If you’re trying to lose weight – you need these items in your kitchen.

If you’d like to lose weight or just cut back on what you don’t need, there are a few items you do need, in your kitchen.

Dietician Tanya Zuckerbrot has the basics:

• Non-stick pan. You won’t have to grease it with oil or butter.

• Measuring tools. You’ve got them so use them. Most of us pour about 3 cups of cereal when the serving size should be 1.

• Spritzer bottle. Olive oil is good, but one tablespoon has a lot of fat and calories. Spritzing makes a lot less go a lot farther.

• Tall glasses. We pour less into a tall slender glass. Tall drinks are more psychologically satisfying too.