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When it comes to losing weight, slow and steady wins the race. Rapid weight loss usually doesn’t last for long so it is best to take small steps to cut calories as well as engage in exercise to lose weight for good. By cutting just 100 calories a day you should be able to shave off a few pounds a month without even changing your exercise routine. Here are a few ways to shave off 100 calories:

1. At breakfast. Breakfast should be the largest meal of the day but it should still be under 500 calories. One way to shave off 100 calories is to split a bagel with someone, or only eat half. Bagels contain about 350 calories and lots of carbohydrates so if you have to have one, only eat half. You can also use non fat milk in your cereal to save another 100 calories. The same goes for yogurt - get the nonfat kind and you will slim down. If you are a fan of bacon choose turkey bacon instead of the real stuff.

2. At lunch or dinner. Cutting 100 calories from lunch and dinner meals is easy because of the variety of these meals and the fact that many of the ingredients can be easily substituted for healthier, lower calorie ones. Meat is a great example. It is a source of saturated fat and contains a high amount of calories, so cutting it out of your meals will easily cut out 100 calories. Substitute meat with hearty veggies such as Portobello mushrooms or tofu. You can also use more veggies in your dishes than normal and cut out other fattening ingredients to shave off calories. For example if you are cooking spaghetti use a couple of more cups of veggie and skip the parmesan cheese on top or use half of the cheese you normally do on your pizza and substitute with more veggies.

3. From your beverages. Beverages can be a dieter’s worst nightmare. There are so many hidden calories in drinks and often you are drinking 2-3 servings in one bottle! To cut calories from drinks give up pop for something lighter such as flavored sparkling water. You can also water down your drinks by using half water and half juice. You will get more hydrated and cut up to 100 calories by doing this. 
 
Losing weight can be as simple as cutting 100 calories from your diet a day. Even if you only practice this on a few days out of the week you should see some weight loss as long as you continue to exercise regularly, get enough sleep and have a generally healthy lifestyle.