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Where should you actually start cutting the calories?<\/p>\n<p>Getting Started<\/p>\n<p>The first thing you must do when it comes to cutting calories is to educate yourself.  You can purchase or use an online resource to provide you with a portfolio of what foods have how many calories.  For example, how many calories are in your favorite macaroni and cheese?  You\u2019ll need a guide to help you to learn the more difficult things, but in most cases, the packages that your food comes in will be labeled with most of the information that you need.  Learn how to read these labels and how many calories whole foods have.<\/p>\n<p>Next, you\u2019ll want to take a look at your diet and make substitutions wherever you can.  For breakfast, start your day with a glass of water and a nutritious low calorie bowl of cereal with skim milk.  Or, look for healthy alternatives to other meals, too.  You\u2019ll want to take note of the foods that are very high in calories and find ways to cut these.  For example, you may use whole milk in that cereal, replacing it with skim milk will cut a good amount of calories.  If you use heavy creams, butters, fatty means, fatty cheese or junk foods, you\u2019ll want to find healthy alternatives for these.<\/p>\n<p>Getting yourself started on a low calorie diet is the hardest part.  The first few days of doing so will cause you to be hungry; there is no doubt about that.  Yet, within a few days your body will adjust to the lowered amount of food that you are eating and will adjust to match it.  One of the most critical things to do, though, is to eat breakfast as this will jump start your metabolism and allow you to start your day on the right path:  losing weight.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Starting a low calorie diet can be somewhat worrisome. 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