Cutting those Calories

The New Year is coming and its time start thinking about your weight loss and health goals. I wanted to put together some ideas for you to cut calories! Along with Herbalife this will help you reach your goal a little faster!
1. Grab your girlfriends and make it a girls night out and DANCE DANCE DANCE for just two hours and torch 500 calories. Get ready Susan, Judi, Jen, and my other great gfs! I will be calling soon to drag you out to burn up some calories!
2. Get enough sleep. Lack of can make you snack, new research from the University of Chicago shows. People who got only 5 1/2 hours of sleep noshed more during the day. Hit that snooze button a couple of times and save about 1,087 calories. I love this one!!
3. Don’t eat in front of the TV(this is mostly for you guys out there!). You’ll eat up to 288 calories more, according to research from the University of Massachusetts. Instead, eat at the table, and trade one hour of TV for a casual walk who knows what that can turn in to, perhaps a night of lovemaking to burn more calories). Together, that’s 527 calories burned.(+380 for the sex)
4. Pay attention to how full you feel, and put down your fork when you’re satisfied. Listen to your body’s cues—instead of looking at whether the plate is clean—and save up to 500 calories a day. I usually sneeze when I get full!
5. Limit dinner guests. Eating with seven or more other guests can make you eat 96 percent more food, says Brian Wansink, Ph.D., author of Mindless Eating. That’s like doubling your dinner! Dine with fewer guests to save 500 or more calories. Hmmm something to think about!
6. Simple tricks to fill up (with less!). For breakfast, eat two boiled or poached eggs. (You’ll so much fuller you will eat about 416 fewer calories the rest of the day.) Before lunch and dinner, enjoy 1 cup low-cal soup. (You’ll eat about 134 calories less at each meal.) And save a total of 684 calories for the day.
7. Limit salad toppings. A big salad might seem healthy, but all those goodies on top can make it way more calorie heavy than lasagna or fettuccine Alfredo. Cheese crumbles, caramelized nuts, bacon, avocado, dried fruit, croutons and vinaigrettes can add lots of calories. Save 500 or more calories by having just one topping, adding flavorful but lower-cal veggies (roasted bell peppers, grilled onions, or mushrooms) and using half the dressing.
8. Don’t clean your plate. Leave 25 percent of your food on the plate at every meal, says weight-loss expert James O. Hill, Ph.D., author of The Step Diet. If you normally eat 2,000 calories or more each day, you’ll cut 500 calories. I know it hurts to leave food on your plate! Just try it!
9. Use smaller plates. Trade out your 12″ plate for a 10″ one. You’ll eat 20 to 25 percent less—and save up to 500 calories. You won’t feel any less full, either, researchers say.
10. Serve and sit. Family-style meals, with platters and bowls of food on the table, invite people to go back for seconds and thirds. Cut hundreds of calories by filling plates before bringing them to the table; leave serving dishes in the kitchen, too.
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