The Importance of Snacks to Weight Loss

Written by Jill Fleming, MS, RD


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•Quaker Potato Sticks. They are shaped like crinkle-cut French fries and come in Sour Cream and Onion or Chili Cheese Flavor. The Chili Cheese Flavor has quite a kick. One serving is 31 sticks and contains 110 calories and 4 grams of fat. •Quaker Corn Rings. These rings can be compared in flavor to Cheetos. The flavors are Cheddar Cheese, Nacho Cheese and BBQ. One serving is 24 rings with 110 calories and 3 grams of fat. I need to make healthy choices everyday to keep my weight where I like it. The 40 pounds that I lost 12 years ago is never far from my mind. Eating is one of my top five most enjoyable experiences inrepparttar world, with snacking being a large part ofrepparttar 140095 calories that I consume daily.

The Quakes snacks are loaded with flavor and keep my fat intake under control, even if I do choose to eat more than just one serving. My favorite snack isrepparttar 140096 Sour Cream and Onion potato sticks. I will count out a serving size (31 sticks), put them into a bowl and putrepparttar 140097 bag away. I have found that this will prevent me from eatingrepparttar 140098 entire bag.

Jill Fleming, MS, RD is a Registered Dietitian & the author of the book Thin People Don’t Clean Their Plates. This book reveals the THIN CHOICES success strategies that promote both impressive and permanent weight loss results. With Jill’s natural ability to motivate others, she can teach anyone to apply these same strategies to their own busy life. Jill says, “Life is too short to live in a body that you don’t enjoy.” www.ThinChoices.com




Four Common Mistakes that Overweight People Make

Written by Jill Fleming, MS, RD


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3.Havingrepparttar “all-or-nothing” way of thinking. Following a diet/binge or feast/famine cycle will cause your body to become more efficient at storing calories and fat. Diets do not work. If you want to lose weight, stop dieting and start listing to what your body is telling you.

4.Combining sugar with fat. The sugar-fat combination isrepparttar 140094 best formula for weight gain. The sugar causes a release of insulin, to lower your blood sugar and practically opensrepparttar 140095 door to your fat cells. By combining fat with sugar in a certain food (i.e. a donut), it will be very easy for your body to store it as fat. I do recommend that you allow yourself treats during your weight loss process, but keeprepparttar 140096 sugar away fromrepparttar 140097 fat. If your treat is a slice of cheesecake, alterrepparttar 140098 recipe to make it low fat since it does contain a lot of sugar. If you are eating tortilla chips as a treat, do not drink lemonade with them.



Jill Fleming, MS, RD is a Registered Dietitian & the author of the book Thin People Don’t Clean Their Plates. This book reveals the THIN CHOICES success strategies that promote both impressive and permanent weight loss results. With Jill’s natural ability to motivate others, she can teach anyone to apply these same strategies to their own busy life. Jill says, “Life is too short to live in a body that you don’t enjoy.” www.ThinChoices.com




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