When it comes to weight loss, slow and steady wins the race.
“While complete diet makeovers can be overwhelming, focusing on small simple changes makes healthy eating more manageable and sustainable over the long-term,” says Kelly Pritchett, RD, Ph.D., a spokesperson for the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics.
Instead of throwing your kitchen, eating habits, and sanity upside down, focus on making these simple food swaps suggested by Pritchett, as well as Tracee Yablon Brenner, RD and CEO of Real Food Moms and Kimberly Gomer, a registered dietitian at Pritikin Longevity Center.
These swaps will save you calories and help you slim down.
- Instead of granola, eat oatmeal
- instead of an egg sandwich, eat scrambled eggs with veggies.
- Instead of fruit-on-the-bottom yogurt, eat plain yogurt with fresh fruit.
- Instead of iceberg lettuce, eat spinach.
- Instead of French fries, eat potato salad
- Instead of white pasta, eat spaghetti squash