Losing weight

The low calorie diet

Rather obviously, the low calorie diet is based on the fact that if you are going to achieve weight loss, the important thing to eat fewer calories than you need for exercise.

Definition of a calorie?
The calorie is a unit for measuring food's ability to produce heat and energy. A calorie is the the amount of energy required to raise one cubic centimeter of water by one degree centigrade. If a meal has higher calories, then it will will give you more energy when it is eaten.

Examples of low calorie foods include broccoli, cucumbers, apricot, meals containing beef, and low-fat cheese.











Pineapple Bread Recipe
Pineapple Bread Category Slow Cooker Recipes 
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Ingredients And Procedures
Ingredients
2 3/4cupflour
3/4cupsugar
3teaspoonbaking powder
3/4teaspoonsalt
1eachegg, lightly beaten
1/3cupmilk
1/3cupbutter, or margarine, melted
1cuppineapple, crushed, drained
1cupdates, chopped
1cupwalnuts, chopped

Directions:

Stir together flour, sugar, baking powder and salt. In another bowl, combine egg, milk, butter, pineapple, dates and nuts with a wooden spoon. Stir fruit mixture into dry ingredients until moistened. Pour into well-greased and floured bread 'n cake pan, cover. Place in slow cooker. Cover and bake on High 3-4 hours or until tested done with a wooden pick.

Remove pan and uncover. Let stand for 5 minutes. Unmold on cake rack. To store, wrap in aluminum foil and refrigerate. Recipe suitable for 3-1/2 or 5 quart slow cooker.
 
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