Low Calorie Comfort Foods
Pizza
Lose: two New York slices of Pizza (1,300 calories, 50 grams fat)
Choose: Lean Cuisine brick oven style pizza (320 calories, 9 grams fat)
Or make your own pita pizza with vegetables (250 calories, 6 grams fat).
Ice Cream
Lose: one pint Ben & Jerry's Chocolate Chip ice cream (1,040 calories, 64 grams fat)
Choose: one cup Turkey Hill Low-Fat Moose Tracks ice cream (280 calories, 10 grams fat)
Chips
Lose: potato chips (one ounce = 160 calories, 11 grams fat)
Choose: soy crisps (once ounce = 110 calories, 3 grams fat - plus protein and fiber,
bonus!)
Bread
Lose: two slices white bread with butter (260 calories, 10 grams fat)
Choose: Thomas' light English muffin with 2 tsp peanut butter (160 calories, 6 grams fat
and 8 grams fiber)
Taco Bell
Lose: Nachos Bellgrande (770 calories, 44 grams fat)
Choose: Fresco Burrito Supreme with chicken (330 calories, 8 grams fat)
Burgers
Lose: bacon cheeseburger (1100 calories, 80 grams fat)
Choose: turkey burger with lettuce, tomato, onion, ketchup on half the Bun (334 calories,
13 grams fat)
Fries
Lose: large French fries (600 calories, 33 grams fat)
Choose: baked sweet potato fries (220 calories, 0 grams fat)
Chicken Wings
Lose: fried chicken wings with bleu cheese dressing (720 calories, 59 grams fat)
Choose: baked chicken tenderloins with hot sauce and low-cal bleu cheese dressing (120
calories, 1.5 grams fat)
Pasta
Lose: traditional macaroni and c heese (2 cups = 880 calories, 40 grams fat)
Choose: whole wheat elbow macaroni tossed with a cup tomato sauce and 2 Tbsp parmesan
cheese (2 cups = 420 calories, 5 grams fat)
Cookies
Lose: two raw chocolate chip cookie dough squares (200 calories, 10 grams fat)
Choose: turkey burger with lettuce, tomato, onion, ketchup on half the Bun (334 calories,
13 grams fat)
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