here is a topping that you just can’t live without, keep your portion small. That way you get to have a taste and you won’t feel deprived. Choose light or fat free versions of dairy products such as cheese or sour cream, and once again be aware of your portions! When ordering your foods at a restaurant, request all sauces or salad dressings to be placed on the side. Dip your foods in the sauce rather than smothering them in it and you will easily save hundreds of calories! You know that baked potato I mentioned earlier? Try topping it with salsa, a dollop of fat free sour cream and a pinch of fat free cheese instead.

The first step to leading a more fit and healthy lifesty

I have recently identified a new occupation. This isn’t a job you get paid for doing, it is something that millions of Americans greatly enjoy and gladly participate in! This new occupation is none other than that of a Food Dresser. So how do you know if you are a food dresser? Well it’s simple really. Do you load up all of your foods with things like butter, sour cream, salad dressings, sauces or cheese? If so, then the answer is yes… you are a Food Dresser.

So what is wrong with dressing up your food? A baked potato is nothing if it isn’t piled high with butter, sour cream and cheese right? The problem with adding all of these additional toppings to your food is the fact that it greatly increases the amount of calories that you are taking in! It is very easy to take a perfectly healthy meal, and make it very unhealthy just be scooping on the sauce.

Oftentimes, someone will tell me that they had a “salad” for lunch, so they feel that they made a healthy choice. I’ve learned that the term “salad” means different things to different people. To me the term “salad” means a plate full of healthy vegetables, perhaps topped with a good protein source such as grilled chicken or fish, a light dressing or vinaigrette on the side for dipping purposes. This is unfortunately NOT everyone’s definition!

If your salad is dressed up with things such as fried chicken, bacon, cheese, fried crunchy noodle thingies and smothered in a creamy dressing, I’ve got news for you. It’s simply not a healthy choice. Just because there is lettuce located somewhere in your meal, doesn’t mean it’s healthy for you! Two tablespoons of ranch dressing alone can add around 150 calories to your meal, and who actually measures out just two tablespoons of dressing? An ounce of cheese can add around 100 calories to your meal as will an ounce of shredded bacon. So in an instant your healthy 300-400 calorie meal can easily top out at 800-1000 calories.

Food Dressing can be a costly occupation when it comes to your health and fitness. I mentioned earlier that there is no pay for being a food dresser but that is not necessarily true. If you are overdoing it with sauces, dressing and toppings you may be paying the high price of added fat to your body.

So if you are a bona fide Food Dresser, but you are serious about wanting to lose weight and lead a more fit and healthy lifestyle what can you do? Do you have to quit being a food dresser altogether? Absolutely not! What you need to do is make healthier choices when adding some pizzazz to your foods. Here are a few quick and easy tips that you can use in order to avoid sabotaging yours fitness goals by piling on the toppings!

First of all think portion control. If there is a topping that you just can’t live without, keep your portion small. That way you get to have a taste and you won’t feel deprived. Choose light or fat free versions of dairy products such as cheese or sour cream, and once again be aware of your portions! When ordering your foods at a restaurant, request all sauces or salad dressings to be placed on the side. Dip your foods in the sauce rather than smothering them in it and you will easily save hundreds of calories! You know that baked potato I mentioned earlier? Try topping it with salsa, a dollop of fat free sour cream and a pinch of fat free cheese instead.

The first step to leading a more fit and healthy lifestyl

that it greatly increases the amount of calories that you are taking in! It is very easy to take a perfectly healthy meal, and make it very unhealthy just be scooping on the sauce.

Oftentimes, someone will tell me that they had a “salad” for lunch, so they feel that they made a healthy choice. I’ve learned that the term “salad” means different things to different people. To me the term “salad” means a plate full of healthy vegetables, perhaps topped with a good protein source such as grilled chicken or fish, a light dressing or vinaigrette on the side for dipping purposes. This is unfortunately NOT everyone’s definition!

If your salad is dressed up with things such as fried chicken, bacon, cheese, fried crunchy noodle thingies and smothered in a creamy dressing, I’ve got news for you. It’s simply not a healthy choice. Just because there is lettuce located somewhere in your meal, doesn’t mean it’s healthy for you! Two tablespoons of ranch dressing alone can add around 150 calories to your meal, and who actually measures out just two tablespoons of dressing? An ounce of cheese can add around 100 calories to your meal as will an ounce of shredded bacon. So in an instant your healthy 300-400 calorie meal can easily top out at 800-1000 calories.

Food Dressing can be a costly occupation when it comes to your health and fitness. I mentioned earlier that there is no pay for being a food dresser but that is not necessarily true. If you are overdoing it with sauces, dressing and toppings you may be paying the high price of added fat to your body.

