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Visual aids taped to your refrigerator!

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A question I see from new folks a lot is "what is a serving" - For example - 3 oz of meat is about the size of a deck of cards. A leftover joker taped to your refrigerator door marked "meat!" can be a helpful reminder. Cake - a medium post-it! Butter? A small one.

- Submitted by WALLOWA 1/27/2011 in Healthy Eating | 1 Comments

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Monitoring Calories

I cook using only recipies that show the total calories per serving and carbs. I will only experiment with recipies that have less than 300 calories and under 9 carbs per serving. This helps my family as well as myself to maintain control of my diet.

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You only need a computer or cook book.

- Submitted by SHERRI0399 1/27/2011 | 0 Comments | View Secret

Measuring Cups

Easy measureing. Since servings are not always easy, for things like cereal, I keep the proper serving size measuring cup in the container. I get the exact serving size without having to pour into a measuring cup.

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You get the exact serving size rather than having more and gaining weight from improper serving sizes.

- Submitted by ONLYTEMPORARY 1/27/2011 | 1 Comments | View Secret

Lose weight fast....Zero and 1 Gram Sugar Cereals For Diabetics and Dieters

Fiber One ,60 calories,1 g fat (0 g saturated),14 g fiber,0 g sugars.......Shredded Wheat Original,170 calories,1 g fat (0 g saturated),6 g fiber,0 g sugars........Cheerios, 1 gm sugar, 3 gm fiber and 190 mg sodium

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Quaker Puffed Rice or Puffed Wheat ....50 calories per serving, 0 sugars, Cholesterol Free, Sodium Free, Fat Free 12 grams carbs per serving

Anyone else know of other cerals

- Submitted by SUNSHINE6442 1/27/2011 | 0 Comments | View Secret

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