Swap Your Meals Skinny

Dec. 8, 2012 by OC Team

Healthy alternatives to your favorite diet flaws



Dieting isn’t easy. You can’t change your preferences overnight. So here are baby steps to getting to that healthy “happy weight.”



Breakfast

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  Peanut butter and jelly slathered in between 2 thick slices of white toast to


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  2 medium slices of whole wheat toast with a thin spread of butter and a touch of honey

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  3 slices of fried bacon and two stacks of store bought pancakes to


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  2 slices of grilled bacon with a sliver of cheese on wholegrain toast, no butter

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  A bowl of frosted corn flakes in whole milk to


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  A bowl of regular cornflakes in skim milk and half a banana

Lunch & Dinner

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  Tuna sandwich in white bread smeared with a thick layer of mayo to


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  Tuna salad dressed with lemon juice or balsamic vinegar

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  A big beefy cheeseburger to


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  Healthy and light turkey burgers

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  Large lamb gyro with yoghurt sauce to


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  Lamb kebabs with yoghurt sauce

Snacks

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  A bag of roasted nuts to


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  A large handful of dried fruit and raw nuts

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  A can of salted cashews to


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  A handful of unsalted pretzels

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  Cheesy potato chips to


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  Baked potato chips or homemade sweet potato chips

Dessert

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  A pint  of cookie dough ice cream to


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  2 scoops of frozen yoghurt

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  Large bar of milk chocolate to


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  Choose 70% or higher dark chocolate

Tipsy Tips



Swap your sugar-loaded Vodka cranberry with sexy vodka and tomato juice. Toss out that fattening Piña colada and opt for White rum with fresh pineapple juice. Give up the Mojito and switch to an equally refreshing Seabreeze.