Beat the Holiday Bulge News!

Well we have one behind us and two more holidays to go. Are you finding it hard to resist the goodies, have you tried some new healthful recipes?

All the parades and football games that are coming here is a little fact from a recent study. People that eat while watching TV on average consume almost 600 calories more that those that are not watching TV. This is because our brains can not determine our level of satisfaction from eating from the stimulation provided by what we are watching. That adds up to over a pound a week that we could gain from eating and watching hours of football and parades.

Here is a preview of the T-shirt you will win if you maintain your weight within the one pound.

Below you will find some ideas of low calorie snacks to try instead of the regular goodies.

Snacks less than 100 calories

1. 4 fat-free saltine crackers with any of the following canned soups, prepared with water.

3/4 cup beef noodle soup

3/4 cup chicken noodle

3/4 cup minestrone soup

3/4 cup tomato soup

3/4 cup vegetable soup

2. Vegetables such as baby carrots, celery stalk, green peppers, tomatoes or cucumber slices served with 2 tablespoons of light or fat-free dressing. Look for dressings with no more than 40 calories per tablespoon.

3. One frozen fruit juice bar.

4. One cup of fresh fruit salad.

5. 3 cups plain, popped popcorn. Spray lightly with butter flavored cooking spray and little salt.

6. 1 cup fat-free, sugar-free, fruit-flavored yogurt.

7. 2/3 cup low-fat (1 percent) cottage cheese.

8. 6 reduced-fat vanilla wafers.

9. ½ cup sherbet.

10. 3 ½ graham crackers.(2 ½ inch in size)

11. 10 baked tortilla chips and 1/3 cup salsa.

12. 20 mini pretzels.

13. ½ cup sugar-free pudding prepared with reduced-fat milk.

14. 2/3 cup fruit-flavored gelatin dessert.

15. 1 oz of tuna packed in water with 4 fat-free saltine crackers.