This week's tips include grilled garlic chicken skewers, getting the right amount of protein, 10 tips for cutting 100 calories, and a little humor to lighten your workout.

• Marcia's Diet Tip
  Eating small meals every few hours does NOT work for everybody. You have to be disciplined about what you will eat at each meal. If you're used to eating two small meals and one large meal, and you don't reduce the size of that large meal when you add a couple more small meals - you'll gain. (I did.)

• How Much Protein Do You Need?
  Atkins dieters won't like this one, but it has sound nutritional sense behind it. For those of us cutting down, this is a helpful article by the Exercise Guide.

• Recipe of the Week!
  Grilled Garlic Chicken Skewers
  For barbecue or broiler, these are tasty and low in fat, plus you can use your favorite portion of the chicken - breasts, thighs or tenders.

• Cut 100 or More Calories -- Easy
  Ten tips that will cut 100 calories each from your daily diet. These easy substitutions will be practically painless!

• Lighten Up!
  For our Gym users, ideas for bringing a little humor to your workout. For example: after your aerobics class warms up, walk to the front of the room and start teaching the Hokey Pokey. (Okay, okay, some are better than others.)