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Contains charts for: --calories --fats --protein --carbohydrates --cholesterol --sugar grams for over 2,500 common foods! LOSE WEIGHT AND EAT ANY FOODS YOU WANT? YES. THE SECRET IS CALORIE COUNTINGSheila Buff tells you how to eat your favorite foods while you stay under your maximum daily calorie intake. Using her fantastic calorie-cutting tips, food substitutions, and calorie-burning exercises along with her complete calorie counter, you can lose weight steadily, every day, and then keep it off forever. DO YOU KNOW...Which has fewer calories: a bottle of Bud or a glass of white wine? Beer contains 147 calories for 12 fl oz.. White wine has 70 calories for 3.5 fl. oz. You will probably drink less wine, but ounce for ounce it has more calories (238 calories for 12 fl. oz). Go ahead and have your beer (110 calories for 12 fl. oz.)!Where's your chalupa...when it comes to calories? It's going to be on your hips! One chalupa averages about 400 calories. If you have a Mexican food craving, switch to tacos, which average around 200 calories and cut your intake in half! Should you get pepperoni on that pizza? It adds about 50 calories per slice. You be the judge. Baking a potato? Which has more calories, white or sweet? Surprise! A white potato baked with the skin, no toppings, equals 220 calories. A baked sweet potato is just 117 calories. But watch out what you add!Butter is 36 calories per pat, and worse, a baked potato with broccoli and cheese is 470! Say goodbye to crash diets, hunger pangs, cravings, and diet drugs! Health writer Sheila buff tells you everything you need to know to lose weight safely and easily and keep it off in THE ULTIMATE CALORIE COUNTER.THE ULTIMATE CALORIE COUNTER makes counting easy with:* At-a-glance calorie counts on the foods and beverages Americans commonly eat including brand names and fast food restaurants * Charts to pinpoint your optimal calorie intake * Expert tips for cutting calories without eating less * Great calorie-saving food substitutions * Fastest fat-burning exercises * How to enjoy dining out while counting caloriesCHOOSE AND LOSE with THE ULTIMATE CALORIE COUNTERAUTHORBIO: SHEILA BUFF is a health writer with a special interest in nutrition. She is the author of many books on diet and health, including The Good Fat, Bad Fat Counter, and The Complete Idiot's Guide to Vitamins and Minerals, and was co-author of the bestselling book Dr. Atkins' Age-Defying Diet.
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