Tracking your food intake

A recent study found that people who keep a food diary lose twice the weight compared to those who do not track their foods. (Source: American Journal of Preventative Medicine).

5 ways to cut fat in cooking

Here are 5 easy things that you can do to cut the fat when cooking meals.
1. Use nonstick spray instead of butter or oil.
2. Choose extra-lean meat and skinless chicken breasts.
3. Trim all the fat from meat before cooking.
4. Grill, broil, bake, steam, poach foods instead of frying them.
5. Use vegetables, beans, and whole grains to replace some of the meat in burgers, meat loaf, chili and cassaroles. Lean ground turkey also makes great chili.