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It's
a little known fact (or in most cases, wishful
thinking) that some foods can, in certain situations,
go from being fattening no-no's to being totally
calorie-free simply by mangling your perspective.
Here's a list of those foods and situations.
1. Anything sampled when preparing food - If you're
taste-testing, those tastes are calorie-free.
If you're cooking for someone else and aren't
going to be having any yourself, those tastes
actually have negative calories and can help you
lose weight.
2.
Anything eaten off someone else's plate doesn't
count. If you can get it when they're not looking,
that's negative calories again.
3.
Food "rescued" from the floor - When
the "3 second rule" is in effect (i.e.
it's still good if it's only been on the floor
3 seconds or less), that snack has zero calories.
Plus, if you have to race your dog to it and you
win, you're allowed another bite from the original
undropped item for free.
4.
Out of necessity, food that is eaten on the day
of the expiration date has no calories. After
all, we don't want that triple-chocolate fudge
cake to go to waist... I mean waste.
5.
Anything eaten on your birthday, a friend's birthday
or a family member's birthday has no calories.
This includes family and friends whom you haven't
spoken to or mentioned in years.
6.
Foods that you've never tasted before are calorie
free. If you don't recognize it, eat it guilt-free.
If you can't even pronounce the name, that's negative
calories.
7.
If you live in an Italian family, your fifth and
sixth helpings are calorie-free. Besides, "You're
too skinny, you need to eat more."
8.
The calories of any leftover foods will be added
to the total of the day you originally started
eating them on. This means the calories from the
leftover pie you eat on Wednesday only count on
Tuesday, the day you originally started the pie.
And who cares about yesterday?
9.
If you can eat it through a straw, it has no calories.
For example, if you can get a piece of spaghetti
through a straw, you deserve it.
10.
Anything that contains the word "free"
in it has to be calorie-free because advertisers
would never lie or try to sell you a product that
would make you fat. This principle also applies
to the words "lite" and "reduced."
11.
The last item or bite on any plate has no calories.
For instance, the last cookie? No calories. The
last slice of pizza? No calories. The last box
of donuts? No calories.
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If
you put all of these calorie-free foods into your
diet, you will have great success in watching
your waistline - it will be way out in front of
you where you can see it!
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