorts and bathing suits.
Let the fear and shock subside. Everything will be fine because eating healthier is not as hard as it sounds.
Jaime Brenkus, author of "Get Lean in 15," points out in his book that it is often those who take a less dramatic approach to dieting who increase their chances of success. He says that by only trimming 100 calories from a diet can lead up to a 10-pound weight loss over the span of a year.
His tips are genius.
On his plan, you can "have your cake and eat it too." Well, you can have most of it.
Take a slice of pie for instance. By merely ignoring the bottom of the crust (where most of the butter lurks), you decrease 100 calories from the dessert.
Brenkus even offers deals for those who love to dine outside of the cafe.
To shave 100 calories off a quesadilla or burrito, ask that it be made with a smaller sized tortilla. That is reason enough to throw a fiesta!
If it's Chinese takeout you adore, enjoy your wonton soup a 120-calories lighter by forgetting to add the crunchy noodles.
If you cannot live without the cafe's fried chicken on Wednesdays, you will eat up this tip. By pulling the skin from a serving of poultry, 100 calories are lost instantly.
These are just a few of the amazing tips Brenkus includes in his book to help cut daily calorie intake.
Diets are about keeping your body healthy, not about achieving unrealistic weight loss goals.
Skinny doesn't always mean healthy.
Depriving the body of nutrients it needs by not eating enough can hurt someone just as much as eating too much.
After all, God does not care about how big or small His temple is. He just wants it healthy.
Staff Writer
Spring is nearly here again with the beautiful reminder that never fails to haunt dieters and healthy eaters alike: summer is four months away.
Only four sweet months until the world breaks into a frenzy of shorts and bathing suits.
Let the fear and shock subside. Everything will be fine because eating healthier is not as hard as it sounds.
Jaime Brenkus, author of "Get Lean in 15," points out in his book that it is often those who take a less dramatic approach to dieting who increase their chances of success. He says that by only trimming 100 calories from a diet can lead up to a 10-pound weight loss over the span of a year.
His tips are genius.
On his plan, you can "have your cake and eat it too." Well, you can have most of it.
Take a slice of pie for instance. By merely ignoring the bottom of the crust (where most of the butter lurks), you decrease 100 calories from the dessert.
Brenkus even offers deals for those who love to dine outside of the cafe.
To shave 100 calories off a quesadilla or burrito, ask that it be made with a smaller sized tortilla. That is reason enough to throw a fiesta!
If it's Chinese takeout you adore, enjoy your wonton soup a 120-calories lighter by forgetting to add the crunchy noodles.
If you cannot live without the cafe's fried chicken on Wednesdays, you will eat up this tip. By pulling the skin from a serving of poultry, 100 calories are lost instantly.
These are just a few of the amazing tips Brenkus includes in his book to help cut daily calorie intake.
Diets are about keeping your body healthy, not about achieving unrealistic weight loss goals.
Skinny doesn't always mean healthy.
Depriving the body of nutrients it needs by not eating enough can hurt someone just as much as eating too much.
After all, God does not care about how big or small His temple is. He just wants it healthy.
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