Is Your Salad Making You Fat?

Is your salad making you fat, seems like a question you should never have to ask doesn’t it?  Almost always the first thing a person adds to their diet when they are trying to lose weight is a salad.  Now if all you are eating are the greens and a few vegetables thrown in on the top you are fine.  Unfortunately that is not generally how we eat it.

I have listed a few of the sides we add on the to our salad that take it from being a healthy weight loss food to just another meal.

• croutons
• meat
• cheese
• heavy on the dressing
• coleslaw or other mayonnaise based sides
• bacon
• dried fruit
• nuts
• olives
• sunflower and other seeds

Now some of my suggestions are healthy foods, but if you are using a salad to bring down your calorie counts for the day you have to stay away from add ons.

Instead top your salad greens off with some of these choices:

• spritzer bottle with homemade vinegar and lemon juice salad dressing
• radishes
• cucumber
• carrots
• peppers all varieties
• grape tomatoes
• grilled chicken chunks

Salads at some of the more popular restaurants are also very deceiving.  A lot of times they do not give you the nutritional information unless you ask for it.  When it comes to salad you better ask.  They can be anywhere from 700 to 1400 calories per serving, that’s right per serving.  And sometimes the salad has 2-3 servings.  You could have all of your calories for 3 days total if you eat that whole thing.

Next time you decide to lose some weight, remember when you reach for the salad keep it healthy.

Total Body Transformation Workout – today you are going to do 12 minutes of aerobic activity.  Depending on how hard you workout you may need a warm up and cool down.

Stay Motivated,

Karen

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