Easy Changes to Your Diet

I got this list of things from the March 15 issue of Fitness Magazine

• Replace your morning bagel and cream cheese with an English muffin and cottage cheese
• Skip the large bakery muffin in favor of 1 slice of whole wheat toast topped with 1 tablespoon with peanut butter
• Swap your large bran muffin for 3/4 cup of bran flakes
• Replace eggs and cheese with scrambled egg whites
• Replace your 450 calorie lunch with a 200 calorie protein shake
• Replace large french fries with a yogurt and fruit parfait
• Modify your lunch: Skip the cheese on your salad or sandwich, substitute mayo, and replace potato chips with soy chips
• have 1/2 tuna salad sandwich instead of a whole plus two cups of raw vegetables.
• Skip the cheese in an omelet and a lunchtime sandwich
• Switch from cream soup to vegetable-based soup at lunch and dinner
• Switch from 1 cup premium to light ice cream
• Resist the handfull of M & M's at the receptionist's desk
• Cut out 1 biscoti and 1 large mocha
• Switch from a chai tea latte to lemon tea
• Have 1 ounce of soy nuts instead of 3 ounces of roasted almonds
• Substitute a serving of beef with shrimp or a white flaky fish like cod at two meals
• Leave behind one fourth of breakfast, lunch and dinner
• Have 1 cup of strawberries instead of a whole banana and cauliflower instead of a baked potato with sour cream
• Replace ranch or blue cheese dressing with low-fat vinaigrette at lunch and dinner
• Cut all calorie counting beverages
• Have a vodka and soda instead of a margarita at happy hour