## Lose Fat Faster By Eating Twice As Much (Make These Food Swaps!)
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Is it possible to eat twice as much while keeping calories constant? It is! Here, I show you the food swaps you can make to lose fat faster.
### Highlights
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> Some better options would be to sub the:
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>Ground beef FOR something like extra lean ground turkey
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> Pork chop FOR chicken breast
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> In addition, some other excellent leaner protein options are egg whites and most seafood like shrimp
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> For 200 calories, you’re either getting a:
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>Few oreos
>Smaller serving of chips than you’ve probably ever had in your life OR
>Very empty bowl of cereal
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>When used in moderation these foods are fine. But let’s be honest. When you’re snacking on these foods, there is no way you’re stopping at these serving sizes.
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> In comparison, here’s what 200 calories of strawberries look like.
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> And here’s what 200 calories of plain air-popped popcorn looks like.
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> Instead, a much better option that’s my go-to and still actually satisfying would be something like 2 servings of fat-free Greek yogurt sweetened with cinnamon and a sugar-free sweetener. For 200 calories you’re getting not only more volume but a ton of protein as well.
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> ice cream. And I don’t blame them. It’s delicious, of course. But the calories add up very easily. With the whole tub, which isn’t very much at all, it’ll amount to a whopping 1,500 calories.
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> In addition to these snacks... Some notable carb sources that can be problematic for some, are foods like pasta and rice. Now, these food sources aren’t “bad” at all. But they are very easy to unknowingly overeat.
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> But when I’m trying to lose fat faster, dieting, and watching my calorie intake, I’ll have less of these foods. That's because you don’t get much volume at all relative to the number of calories and fullness they provide. I mean, me being half Filipino, I grew up eating rice pretty much every day. And whenever I’d have it, there’s no way I’d willingly be stopping at 200 calories worth of rice.
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> In comparison, here’s 200 calories of cauliflower, which you could easily chop or grind up to make cauliflower rice.