An apple a day may or may not preserve the doctor absent,but it certain can help you see results on the scale. Make these apple-inspired choices throughout your day and see how this fruit can help you slim down.
Breakfast: Low-Calorie SwapOatmeal for breakfast is an excellent choice. You can sweeten your bowl of oats with maple syrup (one eighth of a cup is 100 calories) or pour on four times as much unsweetened applesauce instead (half a cup contains 51 calories). Make this switch for a whole week of breakfasts, and you'll not only save 343 calories, and but you'll also gain 9.1 grams of filling fiber.
Morning or Afternoon Snack: Fill Up on Fiber to Prevent senseless SnackingFull of flavor,apples are also powerful sources of hunger-satiating fiber. Snack on one large apple (with the skin) for 120 calories, and you'll consume 5.5 grams of fiber. The tall water content and amazing amount of fiber will preserve you full until your next meal, and curbing hunger and preventing the temptation to reach for a tall-calorie nibble. Dessert: Skip the Calorie BombsHalf a cup of chocolate ice cream contains 250 calories.
Two homemade chocolate chip cookies contain 178 calories.
Half a Green & Black's biological dusky Chocolate Bar contains 300 calories.
Holy calories! After-dinner treats can really add up if you make a habit of indulging every night,so save your calories and enjoy a naturally sweet treat instead. Slice a small apple (80 calories), drizzle it with one tablespoon of honey (64 calories), and sprinkle on cinnamon for a total of 144 calories. Or,remove the core from a raw apple, stuff it with a few chopped walnuts and raisins, or drizzle with a touch of maple syrup,pop it in the oven, and enjoy an even more decadent dessert.
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