Another 25 tips for a Healthy Lifestyle

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Renee has done it again. She promises on Saturday to let us know where she got these top 100 tips:

Have a V8 or tomato juice instead of a Diet Coke at 3 pm.

Doctor your veggies to make them delicious: Dribble maple syrup over carrots, and sprinkle chopped nuts on green beans.

Mix three different cans of beans and some diet Italian dressing. Eat this three-bean salad all week.

Don’t forget that vegetable soup counts as a vegetable.

Rediscover the sweet potato.

Use prebagged baby spinach everywhere: as “lettuce” in sandwiches, heated in soups, wilted in hot pasta, and added to salads.

Spend the extra few dollars to buy vegetables that are already washed and cut up.

Really hate veggies? Relax. If you love fruits, eat plenty of them; they are just as healthy (especially colorful ones such as oranges, mangoes, and melons).

Keep seven bags of your favorite frozen vegetables on hand. Mix any combination, microwave, and top with your favorite low-fat dressing. Enjoy 3 to 4 cups a day. Makes a great quick dinner.

The best portion of high-calorie foods is the smallest one. The best portion of vegetables is the largest one. Period.

I’ll ride the wave. My cravings will disappear after 10 minutes if I turn my attention elsewhere.

I want to be around to see my grandchildren, so I can forgo a cookie now.

I am a work in progress.

It’s more stressful to continue being fat than to stop overeating.

Skipping meals. Many healthy eaters “diet by day and binge by night.”

Don’t “graze” yourself fat. You can easily munch 600 calories of pretzels or cereal without realizing it.

Eating pasta like crazy. A serving of pasta is 1 cup, but some people routinely eat 4 cups.

Eating supersize bagels of 400 to 500 calories for snacks.

Ignoring “Serving Size” on the Nutrition Facts panel.

Snacking on bowls of nuts. Nuts are healthy but dense with calories. Put those bowls away, and use nuts as a garnish instead of a snack.

Thinking all energy bars and fruit smoothies are low-cal.

A smoothie made with fat-free milk, frozen fruit, and wheat germ.

The smallest fast-food burger (with mustard and ketchup, not mayo) and a no-cal beverage. Then at home, have an apple or baby carrots.

A peanut butter sandwich on whole wheat bread with a glass of 1 percent milk and an apple.

Precooked chicken strips and microwaved frozen broccoli topped with Parmesan cheese.

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