One Way to Cut Down on Calories

awip2062 · Post by **awip2062** » Fri Oct 19, 2007 1:42 pm

The No-Brainer Way to Cut Calories
Posted by Gabrielle Reece
on Mon, Oct 08, 2007, 1:18 pm PDT

Can you guess what percentage of calories Americans consume that come from what they drink? Three percent? Ten? No, try twenty percent! Yes, that's right, one-fifth of the calories we take in come from liquids.

Here is a no-brainer way to begin to cut back on your caloric intake: Stop drinking sodas (even diet), juices, mega-sized "health" smoothies with 120 grams of sugar in them, whipped coffee drinks, iced tea loaded with corn syrup, and all those sport and vitamin drinks that are actually filled with sugar and calories.

What's the magic word? Water. Okay, if you love a cup of java in the morning, then get it. Try to avoid all the extras with it, and if you're looking for a pick-me-up in the middle of the day, have an unsweetened green tea instead of a soda or energy drink.

Otherwise, try your best to stick with the water, and if it gets too boring, add a splash of cranberry juice or a slice of lemon to mix it up. Getting enough water can help us in our quest for better health in so many ways:

* Flush out toxins
* Reduce your risk of heart attack
* Help with joint and muscle pain
* Boost your metabolic rate
* Improve organ function
* Keep you regular
* Prevent headaches
* Promote healthy skin
* Regulate body temperature
* Get energized and improve alertness

Wow, you can kill two birds with one stone: Cut out unwanted calories and do something good for yourself in the meantime. I don't know about you, but if I'm going to have a bunch of sugar or calories I want it to be something I have to chew -- preferably chocolate. Waste it on some drink? No way.

Hmmmmmm....so if I quit the mochas....

Walkinghairball · Post by **Walkinghairball** » Fri Oct 19, 2007 3:42 pm

Not a chance.

Xanadu · Post by **Xanadu** » Fri Oct 19, 2007 7:38 pm

Soda is liquid candy. Drink water instead and among them endless list of health benefits, you won't ged colds as easily. Bad bad stuff. The good news is, marijuana has never been linked to lung cancer or emphysema

Kares4Rush · Post by **Kares4Rush** » Fri Oct 19, 2007 8:00 pm

Xanadu wrote:Soda is liquid candy. Drink water instead and among them endless list of health benefits, you won't ged colds as easily. Bad bad stuff. The good news is, marijuana has never been linked to lung cancer or emphysema

No but it can make you get the muchies!!

Xanadu · Post by **Xanadu** » Fri Oct 19, 2007 8:16 pm

Just eat healthy food.

Walkinghairball · Post by **Walkinghairball** » Fri Oct 19, 2007 8:35 pm

Mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm cheese burgers.

Xanadu · Post by **Xanadu** » Fri Oct 19, 2007 8:53 pm

no no no...BACON cheese burgers

Walkinghairball · Post by **Walkinghairball** » Fri Oct 19, 2007 9:18 pm

Xanadu wrote:no no no...BACON cheese burgers

BDC cheeseburgers then.

awip2062 · Post by **awip2062** » Fri Oct 19, 2007 11:00 pm

I'm not into sodas. I drink them now and again but I prefer teas, mochas, lattes, juices, smoothies, and just plain ole well water.

Are the cheeseburgers made with soy or beef?

Walkinghairball · Post by **Walkinghairball** » Fri Oct 19, 2007 11:43 pm

No soy fu here.......BEEF!!!!!!!

awip2062 · Post by **awip2062** » Fri Oct 19, 2007 11:45 pm

Oh.

I'll pass then. For some reason I rarely feel like having beef anymore.

Sir Myghin · Post by **Sir Myghin** » Sat Oct 20, 2007 6:16 am

Walkinghairball wrote:
Xanadu wrote:no no no...BACON cheese burgers
BDC cheeseburgers then.

Canadian bacon double cheeseburgers with friends mushrooms and onions.

Kares4Rush · Post by **Kares4Rush** » Sat Oct 20, 2007 12:04 pm

I'm gettin' hungry!

schuette · Post by **schuette** » Sat Oct 20, 2007 6:58 pm

I like water but how bloody boring is drinking just that all the time!

Walkinghairball · Post by **Walkinghairball** » Sat Oct 20, 2007 8:49 pm

schuette wrote:I like water but how bloody boring is drinking just that all the time!

Right!

*Pours Schu and I, a wicked drink*