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If you’re focused on losing weight this winter, then chances are, you’re counting your calories. It’s easy to keep track of everything you eat and add it all up each day, but actually reducing your calorie intake is something else altogether. No worries! I can help. Here the best ways to reduce your daily calorie intake.

Figure out how many you need. The first thing you need to figure out is how many calories you actually need reach day. There’s a fantastic, easy-to-use calculator at mypyramid.gov that can help. It takes into account your age, sex, height, and current weight, along with your level of activity. Once you plug in all of these factors, the calculator will tell you how many calories you can consume each day.

Make sure you know the numbers. There are a different amount of calories in each different kind of macronutrients. For example, each gram of carbohydrates and protein contain 4 calories, each gram of alcohol contains 7 calories, and each gram of fat contains a whopping 9 calories. Now that you’re aware of the number of calories in a gram of fat, it makes perfect sense to cut fat if you want to cut back on calories.

Track everything. Buy a small memo book or notepad that will be used exclusively for recording everything you eat and each items corresponding caloric content. Keep track of your intake for a week and the look at the journal to determine which food choices weren’t the best and which ones you were happy with. You will be able to see exactly where you can cut some calories and exactly what your weaknesses are.

Get help. If you’re having a hard time cutting calories, or reducing your intake, you can seek professional help, or just talk to a friend who is also dieting.

Choose “smart” calories. Sometimes food items can have the same number of calories, but the calories in one of the foods may be “smarter.” For example, choosing foods that have more fiber, or more protein, will make your body work a little harder to process them, burning as many as 15 or 20 extra calories each day. Also, if you’re eating foods that are higher in fiber and protein, you’ll feel fuller, faster.

Throw away all the cans and boxes. This is definitely the easiest way to reduce your calorie intake. Go to your pantry, open the doors and remove every box or can of prepared food, put everything in a bag, and set it aside. Products that are designed to sit on a shelf for a long time are loaded with fat, sodium, and as a result, calories. Of course they tasted good, but they are filled with chemicals and preservatives that have names that most people can’t pronounce. It makes perfect sense to stop eating these foods.

Drinks count, too. When you’re counting calories, don’t forget to include the beverages you drink! Colas and juices have a lot, and believe it or not, so do coffee drinks!

Stay away from the drive-thru window. Aside from staying away from boxed and canned prepared foods, the best way to cut calories is to avoid eating fast food. This kind of food is very fattening.

Understand portion sizes. When trying to cut back on your calorie intake, pay attention to what the manufacturer of the food item suggests as a serving size. When you do this you’ll be pleasantly surprised that you’re consuming fewer calories.

As your body begins to adjust to a reduced calorie intake, you will start to feel healthier and satisfied with every day that passes. Now that you are armed with these sneaky ways to reduce calories, you should start losing weight in no time at all.

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