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What are your usual food choices? Here's an estimate of the calories you can save by cutting out the small things.

Replace these:

With these:

To save these calories:

Medium French fries Side salad w/low-fat dressing 320

2 glasses regular soda
or fruit juice

All the water, soda water or diet soda you can drink
300

A bagel and cream cheese


An English muffin with low-fat cream cheese
300

A large order of fries

A small order of fries

320

A sausage biscuit with egg (large biscuit)
An Egg McMuffin 250

One packet regular
fast-food salad dressing
One packet light Italian dressing 80-270

Small fast-food shake

Chocolate chip cookie

280

3 oz. spiced luncheon meat w/chicken
2 oz. deli-thin smoked chicken 190

2 beers

1 beer

145

1 cup cream of chicken soup w/whole milk

1 cup chicken noodle Healthy Choice soup
135

Chocolate ice cream

Chocolate sorbet

125

6-oz. full-fat yogurt

6-oz. fat-free yogurt

110

 

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