What is 100 calories? It’s not much as it equates to food or drink, as any calorie counter will tell you. It may be half a can of soda, two cookies, or even less. It may simply be the dressing you put on your salad (or depending the type and how much you use, your salad dressing could contain well over 100 calories). But those tiny amounts of food add up, and they do so quickly.
If you consume an extra 100 calories a day over what your body actually needs, it will take only 35 days to add up to a pound. This works when cutting 100 calories a day from your diet (you will lose a pound after 35 days), but it also causes you to gain a pound if it is 100 calories extra a day beyond what your body needs for your activity level. Doesn’t sound like a lot – it’s one little pound.
But here’s an eye-opener: If you continue eating an extra 100 calories a day every day, one year from now you will weigh over 10 pounds more than you do right now.
If you cut 100 calories a day out of your diet, you will weigh 10 pounds less.
There are many ways to eliminate 100 calories a day from your diet – after all, we know it doesn’t take much food to achieve that 100-calorie mark. Substitute high calorie foods with those that have lower numbers and you can easily lessen your calorie intake by this much every day. Or, you can pick one regular thing a day to skip in order to achieve this goal: skip dessert one day, a soda the next day, your morning cappuccino the next, eat your sandwich dry the next day. These small changes can be the difference in your body.
Find some great snack substitutions that are well under 100 calories at ThinSlim Foods!