Weight Loss: Simple Changes Make the Difference

If it’s true that any solution to a problem changes the problem, then a few simple changes in our eating habits can significantly improve our health and lower the number on the bathroom scale.

Here are simple changes we can make today:

• Instead of butter, solid margarine or lard, try olive or canola oil or margarine without trans fats.
• Instead of cream-based sauces, try tomato-based sauces.
• Instead of refined cereals, try whole-grain cereals.
• Instead of white pasta, try whole-wheat pasta.
• Instead of smoked, cured, salted or canned meat or fish, try fresh or frozen meat or fish without added salt.
• Instead of sugared soda or juice, try water or a mixture of juice and sparkling water.
• Instead of fries or onion rings, try roasted vegetables.
• Instead of dips high in saturated fats, try hummus, peanut butter or seasoned low-fat yogurt.
• Instead of chocolate chip cookies, try graham crackers or oatmeal cookies.
• Instead of fried foods, try grilled, broiled, steamed, poached or roasted foods.
• Instead of skipping breakfast, eat oatmeal, whole-grain breads or bran cereals.

These easy-to-make changes can make a big difference in your own health and vitality as well as that of your family. Bon appétit!