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"Hungry Girl" Lisa Lillien ©2011 Cooking Channel LLC

Start the New Year with a slim-down tactic from Food Network’s “Hungry Girl” Lisa Lillien (pictured). Mix or match as you like, but follow at least one quick and easy prompt to cut 100 calories every day.

  • Skip your morning OJ. Drink coffee, tea, or plain water instead. (If you love citrus, eat the whole orange for a healthy dose of fiber and less sugar than you get in juice.)

  • Change your sweet and creamy morning coffee to a basic black brew.

  • Ditch regular soda in favor of water and other no-cal beverages.

  • Swap bagels for English muffins.

  • Replace mayo with mustard on your sandwich.

  • Pass on the cheese when having a sandwich or salad.

  • Dip salad into dressing. Don’t pour it on.

  • Having a cocktail? Say “no” to tonic water and “yes” to club soda as a mixer.

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  • Roberta
    January 4, 2012 at 10:27 am | Permalink |

    I’m all for these swaps. Except for one. Ever try a gin-and-club soda with lime? Yuck. I use diet tonic water as my swap-out for regular.

  • Roberta
    January 4, 2012 at 10:30 am | Permalink |

    PS. Instead of dipping my salad greens into my salad dressing, I dip the tines of my fork into the salad dressing, and then I stab my greens to lift to my lips. Perfect way to use a whole lot less high-calorie dressing. The best part of it is that, as you eat your salad, you get the fresh taste of greens in your mouth first, then, the last flavor you get is of the dressing. So, the last flavor per bite is the most potent and most tasty! YUM!

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