Weight Loss Tips and Height + Weight Charts
To determine your ideal weight, check the Height and Weight tables below:
Courtesy, Metropolitan Life Insurance Copany, 1983 tables
Try these Eat-For-Success Tips:
- Are you really hungry or are you eating because you're feeling stressed, bored, frustrated, etc.?
- Don't put any of your favorite foods "off limits." Instead, limit them (i.e., enjoy one of your favorites once a week).
- Cut back on the amount of food you eat, rather than on the kinds of food you eat - you won't have to count calories and you'll be able to enjoy your favorite foods.
- Eat slowly and allow time for your brain to tell you when you've eaten enough.
- Leave the table feeling not quite full - you'll feel more alert and vital.
Low Calorie Substitutions:
Fool your mouth... Some low calorie substitutions for the high-calorie stuff:
100-Calorie Snacks:
Crunchy
- 1 apple
- 5 bread sticks
- 1/2 cup cold cereal with nonfat milk
- 1/2 English muffin with butter or jam
- 2 cups fresh vegetables
Smooth/Creamy
- 1 Tbsp. peanut butter
- 1 cup unsweetened applesauce
- 1/2 cup 1% cottage cheese with peach slices
- Nonfat frozen yogurt, 4 oz.
Sweet
- 3 graham crackers
- 1 cup water-packed fruit cocktail
- About 30 grapes
- 20 whole strawberries
- 2/3 box of Cracker Jacks
Salty
- 10 Saltine crackers
- 5 Triscuits
- popcorn, lightly buttered and salted, 2 cups
- Dill pickle (3 1/4" long) - only 5 calories
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