So if you are a bona fide Food Dresser, but you are serious about wanting to lose weight and lead a more fit and healthy lifestyle what can you do? Do you have to quit being a food dresser altogether? Absolutely not! What you need to do is make healthier choices when adding some pizzazz to your foods. Here are a few quick and easy tips that you can use in order to avoid sabotaging yours fitness goals by piling on the toppings!

First of all think portion control. If there is a topping that you just can’t live without, keep your portion small. That way you get to have a taste and you won’t feel deprived. Choose light or fat free versions of dairy products such as cheese or sour cream, and once again be aware of your portions! When ordering your foods at a restaurant, request all sauces or salad dressings to be placed on the side. Dip your foods in the sauce rather than smothering them in it and you will easily save hundreds of calories! You know that baked potato I mentioned earlier? Try topping it with salsa, a dollop of fat free sour cream and a pinch of fat free cheese instead.

The first step to leading a more fit and healthy lifesty

s fried chicken, bacon, cheese, fried crunchy noodle thingies and smothered in a creamy dressing, I’ve got news for you. It’s simply not a healthy choice. Just because there is lettuce located somewhere in your meal, doesn’t mean it’s healthy for you! Two tablespoons of ranch dressing alone can add around 150 calories to your meal, and who actually measures out just two tablespoons of dressing? An ounce of cheese can add around 100 calories to your meal as will an ounce of shredded bacon. So in an instant your healthy 300-400 calorie meal can easily top out at 800-1000 calories.

Food Dressing can be a costly occupation when it comes to your health and fitness. I mentioned earlier that there is no pay for being a food dresser but that is not necessarily true. If you are overdoing it with sauces, dressing and toppings you may be paying the high price of added fat to your body.

So if you are a bona fide Food Dresser, but you are serious about wanting to lose weight and lead a more fit and healthy lifestyle what can you do? Do you have to quit being a food dresser altogether? Absolutely not! What you need to do is make healthier choices when adding some pizzazz to your foods. Here are a few quick and easy tips that you can use in order to avoid sabotaging yours fitness goals by piling on the toppings!

First of all think portion control. If there is a topping that you just can’t live without, keep your portion small. That way you get to have a taste and you won’t feel deprived. Choose light or fat free versions of dairy products such as cheese or sour cream, and once again be aware of your portions! When ordering your foods at a restaurant, request all sauces or salad dressings to be placed on the side. Dip your foods in the sauce rather than smothering them in it and you will easily save hundreds of calories! You know that baked potato I mentioned earlier? Try topping it with salsa, a dollop of fat free sour cream and a pinch of fat free cheese instead.

The first step to leading a more fit and healthy lifesty

rlier that there is no pay for being a food dresser but that is not necessarily true. If you are overdoing it with sauces, dressing and toppings you may be paying the high price of added fat to your body.

So if you are a bona fide Food Dresser, but you are serious about wanting to lose weight and lead a more fit and healthy lifestyle what can you do? Do you have to quit being a food dresser altogether? Absolutely not! What you need to do is make healthier choices when adding some pizzazz to your foods. Here are a few quick and easy tips that you can use in order to avoid sabotaging yours fitness goals by piling on the toppings!

First of all think portion control. If there is a topping that you just can’t live without, keep your portion small. That way you get to have a taste and you won’t feel deprived. Choose light or fat free versions of dairy products such as cheese or sour cream, and once again be aware of your portions! When ordering your foods at a restaurant, request all sauces or salad dressings to be placed on the side. Dip your foods in the sauce rather than smothering them in it and you will easily save hundreds of calories! You know that baked potato I mentioned earlier? Try topping it with salsa, a dollop of fat free sour cream and a pinch of fat free cheese instead.

The first step to leading a more fit and healthy lifesty

here is a topping that you just can’t live without, keep your portion small. That way you get to have a taste and you won’t feel deprived. Choose light or fat free versions of dairy products such as cheese or sour cream, and once again be aware of your portions! When ordering your foods at a restaurant, request all sauces or salad dressings to be placed on the side. Dip your foods in the sauce rather than smothering them in it and you will easily save hundreds of calories! You know that baked potato I mentioned earlier? Try topping it with salsa, a dollop of fat free sour cream and a pinch of fat free cheese instead.

The first step to leading a more fit and healthy lifestyle is to start making small, manageable changes to your eating and exercise habits. Making a simple shift to become a “Healthy” Food Dresser, will bring you one step closer to improving your health, losing some unwanted pounds and achieving your fitness goals!