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78 Ways to Cut 100 Calories

By Kate Grip Denon, Women's Health

Calories can be cruel. Sweat through a 30-minute workout and you can torch 200. Take three gulps of a foamy frappuccino and you're right back where you started. But slashing those suckers can be as effortless as piling them on. Just look below to find out 78 ways you can cut 100 or more calories at a pop. From picking the right slice at Pizza Hut to skipping the whip on your latté, they'll add up so fast, you won't miss a thing—until poof! Your love handles are gone.

Cut 100 calories ... at breakfast

Ditch the Pop-Tart for a slice of high-fiber toast with strawberry jam.

Gotta have carbs? Split a bagel with a co-worker.

Drink your two cups of joe black. Or order a single espresso instead of your usual latté.

Swap OJ for the real deal—one fresh orange.

Trade a side of regular sausage for turkey.

Top your waffles with Reddi-wip instead of syrup (or use sugar-free).

Skip the whip on any Caribou Coffee 16-ounce drink.

Eat your granola from a 4-ounce mug, not an 8-ounce bowl.

Lose the Yoplait Thick & Creamy and have a Yoplait Fiber 1.

Order pancakes, but hold the butter.

Scramble together four egg whites instead of two whole eggs.

Substitute nonfat cream cheese for regular on your bagel.

 

Cut 100 calories ... during dessert

Stop eating when you hit the crust. The edges and bottoms of baked goods are especially caloric because they absorb the butter used to grease the pan.

Fill your bowl with sorbet instead of ice cream—you can have an extra 1/2 cup of the former and still slash calories.

Next time a cocoa craving hits, ditch the dish of chocolate ice cream (about 3/4 cup) for a Fudgsicle.

Have sugar-free Jell-O instead of pudding. Better your nighttime treat jiggle than your thighs.

Go ahead and have that piece of birthday cake—just scrape off the chocolate frosting first.

Eat five meringue cookies instead of two chocolate chip ones.

Pass on the à la mode and savor that brownie au naturel.

Can the cone. Have your ice cream in a bowl.

Top your dessert with 1/2 cup of fresh berries instead of 2 tablespoons of chocolate syrup.

 

Cut 100 calories ... at lunch

Leave the Swiss cheese out of your sandwich.

Slather your bread with mustard rather than mayo and save 80 calories per tablespoon.

Pass up croutons at the salad bar.

Use up to 10 pumps of ranch dressing spray instead of pouring 2 tablespoons from a bottle.

Devour a slice of Pizza Hut cheese pan pizza instead of the meat lover's variety.

Take your iced tea unsweetened.

Reach for a Snapple raspberry white tea instead of a Snapple raspberry iced tea.

Stuff chicken salad into a whole-wheat pita instead of between slices of multigrain bread.

Make your burger turkey, not beef.

Slurp minestrone soup instead of cream of anything.

Go bunless—shed your hamburger roll.

Use south-of-the-border savvy: Have a quesadilla made with two 6-inch corn, not flour, tortillas.

Two or more pizza slices? Blot off the grease with a napkin.

 

Cut 100 calories ... in the kitchen

Substitute nonfat Greek yogurt for a serving of sour cream.

Use chicken broth (low-sodium is best) instead of oil to sauté meat and veggies.

Making homemade mac 'n cheese? Cut 2 tablespoons of butter from the recipe.

Replace the oil or butter in cakes with Sunsweet Lighter Bake prune-and-apple mixture or any brand of unsweetened applesauce.

Next time you make meatballs, meatloaf, or burgers, go half-and-half with ground beef and turkey.

When preparing packaged foods that call for butter or oil, like rice and stuffing, use a broth instead.

Swap low-fat cottage cheese for whole-milk ricotta when you make lasagna or stuffed shells.

Use tuna packed in water, not oil.

 

Cut 100 calories ... at happy hour

Nurse a single glass of wine instead of downing two beers.

Ask for your rum and cokes in a highball glass. Bartenders pour an average of 20 percent less liquid into taller tumblers, so you'll swig less per round.

Drizzle extra hot sauce, not blue cheese or ranch dressing, on your wings.

Ordering a cocktail? Make it on the rocks instead of frozen. Slushy fruit drinks tend to be made with bottled mixers that contain added sugar and syrups.

Blending your own? Have a daiquiri, not a piña colada.

Pop the cap off of an MGD 64 instead of a bottle of Killian's Irish Red.

Sip a glass of water between drinks—pacing yourself can help you cut back by a glass or more.

Dip your nachos in salsa rather than guacamole.

For automatic portion control, sip wine from a Champagne flute, not an oversize goblet.

Mix your vodka with Red Bull Sugarfree, not cranberry juice.

 

Cut 100 calories ... at the drive-thru

Pass up a Wendy's baked potato with sour cream and chives and chow down on value fries instead. Amazing but true.

Have a McDonald's cheeseburger instead of a Quarter Pounder with cheese.

Downsize your drink: Trade a large fountain soda (with ice) for a medium.

Go for grill marks. Order a flame-broiled chicken sandwich rather than one that's breaded (and usually fried in oil).

Treat yourself to an ice-cream cone at McDonald's instead of Dairy Queen.

Crunch on one Taco Bell regular taco instead of a Ranchero Chicken Soft Taco. And all the hot sauce you want.

Slurp a cup of Panera Bread's low-fat chicken noodle soup instead of the cream of chicken with wild rice.

Make your daily pick-me-up at Starbucks a skinny vanilla latté, not a regular.

Skip the two packets of BBQ sauce—eat your burger and fries plain.

 

Cut 100 calories ... on your snack break

Drink sparkling water instead of soda.

Move your stash of Hershey's Kisses at least 6 feet away from your desk—you'll dip in half as often.

Drain the heavy syrup from your can of fruit cocktail and then rinse the fruit with water before digging in.

Have 1/2 cup of fresh grapes instead of that little snack box of raisins.

Lay off the Lay's Classic potato chips and have a handful of Rold Gold pretzels.

Munch on a bag of Orville Redenbacher's Smart Pop Kettle Korn, not Movie Theater Butter flavor.

Chase down the ice-cream truck for a Good Humor vanilla sandwich, not a King Cone.

Satisfy a crunch craving with baby carrots, not potato chips.

 

Cut 100 calories ... when you're not cooking

Request the lemon chicken with white rice, not fried.

Skip the crunchy noodles with your bowl of wonton soup.

Ask for an order of Szechuan Shrimp instead of your usual General Tso's.

Choose the pasta with 1/2 cup of marinara instead of 1/2 cup of Alfredo sauce.

Indulge your inner carnivore with beef stroganoff, not meat lasagna.

Go with the baked potato (butter only), not the mashed, as your side of choice.

Dip your dinner roll in marinara sauce instead of olive oil.

Avoid anything breaded. Flour and bread crumbs not only add calories but also absorb more cooking oil.

Pop 12 pieces of sashimi and 1/3 cup of edamame, not 12 pieces of spicy tuna roll.

 

Sources: Shauna Reid, author, The Amazing Adventures of Dietgirl (Avon, 2008); Kristina Sargent, D.C., CEO, Restor Healing Centre; Barry Sears, Ph.D., creator, the Zone Diet; Sanford Siegel, D.O., founder, the Cookie Diet; Heidi Skolnik, M.S., co-author, The Reverse Diet; Allan Borushek, R.D., author, CalorieKing's 2009 Calorie, Fat & Carbohydrate Counter (Family Health Publications, 2008); Jeff Halevy, fitness coach and personal trainer, New York City; Stacy Berman, nutritionist and founder, Stacy's Bootcamp, New York City.

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