#cuttingcalories

Sometimes transitioning to a fat loss phase can seem daunting…food tastes good, and maybe you aren’t fully prepared to make big sacrifices yet. That’s ok! We’ve all been there.

Luckily, there are several ways to reduce your calories slowly without feeling too deprived or restricted.

These tips will help you to ease into a diet a little bit more smoothly!

1. Use Stevia or Sweetener

If you’re a sugar fiend, you’d be surprised how much those calories can add up. Try using stevia or a low calorie sweetener as an alternative to reduce your calorie intake.

2. Use 1kcal Oil Spray

If you typically cook your food in oil, you could be adding significant fats and calories to your meals.

Using 1kcal spray oil could cut your calories by over 100kcals per meal. You could also consider trying a slow cooker or investing in a good non-stick pan instead.

3. Reduced Sugar/Fat Sauces

If you like using sauces, try opting for the low fat/low sugar versions (most popular sauces have lower calorie alternatives now).

This is a change that you will barely notice, but one that could reduce your calories by 50kcal plus per meal.

What I use:

Reduced Heinz Ketchup

Lighter than light Mayo

Blend Bros Sauces

4. Replace snacks with lower calorie alternatives

Enjoy sweet treats with your evening tea? Here are some lower calorie sweet treats you could swap out:

Fibre One Bars– 90kcals and taste amazing! Great for those who like brownies/cake like treats.

Alpen Light Bars– 70kcals and come in a wide variety of flavours for any taste

Tesco Healthy Living Cereal Bars– 72kcals per bar. Great replacement for the squares bar addict 🙈

Hands up how many of you are bread addicts? Yes, you can also find lower calorie bread alternatives!

Bagel Slims: Half the carbs as a regular bagel while still allowing you some bready goodness!

Sandwich Thins: A sandwich is hard to beat, and with nearly half the carbs and 100kcals per sandwich, this makes a great alternative to bread

Coconut Flat Bread: My own recipe…super simple too

1 Tbsp Coconut Flour

1 Egg

1 Pinch Baking Powder

Simply mix and dry fry!

5. For the coffee lovers: The Blendicano

This is scientifically proven (not really) to help reduce cravings and hit those sweet cravings whilst dieting!

Hit up Starbucks and order the following (who cares if it’s a long order)

Iced Americano Blended

1 Pump Sugar Free Hazelnut Syrup

1 Pump Sugar Free Vanilla Syrup

This is amazing! Thank me later 💗

Do you have any other diet tips and

hacks?

Have you tried these?

Let me know!

I'll be the first to admit. I LOVE food. I'm actually planning to get wings this weekend. OM NOM. So cutting back on the amount of food and what I want to eat SUCKS hardcore. Enter in 80% dieting. Sunday afternoon/night through Friday afternoon, I eat with a slight caloric deficit (~1700) while trying to maintain the 30% protein, 45% carbohydrates, 25% fat diet my nutritionist wants me on. 

The first two days are the worst. I just wanted to eat the world on Tuesday and Wednesday.  Yesterday I didn't even notice, and actually was left with 800 calories (YAY having a Mike's Hard Blood Orange. Really good too).  However, not enough protein in the diet. Protein shakes only are good once in a while.  And I SHOULD be having about 2 a day to get the right amount of protein.

.But, not eating like crap has already made me have a little more energy, and a little more creative with what I eat.  Had a strawberry, feta, walnut, chicken, spinach salad the other night with a dressing I whipped up myself. Delicious. And I made it though both krav and bjj, which is the biggest key.  And wasn't hungry when I got home!

I get excited when I have extra calories at the end of the day.  It's like bonus rounds of milk or other tasty beverages. :)