Post by SAND Member Kassi Simpson
As the New Year rolls in, 45% of Americans usually make a New Year’s Resolution. Of that 45%, the most common resolution is to ‘lose weight’ and the fifth most common resolution is to ‘stay fit and healthy’. Sometimes these goals can be hard to reach if an individual doesn’t receive the right instruction on how to healthfully ‘lose weight’ or how to ‘stay fit and healthy’ overall. Therefore, I’m going to make your resolution that much easier to reach by giving you 5 easy nutrition tips to help keep your New Year's Resolution!
https://www.supertracker.usda.gov
http://www.statisticbrain.com/new-years-resolution-statistics/
As the New Year rolls in, 45% of Americans usually make a New Year’s Resolution. Of that 45%, the most common resolution is to ‘lose weight’ and the fifth most common resolution is to ‘stay fit and healthy’. Sometimes these goals can be hard to reach if an individual doesn’t receive the right instruction on how to healthfully ‘lose weight’ or how to ‘stay fit and healthy’ overall. Therefore, I’m going to make your resolution that much easier to reach by giving you 5 easy nutrition tips to help keep your New Year's Resolution!
- Switch from butter/olive oil to non-stick spray - PAM, our everyday non-stick spray has 2 calories per spray. One tablespoon of butter has 102 calories and one tablespoon of olive oil has 119 calories. Overconsumption of fat is an easy way to gain weight. Therefore, if you try to cut back on your use of fats when sautéing food, it will reduce your calorie consumption and help you lose weight.
- Cut sugary drinks from your everyday routine - One 12 oz. can of Pepsi or Coke amounts to 136 calories! Whoa. If you drink one can per day, and cut that out of your diet, you will lose 1/3 of a pound a week. Imagine if you cut out all sugary drinks or all cans of soda you drink, it could help you drop way more pounds without a major change in diet.
- Skip out on elevators, escalators when there are stairs available - Try taking the stairs instead of elevators or escalators. The extra exercise will help burn calories and tone your legs! A double whammy to boost your health and help you lose weight.
- Use MyPlate as a portion guide - Check out www.choosemyplate.gov! While this guide won't provide guidance in the type of food that is healthiest per section, it will help provide a guide for how much you should eat of each food group, in a meal. My biggest suggestion is to fill half your plate with fruits and vegetables, or if you’re eating dinner or breakfast and only want fruit, or only vegetables, then fill half your plate with one or the other. Fruits and veggies are filled with vitamins, minerals, fiber and water. Therefore they will fill you up and boost your immune system!
- Switch your dairy choices to low fat or non-fat - One cup of skim milk has 83 calories, 8 g of protein, 12 g carb, and 0 g total fat. One cup of 1% milk has 102 calories, 8 g protein, 12 g carb, and 2 g total fat. One cup of 2% milk has 122 calories, 8 g protein, 12 g carb, and 5 g total fat. One cup of whole milk has 149 calories, 8 g protein, 12 g carb, and 8 g of total fat. See a trend here? The only thing changing is the total fat content, calories and taste. If you can gradually reduce the fat content, you will be cutting calories and fat and losing weight.
https://www.supertracker.usda.gov
http://www.statisticbrain.com/new-years-resolution-statistics/