Eating & Exercising Tips To Shed Pounds

myFOXDetroit.com Staff - We're working to help you shed those winter pounds.

In Wednesday's Cooking School segment, nursing superviser, Alberta Lipinski, from the Medical Weight Loss Clinic and Chef Leonardo Vulagi stopped by the Fox 2 Studios.

The spoke about portion control, the importance of drinking 64 ounces of water a day, keeping a daily food journal and staying away from processed foods.

They also emphasized the need to exercise and showed us how to make a delicious egg white omelete.

Egg White Omelete with Veggies

6 egg whites (equivalent to 2 eggs)
1 cup raw (fresh or frozen) spinach
1 slice of part skim Swiss cheese
2 TBS. of fresh salsa (made from fresh tomatoes, onion, green pepper)
Cook in fry pan with unflavored Pam
1 slice of 40 calorie diet bread (any flavor) dry
1 cup diced cantaloupe

Click here to watch the entire segment.