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Cut and burn

TOPS (Taking Off Pounds Sensibly) Club Inc. encourages people to cut 100 calories from their food intake each day and burn 100 calories through increased activity. A result could be 10 pounds of weight loss by May. Ways to cut 100 calories include dipping vegetables rather than tortilla chips into salsa, using one rather than two tablespoons of peanut butter on a sandwich, opting for grilled rather than breaded or fried chicken, using mustard instead of mayonnaise and having a salad without croutons and cheese. Ways to burn 100 calories include going for a walk or shooting hoops for 20 minutes, vacuuming and scrubbing floors for 25 minutes, doing step aerobics or jogging for 10 ...

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