Whats 100 Calories A Day?

According to the American Dietetic Association, the difference between weight loss and weight gain can be as little as  calories a day. Most Americans suffer from weight creep those nagging pounds that creep on over the years at an average of about  pounds per year. Thats  pounds in ten years.  pounds in . Can you afford to weigh  pounds more than you do now in twenty years?
 
The difference could be as simple as cutting out  calories a day from your daily diet or adding  calories a day to your daily routine or a combination of both. How hard is it to cut  calories a day out of your diet? Take a look.
 
Are you a coffee lover? If you drink your coffee with whole milk, you can save  calories a day by drinking two cups with skim milk instead.
 
Do you drink non-diet soft drinks? One  ounce Pepsi is  calories. Skip one Pepsi a day and youll be cutting out two and a half times the suggested calorie reduction.
 
Substitute a plain donut for a jelly donut. Youll cut out  calories. Think youre doing better by choosing the lighter croissant? Think again. A croissant has as many calories as a jelly donut .
 
If you eat out at Mickey Ds, skip the dressing on your salad, or you might as well have a burger. One packet of French dressing has  calories.
 
If you go out with the guys, drink one less ****. Each  oz ****, even a light brand, averages  calories.
 
Want to burn it up instead of avoiding it? Heres how much time you need to spend at various activities to burn  calories.
 
Swimming energetically for just  minutes will burn  calories.
 
You can burn  calories for every hour that you do housework.
 
Only have ten minutes? Jump rope. At  calories per hour, you can burn up  calories in just  minutes!
 
Knit for an hour and fifteen minutes. At  calories an hour, its not a major calorie burner, but if you combine that with the potato chips you cant munch while youre knitting you could be saving some substantial calories.
 
Stay late at the office for an extra forty unless of course, youre missing your workout at the gym. An hour of office work burns about  calories.
 
Hop on the trampoline for fifteen minutes. Moderate aerobics exercise burns  calories an hour. Put on some **** and **** on the tramp through four songs and youll be doing great.
 
Go for a  minute walk but aim for a brisk pace. Power walking burns  calories an hour. You can burn  in ten minutes.
 
Play a round of golf at the club. Half an hour of golfing without a golf cart burns  calories.
 
The beauty of it all is that you can build any of the suggestions above into your daily routine, and create a healthy habit that will keep off extra pounds and take off those that you want to lose now.