365. Easily Save Calories With These 7 Easy Food Swaps For Fat Loss
Hot, Healthy, Never Hungry
Lauren Hubert MS, RD
4.9 • 616 Ratings
🗓️ 16 February 2026
⏱️ 19 minutes
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Summary
If you eat healthy foods but are struggling to see the scale move, today's episode is for you.
The reality is… healthy eating and wholesome food choices are important. But you know what's equally, if not more, important if you want to lose fat? Eating in a calorie deficit so you're communicating to your body to release fat, use it as fuel, and ultimately lose weight.
That's why on today's episode, I'm sharing 7 easy food swaps to help you save calories if your goal is fat loss.
One of the simplest ways to approach fat loss without overthinking everything is to look at how you're eating now and make small, strategic swaps that don't feel depriving but still move you closer to your goals.
If you're ready to see the scale move and body fat visibly decrease, you're going to love these easy food swaps. In some cases, you may not even notice you're saving calories while still supporting fat loss.
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🎙️Episode 195: The Correct Way To Set Up Your Calories and Macros To Lose Body Fat
🎙️Episode 91: Flexible Calorie Tracking for Weight Loss
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| 0:00.5 | Calorie tracking works until it doesn't. |
| 0:03.5 | And if you're overweighing, measuring, and logging every bite, I want you to listen up. |
| 0:08.3 | Starting February 22nd, I'm hosting RIP Calorie Tracking Week, |
| 0:12.5 | a full week dedicated to losing weight without logging your food. |
| 0:17.2 | Because the truth is, your only options for weight loss aren't calorie counting or intuitive eating. |
| 0:22.1 | There is a middle ground, and that is what I am teaching. |
| 0:25.6 | Head to the show notes and get on my email list to join us when it starts February 22nd. |
| 0:36.8 | Hello, my beautiful people, and welcome back to another episode of Hot Healthy, Never |
| 0:41.4 | Hungry. |
| 0:42.2 | We are kicking off the week with a short and sweet episode very to the point to help you |
| 0:49.6 | save calories. |
| 0:51.1 | I feel like on social media, in relation to what I talk about with my private |
| 0:56.2 | coaching clients and private conversations I'm having with women, you know, I go through themes |
| 1:01.4 | and like eras of what I think women struggle with. And while I'm all about what you eat |
| 1:09.5 | and making sure it's healthful and nutritious for you, I mean, gosh, my roots are being a registered dietitian. |
| 1:16.8 | But before that, when I was a fat dieter in my very early college days, you know, first time ever trying to eat healthy out of the house having to feed myself. |
| 1:26.6 | Not like obviously I know fruits |
| 1:28.5 | and veggies are healthy, but like not really understanding the nuances of what I understand now |
| 1:34.4 | when it comes to fueling my body as a dietitian. You know, I've always cared about quality of |
| 1:40.5 | food. But there is something that I see such a mistake for so many women, and it holds |
| 1:45.7 | them back from seeing progress. And it's this concept of I'm eating healthy and healthy eating, |
| 1:51.2 | shouldn't that guarantee fat loss. But healthy eating is not synonymous with changing your physique. |
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