SIMPLE TRICKS FOR LASTING WEIGHT LOSS: lose 5-40 pounds this year by making just one of these easy changes - or more!
by Katherine Tallmadge
1. Only eat the best. Instead of wasting valuable stomach space on foods you don't really like, eat those you love. So you adore ravioli but can live without garlic bread? Splurge on the first, skip the latter and save 300 calories each time, Follow this tip five times a week and save 1,500 calories. Lose 3 pounds in 8 weeks or 22 pounds a year.
2. Avoid muffin madness. An ordinary supersize muffin can pack 600 calories. Switch to a lowfat muffin (about 400 calories) every morning and save 200 calories? Lose 3 pounds in 8 weeks, or 21 pounds a year.
3. Eat your office supplies. Save 300-plus calories by bringing a healthful brown-bag lunch to work and 150 calories by packing your own afternoon snack. (Try our batch recipes?) In a week, you'll cut 2,250 calories. Lose 5 pounds in 8 weeks, or 11-33 pounds a year.
4. Eat a brownie every Friday. Rather than depriving yourself of treats, which can trigger bingeing, enjoy them once a week. Lose 5 pounds in 8 weeks, or 30 pounds a year.
5. Don't cook on weekdays. To save time, energy and at least 400 calories per night, make batch recipes (see opposite page) on weekends and regrigerate or freeze into meal-size containers for a week or more of lowfat, healthful, no-hassle meals. Lose 6 pounds in 8 weeks, or 42 pounds a year.
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