According to a recent survey by the Food Information Council Foundation, about 77 percent of Americans are trying to lose or maintain their weight, but most of them give up when it comes to counting calories.
Well, dropping a few – or more – pounds doesn’t necessarily require complicated calculations. Just a few simple alterations each day could cut hundreds of calories. In fact, the No. 7 trick on this list could help you drop 10 pounds in three months.
1. Check the serving size
Certain foods are packaged in amounts that you could finish in one sitting, but most of the time you shouldn’t. Check the line on the nutritional label that says, “Servings per container” and keep your consumption to just one serving.
A good example of this is canned or bottled beverages. One of those oversized cans of Arizona green iced tea contains about three servings per can. “When you buy any drink in a can, you assume it’s a single serving,” Bonnie Taub-Dix, R.D., author of Read It Before You Eat It, told Women’s Health.
A suggested 8-ounce serving of the tea contains 70 calories and 17 grams of sugar. Guzzle down the entire can and you’re up to 210 calories and a whopping 51 grams of sugar – the same amount of sugar found in a king-size Snickers bar.
