LaWanda The Fitness Diva Brokenborough shares a few small ways to cut calories!

By doing these simple changes, you can drop a lb a week! That may not sound like much. However, that is 52 lbs in 1 year! Check them out!:

__ Replace your morning bagel and cream cheese with an English muffin and cottage cheese.

___ Skip the large bakery muffin in favor of 1 slice of whole wheat toast topped with 1 tablespoon of peanut butter.

___ Swap your large bran muffin for 3/4 cup of bran flakes.

___ Replace eggs and cheese with scrambled egg whites.

___ Replace your 450-calorie lunch with a 200-calorie protein shake.

___ Replace large french fries with a yogurt-and-fruit parfait.

___ Modify your lunch: Skip the cheese on your salad or sandwich, substitute mustard for mayo, and replace potato chips with soy chips.

___ Have half a tuna salad sandwich instead of a whole, plus two cups of raw vegetables.

___ Skip the cheese in an omelet and a lunchtime sandwich.

___ Switch from cream soup to vegetable-based soup at lunch and dinner.

___ Switch from one cup premium to light ice cream.

___ Skip your afternoon frozen yogurt with ground nuts.

___ Resist the handful of M&M's at the receptionist's desk.

___ Cut out 1 biscotti and 1 large mocha.

___ Switch from a chai tea latte to lemon tea.

___ Have 1 ounce of soy nuts instead of 3 ounces of roasted almonds.

___ Substitute a serving of beef with shrimp or a white flaky fish like cod at two meals.

___ Leave behind one-fourth of breakfast, lunch, and dinner.

___ Have 1 cup of strawberries instead of a whole banana, and cauliflower instead of a baked potato with sour cream.

___ Replace ranch or blue cheese dressing with low-fat vinaigrette at lunch and dinner.

___ Have a vodka and soda instead of a margarita at happy hour.