We know the best way to stay hydrated this summer is good ole water. However, as it gets hotter, we seem to grab and go with drinks that may be very unhealthy and we don’t even know it.
Here are some of the worst types of drinks to consume in place of water.
It gives you wings….oh and love handles!
- Juice drinks that are not 100% juice
- Whipped coffee drinks
- Flavored water
- Diet soda
- Frozen mixed drinks
- Fruit smoothies – can have as many as 700 calories
- High calorie sports drinks
- Soft drinks
- Energy drinks – mostly caffeine and sugar
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The average plate at a barbecue can add up to approximately 1,500 calories. For some people that is a day’s worth of calories. Here are some ways to cut the calories but still enjoy your meal.
Fish Kebabs Grilled to Perfection!
Best Appetizers: Baked tortilla chips and salsa, crudites and low-fat dip
Best Entree: Grilled kebabs, chicken, sirloin, fish or tofu with lots of vegetables
Best Side Dishes: Field green salad, grilled corn on the cob, grilled asparagus
Best Alcoholic Beverage: Light beer (about 90 calories) or white wine spritzers
Best Dessert: Watermelon or fresh fruit salad
These healthy choices can cut your calories in half!
Fitness Fast Fact: Do some gardening; cutting, weeding or raking for 40 minutes can burn up to 200 calories!
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Categories: Nutrition, Personal Training Institute, PTI Buzz Tags: appetizers, barbecue, beef, chicken, drinks-and-beverages, fish, fruits, grilling, healthy-foods, salad, syndicated, tofu, vegetables
Here are eight ways to help you lose those ten pounds that have been hanging around for way too long. Remember, there are 3500 calories in a pound, you need to create a calorie budget and burn more than you are taking in.
Fitness and Nutrition
- Switch from whole-milk products to skim-milk products
- Reduce the use of butter and margarine
- Use extra-lean ground beef, ground white meat chicken or ground white meat turkey
- Switch from fried potato chips to the baked ones
- Switch from 100-plus-calorie sandwich bread to the light whole-grain bread
- Swap fruit juice for real fruit
- Increase your exercise and work up to 500 calories a day
- Remove the skin from a chicken breast after cooking and save 100 calories
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