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Chapter List For:
Your Perfect Weight:
  1. Introduction to Your Perfect Weight
  2. The Health Benefits of Weight Loss
  3. Setting Your Goal Weight
  4. A Beginners Guide to Cutting Fat
  5. Creating the Low-Fat Kitchen
  6. Shop Talk Developing Your Supermarket Savvy
  7. Low-Fat Cooking Tricks
  8. Nutrition Getting the Right Stuff
  9. Exercise Your Secret Weapon
  10. Resistance Training Pump Up Your Weight Loss Power
  11. Taming Your Stress While You Shed Pounds
  12. Change Your Ways Change Your Weight
  13. Jump-Starting Your Motivation
  14. Reader Survey Results
  15. Calling All Men
  16. For Women Only
  17. His Her Guide to Weight Loss
  18. Keeping Your Kids Slim
  19. Dining-Out Guide
  20. Special Situations
  21. Tips from Top Spas
  22. 20 Unexpected Reasons Why Weight Loss Fails
  23. Makeovers to Last a Lifetime
  24. Keeping It Off Forever
  25. Your Perfect Weight 52-Week Plan
  26. Your Perfect Weight Week 1
  27. Your Perfect Weight Week 2-5
  28. Your Perfect Weight Week 6-10
  29. Your Perfect Weight Week 11-13
  30. Your Perfect Weight Week 14-17
  31. Your Perfect Weight Week 18-20
  32. Your Perfect Weight Week 21-23
  33. Your Perfect Weight Week 24-26
  34. Your Perfect Weight Week 27-30
  35. Your Perfect Weight Week 31-35
  36. Your Perfect Weight Week 36-39
  37. Your Perfect Weight Week 40-43
  38. Your Perfect Weight Week 44-48
  39. Your Perfect Weight Week 49-52
  40. Your Perfect Weight Success Diary
  41. Sample Diary for Women
  42. Sample Diary For Men
  43. Success Diary
  44. Quick and Easy Low-Fat Recipes Breakfast
  45. Quick and Easy Low-Fat Recipes Dinner
  46. Quick and Easy Low-Fat Recipes Party Food
  47. Quick and Easy Low-Fat Recipes Brown-Bag Lunches
  48. Quick and Easy Low-Fat Recipes Desserts
  49. Low-Fat Survival Techniques for Thriving in a High-Fat World
  50. Never Say Never
  51. Training Yourself To Make Better Choices
  52. Slimmer Selections from Fast-Food Restaurants
  53. Surprise Some Foods Can Fool You
  54. One Hundred 100-Calorie Snacks
  55. Terms for Perfect Weight
From the Rodale book, Your Perfect Weight:
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Never Say Never


Previous Chapter Low-Fat Survival Techniques for Thriving in a High-Fat World
Next Chapter Depression


Depriving yourself while trying to lose weight can often backfire, leading to an all-out binge. Next time you get a craving for some greasy potato chips or rich chocolate cake try to ride out the crave wave. Wait 15 to 20 minutes and then decide if you really want the food. If you do, indulge but don't go overboard. Remember: Everything in moderation. Listed below are a variety of high-fat, high-calorie foods that are often the sources of cravings. Check out how much fat and calories these foods contain so when you do indulge you'll know just how much you are indulging. And maybe some of these numbers are enough to quiet your cravings.
FoodPortionCaloriesFat (g.)% Calories
from Fat
Apple pie1 slice23113.151
Bacon3 slices1099.478
Beef bologna1 slice726.581
Boston cream pie1/8 pie3119.728
Bread stuffing, 1 cup41625.655
from mix
Brownie, with nuts, 1 (3 * 1 *976.358
homemade7/8")
Butter1 Tbsp.10811.495
Cheddar cheese1 oz.1149.474
Cheddar cheese 1 oz.392.967
sauce
Cheeseburger129514.143
Cheesecake1 slice25716.357
Cheese enchilada6 oz.31918.853
Cheesesteak151918.632
Chicken, fried3 oz.23414.656
Chicken gravy, 1/2 can956.562
canned
Chocolate bar1.45 oz.20714.061
Chocolate-chip 2994.440
cookies
Chocolate-covered 10 pieces20813.458
peanuts
FoodPortionCaloriesFat (g.)% Calories
from Fat
Chocolate fudge, 1 oz.1194.937
with nuts,
homemade
Chocolate ice1/2 cup1437.346
cream
Chocolate ice1/2 cup23214.958
cream, premium
Chocolate shake10 oz.36010.526
Croissant2 oz.23512.046
Danish pastry11618.849
Devil's food cake1 piece22711.345
Doughnut1 plain17610.855
(2 oz.)
Eclair123913.651
Eggnog, 8 oz.34219.050
nonalcoholic
Egg roll with pork3 oz.1655.530
Fettuccine Alfredo, 5 oz.27019.063
frozen
French fries101114.436
Hamburger1 plain 27521.570
(3.5 oz.)
Hoagie/sub145618.637
Hot dog124214.554
FoodPortionCaloriesFat (g.)% Calories
from Fat
Hot fudge sundae12848.627
Lasagna, frozen6 oz.24410.840
Manicotti, frozen5 oz.22913.553
Nacho chips1 oz.1417.347
Nachos, supreme6­856830.749
Peanut butter, 2 Tbsp.18816.077
creamy
Peanut butter 1763.845
cookies
Peanut butter cups2 (1.8 oz.)28116.753
Pecan pie, 1/8 pie43123.649
homemade
Pepperoni pizza1/8 12" pie1817.035
Pork sausage1 link484.177
Potato chips1 oz.1529.858
Pot roast, lean3 oz.1847.135
Sirloin steak, 3.5 oz.26916.756
choice, broiled
Steak sandwich145914.128
Taco salad1 1/2 cups27914.848

Note: The number of calories and fat listed above are based on averages of the various brands that are available. Be sure to read individual labels, since some products may be higher or lower than the figures listed.

Previous Chapter Low-Fat Survival Techniques for Thriving in a High-Fat World
Next Chapter Depression

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