Tip of the Month

Save 3,000 Calories This Month, 100 Calories at a Time

Supersimple calorie slashers

Top 1 cup of apple slices, instead of eight crackers, with cheese. Save 100 calories.

Choose a fresh spring roll instead of a fried egg roll. Save 100 calories.

Eat chocolate sorbet instead of chocolate ice cream. Save 140 calories per half cup.

Skip the crust on apple pie. Save 100 calories.

Swap pepperoni on your pizza for veggies such as fresh broccoli and peppers. Save 100 calories per two slices.

Choose steamed shrimp over fried. Save 122 calories per 3 ounces.

Use a six-inch flour tortilla instead of a 10-inch one on your next burrito. Save 120 calories.

Skip the tortilla altogether and put your filling on lettuce. Save 220 calories.

Eat a whole-wheat English muffin at breakfast instead of a bagel. Save 150 calories.

Top pancakes with 1/4 cup applesauce sprinkled with cinnamon instead of syrup. Save 180 calories.

Top ice cream with 1/2 cup fresh berries instead of 2 tablespoons of strawberry syrup. Save 168 calories.

Leave 10 French fries on your plate. Save 100 calories.

Split that Krispy Kreme doughnut with a friend. Save 100 calories.

No-sweat calorie burners - Based on a 150-pound woman

Embrace your inner schoolgirl by jumping rope for 10 minutes. Burn 100 calories.

Tend your garden for 25 minutes. Burn 103 calories.

Schedule a 20-minute walk date with a buddy. Burn 102 calories.

Crank up the tunes and shake your groove thing for 20 minutes. Burn 100 calories.

Give your partner a 22-minute massage. Burn 103 calories.

Do your nails or knit while watching your favorite hourlong TV show. Burn 102 calories.

Spend 60 minutes typing emails to your friends. Burn 100 calories.

Write a letter to a friend by hand for 50 minutes. Burn 100 calories.

Push around a grocery cart for 40 minutes. Burn 103 calories.

Shoot pool or play darts for 35 minutes. Burn 100 calories.

Play fetch with your dog for 35 minutes. Burn 100 calories.

Do a little housecleaning. Burn 107 calories.

Play a 35-minute round of putt-putt golf. Burn 180 calories.