QuickTips Index - page 2
Today's Tip: The Basics of Cutting Cooking Fat
Cutting cooking fat reduces the amount of saturated fat in your diet and to gain the benefits of "good fats" replace them with unsaturated cooking fat.
Today's Tip: Get Your Grill On!
Grilling meat is a great way to cook for weight loss. Here are some top choices for selecting meats for grilling at the meat counter.
10 Tips for Changing the Way You Eat
Check out these 10 easy tips for changing how you eat.
Save Calories with Food Switches
Check out these ideas for food swaps all saving between 50-300 calories each!
Go Halves!
Split it down the middle and lose weight effortlessly!
5 Easy Ways to Prevent Overeating
Learn about a few easy tips that will help stop overeating before it starts.
Greek Restaurants "Quick Guide"
Check out our dining out "Quick Guides" for the best and worst dishes at many different types of restaurants. This guide will help you make better choices at Greek restaurants.
Smart Super Bowl Switches
Learn how to make some smart switches when choosing snacks for Super Bowl Sunday.
Smart Snacks for Weight Watchers Points Counters
Want something sweet, crunchy or salty? You'll find a tasty treat here all worth 4 Weight Watchers Points or less!
Grocery Store Smarts: Label Lingo and Sensible Switches
Learn some tricks to labels lingo and smart selections for your next visit to the grocery store.
Dear Diary: Why You Need to Start a Food Diary Today
Learn why starting a food diary is the most important step to long-term weight loss success!
My Eight Easiest Healthy Eating Secrets
When trying to lose weight, a key challenge is learning to eat healthy -- if you aren't already -- and keeping up the good habit. Get some personal eating healthy tips from the About.com Guide to Weight Loss that are both easy and effective.
Extras, Extras: Are Added Calories Blowing Your Diet?
Your food may be doing a service to your weight loss efforts, but are sabotaging them by adding calorie-packed condiments such as sauces and dressings? The calories in these add-ons may surprise you. Learn how many calories typical "extras" add to a given meal.
Kitchen Essentials for Weight Loss
Check out our list of must-haves for a weight loss-friendly kitchen.
Five Healthy Foods that Aren't
Learn about five foods you think are healthy, but aren't really the best choices for eating for weight loss.
Dinnertime Diet Downfalls
Could these dinnertime diet downfalls be costing you hundreds of calories and lots of fat grams?
How to "Eyeball" Portion Sizes
Learn how to estimate standard serving sizes using every day household items, such as tennis balls or a deck of cards.
Healthy Snacking On the Go
Learn how to pack and pick snacks for the road and at work.
10 Smart Swaps to Save Calories Eating Out
Save calories eating out? It's not impossible. Just remember some of these easy restaurant food swaps that save hundreds of calories!
Outsmart Holiday Weight Gain
Prevent holiday weight gain without changing your diet or going to the gym! These lifestyle changes will help prevent holiday weight gain.
Make Smart Choices on the Go
Healthy fast food choices aren't difficult! With these few rules of thumb, you'll be able to stop anywhere and make a healthy choice.
10 Smart Swaps that Save Calories
Save calories by making some easy food switches at home and eating out!
Today's Tip: Packages and Portion Control
Portion control is the key to long-term weight loss success. One common habit, though — eating from food packages — can make or break your efforts to practice portion control.
Basic Healthy Grocery Shopping List
Healthy grocery shopping is made easy with a printable list of smart staples.
Today's Tip: Swap Multitasking for Mindful Eating
Mindful eating -- truly paying attention to what and how much you eat -- is an important part of long-term weight loss success. If you do other things while eating, you can't truly pay attention to portion sizes or caloric intake. Here are some ways to swap multitasking for mindful eating.