A very good way to lose weight, if you are wondering about How To Lose Weight Calories, is to include tasty low fat chicken to your eating plan. It is very easy to make a delicious meal with chicken breasts without all the fat.

Always make sure you use skinless and boneless chicken breasts to use if you are counting calories as you will get far more food for the same calories than using other chicken cuts. You want all the taste and not the fat if you are trying to lose weight.

To give you and idea what you can make, here is a recipe for chicken in the slow cooker, such as a West Bend Slow Cooker, that will not pile on the fat. Pile on the taste and not the weight!

Marinated Artichoke Chicken

What You Need:

• 1 (14 oz) can artichoke hearts, whole and drained
• 1 (14 oz) can mushrooms, whole, drained and divided
• 6 chicken breasts, boneless and skinless
• 1 (6.5 oz) jar marinated artichoke hearts including juice
• 1 C white wine
• 1/2 C balsamic vinegar

How to Make It:

1. Lay the artichokes in the bottom of the West Bend Slow Cooker.
2. Add half the mushrooms.
3. Next layer the chicken breasts.
4. Add the marinated artichokes including the juice.
5. Place the rest of the mushrooms on top.
6. Pour in the wine and vinegar.
7. Cover and cook on low for 6 hours.

Tip: This meal is great served on a cold and rainy October evening. Not only will the aroma fill your kitchen but, when served over noodles, it will fill your belly as well.

Using a slow cooker to prepare your meals can really be a lifesaver if you want to lose weight. One of the times you are normally really tempted to “cheat” is when you arrive home in the evening, tired and hungry after a long day. Having your meal all ready and cooked will prevent you from grabbing the nearest thing available, which is normally something crawling with calories.

Try this recipe and come up with some of your own and you will see that with a combination of low fat chicken and a slow cooker, losing weight will be all that much easier.