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Lose weight by cutting down on 50-100 calories everyday

The healthy way to lose weight is to increase your physical activity everyday and cut down on 50-100 calories from your diet each day.

What does 50-100 calories translate to?

This translates to 2 teaspoons of sugar, or 1-2 glucose biscuits, or one cream biscuit, or half teaspoon of butter, or one thin slice of cheese or few chips or half a cold drink or half a laddu, or half a purie, or one fourth of a samosa, or half a slice of bread or a spoon of cornflakes or one pakoda, or half a vada or one teaspoon spoon of oily chicken curry or one fourth of a gulab jamun.

How do I decrease 50-100 calories in my diet?

Here are some suggestions

If you are having tea with sugar then decrease the amount of sugar- (two teaspoons to one teaspoons, one teaspoon to half teaspoon etc).	Or	Switch from full cream to skimmed milk.
If you are eating biscuits then decrease them (two to one, or one to half).	Or	If you are ordering food outside then decrease the portion size.
If you order a vada, order a idli instead.	Or	If you order parantha then order a plain nan or tandooori roti instead.

NEVER GO ON A CRASH DIET

Its not healthy to lose weight very drastically. Dont keep long hungry gaps between meals .Target to lose 1.5-2.5 kgs per month, not more.