How to Shed 5,000 Calories From Your Diet

One our ILLF magazine picks, Maximum Fitness, recently offered ways to save 5,000 calories through a mix of food choices and life/fitness activity. Best of all, they tell you how to do it in ONE DAY!!! Since we thought this was too good not to pass along, here's here's how you, too, can drop som cals.

STARTING FIRST WITH THE DIET ...

* Save 617 calories by eating an apple and drinking a black coffee (123 calories) instead of a muffin and a double-double coffee (740 calories)
* Save 1,313 calories by eating a grilled chicken sandwich, an apple, and drinking a glass of water (367 calories) instead of a Double Whopper Combo (1,680 calories)
* Save 118 calories by eating an apple (57 calories) instead of a chocolate-glazed or sugared cake donut (175 calories)
* Save 150 calories by drinking three light beers (309 calories) instead of three regular beers (459 calories)
* Save 160 calories by drinking a glass of ice water (0 calories) instead of a can of Coke (160 calories)
* Save 492 calories by eating a top sirloin steak, lean 8oz, trimmed to 1/8-inch with a 4oz sweet potato (402 calories) instead of three slices of 14-inch pizza with pepperoni (894 calories)

AND FINISHING WITH ACTIVITY ...

* 14 minutes of stretching at your desk (50 calories)
* 10 minutes of walking around the office to talk to colleagues (58 calories)
* 47 minutes of light office work (100 calories)
* 30 minutes of moderate swimming (300 calories)
* 35 minutes of self-grooming (100 calories)
* 1 hour of passionate kissing (180 calories)
* 1 hour of fixing your car (343 calories)
* 1 hour of playing cards (140 calories)
* 27 minutes of typing emails (47 calories)
* 50 minutes of handwriting letters to friends (100 calories)
* 35 minutes of shooting pool (100 calories)
* 30 minutes of working out at the gym (227 calories)
* 30 minutes of jogging (405 calories)

GRAND TOTAL = 5,000 Calories