Add It Up

What are your usual food choices? Here's an estimate of the calories you can save by cutting out the small things.

Replace these:

With these:

To save these calories:

Medium French fries

Side salad w/low-fat dressing

320

2 glasses regular soda
or fruit juice

All the water, soda water or diet soda you can drink

300

A bagel and cream cheese

An English muffin with low-fat cream cheese

300

A large order of fries

A small order of fries

320

A sausage biscuit with egg (large biscuit)

An Egg McMuffin

250

One packet regular
fast-food salad dressing

One packet light Italian dressing

80-270

Small fast-food shake

Chocolate chip cookie

280

3 oz. spiced luncheon meat w/chicken

2 oz. deli-thin smoked chicken

190

2 beers

1 beer

145

1 cup cream of chicken soup w/whole milk

1 cup chicken noodle Healthy Choice soup

135

Chocolate ice cream

Chocolate sorbet

125

6-oz. full-fat yogurt

6-oz. fat-free yogurt

110