Low-Calorie Foods Quotes

Broccoli, spinach, celery, and the like are excellent low-calorie foods that are densely packed with vitamins, minerals, phytochemicals, and fiber. Their ratio of nutritive value to calories can't be beaten, and I eat them with most of my whole food meals.

You can't eat cake and lose weight.

My diet consists of low carbs, zero sugar, zero fat, zero dairy product, lots of fish, chicken, red meat, protein shake and lots of vegetables like spinach and mushrooms.

I could live on fruits.

Normal people with normal lives are not going to ask for sugar-free yogurt. They just take the stuff with sugar in it.

Well, I don't really eat cereal that much because on Weight Watchers it's not worth the points.

In our home, we serve mostly healthful foods.

I lost seventy pounds eating nothing but Jello for 4 months. But of course there is great variety in the colors! I think, if I remember correctly, it's 230 calories for a whole bowl. Maybe 270? In the 5th month, I added fruit.

My diet consists of a lot of salads - I liberally include a lot of fruits and vegetables in every meal.

The blueberry-soy weight-loss smoothies my son makes for me taste terrible, but my doctor says they're good for me.

Studies on cherries, raspberries and strawberries suggest that most of their nutrition is retained when they're frozen, so it's a good idea to keep some in the freezer.

Most of my diet is low on carbohydrates and fats.

When you eat foods high in fiber, you feel full faster, making you less likely to overeat and more likely to have weight loss.

I have a chef for my main meals, but when he's not there, rather than go to the store and grab chips, I will eat grapes or a banana or egg whites.

I use a lot of fresh citrus, garlic, and fresh herbs when cooking to cut down on fat and sodium but punch up flavor. Our cupboards and fridge are full of condiments - mustards, vinegars, etc. that also add tons of flavor but are low in fat, calories, or other processed additives.

At home I have big vats of cabbage soup that I make to slim down.

I made a point of eating so fast I never kept the other people waiting who generally ordered only chef's salad and grapefruit juice because they were trying to reduce. Almost everybody I met in New York was trying to reduce.

You can eat a lot more vegetables than you can cotton candy. Bring on the veggies. Stay away from the fluffy carbs.