It's amazing how calories can add up fast when you least expect it. Nutrition experts say that we eat too many empty calories without even thinking about it. So, I did think about it and came up with a list of ways to cut calories and in most cases add nutrition. Read my list, put it into practice, and who knows, you could lose weight just by doing these simple suggestions.

1. Eat raw vegetables instead of tortilla chips with your salsa

2. Choose spring rolls instead of fried egg rolls

3. Drink water instead of a soft drink or juice (a Jody Victor suggestion)

4. Order thin-crust pizza instead of thick-crust

5. Eliminate gravy on your mashed potatoes

6. Put non-fat milk in your latte instead of whole milk (a Jody Victor suggestion)

7. Put red sauce on your pasta instead of cream sauce

8. Choose a snack-size candy bar instead of a full-size one

9. Ask for a salad as a side dish instead of fries

10. Remove the skin from your chicken pieces

11. Eat a half a bagel instead of a whole one

12. Have one less soft drink or alcoholic beverage per day

13. Use mustard or low-fat mayonnaise on your sandwich instead of regular mayonaise

14. Have the burrito instead of the fired chimichanga

15. Eat fruit instead of candy when your sweet tooth is calling (a Jody Victor suggestion)

16. Eat grilled meat instead of fried

All the Best!

Steve Victor