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Swapping a daily can of soft drink to diet soft drink will save you enough calories in a year equivalent to about 8 kg of body weight.
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To burn the calories from a daily can of soft drink you would have to walk 21km a week or 1092km per year (roughly the same as walking from Sydney to Melbourne).
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Do you enjoy a coffee? Then give yourself a break. Switching a daily cappuccino from full fat to skinny saves you 2kg in weight a year (3kg if you usually upsize to a large).
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Your average milkshake has a calorie value that takes 7.5km to walk off.
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Switch from premium ice cream to low fat to save 70 calories per 2 scoops. If you have 2 scoops per day that's 3.6kg in weight saved a year.
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Forgot your lunch? A burger will set you back at least 400 calories while a chicken salad sandwich from home will be less than 300 calories. This difference is at least a 28min walk.
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A healthy sandwich daily instead of a burger will save you about 7kg of body weight in a year.
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A burger will contain between 3 and 5 teaspoons of fat and 400-500 calories. I hope you like a clean house because you will need to spend between 1.5 to2hrs vacuuming to burn off these calories.
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Would you like fries with that? A medium serve of fries take 1 and a half hours to walk off or you could run for 35mins. That's 320 calories and 4 teaspoons of fat.
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If you replace 1 slice of regular cheddar cheese (that's 30 grams or a 3cm cube) a day with 25% fat reduced cheese you will save the equivalent calories of 4kg in body weight a year.
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Would you drink 4 beers easily? Swapping to low alcohol (2%) stubbies will save you 180 calories or a 4km walk home to burn them off.
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Don't top your wine glass up until it is completely empty. If you save the calories from 4 glasses a week, over a year you could save a whole dress size in weight.
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Avoid cocktails - they are deadly for weight gain with some up to 500 calories. That's a 2 and a half hour walk.
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Swap from fatty crumbed steak to extra lean grill or stir fry! You will hardly notice the difference but for a small piece of steak you will save 120 calories and 2 teaspoons of fat.
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Your average store bought muffin has over 400 calories and 20g of fat. Trying to lose weight? Then that is half your daily fat intake gone in a couple of bites.
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Always keep your fruit in a bag. If you feel hungry then there is no need to go grab a cake. One slice carrot cake equals the same calories as about 5 apples.
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Low fat foods can still be high in sugar, for example sugary kids breakfast cereals are low fat but a small bowl has almost 4 teaspoons of sugar.
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Get a goodnight sleep - research shows those who sleepless than 5 hours a night are 70% more likely to be obese.
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Sweet tooth? Swap the lollies for sugarless gum. 10 Jelly Beans has 100 calories.
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2 tablespoons of cordial concentrate has the same calories as an average apple or orange.
20.
Need to relax? Grab a cup of tea. Tea contains a naturally occurring amino acid called L-theranine. This increases the amount of alpha brain activity. Alpha waves make you feel calm but alert.
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One teaspoon of crushed garlic added to your daily cooking will give you enough sulphur-containing compounds, saponins, allicin and S-allycysteine that may improve your health by helping to support your immune system.
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