Avoid a 4th of July calorie 'boom'

This Fourth of July weekend, make sure fireworks are the only thing that goes boom - not your diet. Here are some easy ways to keep your diet on track while not sacrificing taste:

Skip the wings. Just six ounces of BBQ chicken wings have nearly 500 calories and 20 milligrams of fat. If you think that’s bad, the amount of sodium in the wings is over 3/4 of your recommended daily amount, according to CBS News. Instead, go for a four ounce grilled skinless chicken breast that has only 120 calories and just 1.5 grams of fat, without BBQ sauce.

Give the cold shoulder to ice cream. While a serving of light ice cream averages around 120 calories, a serving of blueberry-lemon sorbet is just 77 calories, according to our partner Health.com. What’s even better is it’s packed with antioxidants and low in sugar.

All-beef hot dogs are all-right. One plain hot dog is a nutritionist’s nightmare with over 240 calories, 14.5 grams of fat, and 44 milligrams of cholesterol - and that’s not even including the bun or condiments. Go for a 100 percent all-beef hot dog from Hebrew National that has 90 fewer calories and has nearly half the amount of cholesterol.

Like the light beer. One can of original Budweiser beer has 145 calories or 870 calories in a six-pack. Go for Bud Light, which has 110 calories and nearly 7 grams of carbohydrates. For even less calories, try a Coors Light with 102 calories or a Miller Light that checks in with 96 calories.