- Hide all chocolate
It may seem like a straightforward solution, but you’d be surprised how much weight you can lose if you actually just keep all chocolate, donuts, biscuits – and other sugary, fatty snacks out of reach. Keep them in the garage or somewhere you cannot easily get to them (if you have to have them in your house at all). “If you maintain a chocolate stash, keep it out of reach; you’ll eat nearly 60 percent less of it if you do.” —Brian Wansink, PhD, director of the Food and Brand Lab at Cornell University
2. Find an audience to keep up with you
If you tell all your facebook friend and mates down the pub that you are trying to lose weight, you can enhance your quest of weight loss will be greater as you will feel like you are not only letting yourself down, but your best mates too! Posting pictures of your progress will also help. “Blog your goal: It’s harder to quit in front of an audience.” —Charles D’Angelo, author of Think and Grow Thin
3. Use smaller plates
Getting smaller plates on your next trip to Ikea may be a fantastic way to lose weight! all you need to do is serve your food on smaller plates, ensure that they are full and it will trick your brain into thinking you are actually eating more food. It is certainly a proven method to lose weight and something that everyone can do relatively easily. “Eat what your family eats, but put your serving on a kid-size plate.” —Angie Vinez, 33, stay-at-home mom who lost 40 pounds
4. Use olive oil on your bread instead of butter
9. Slow it all right down
Do everything slowly. That includes eating. You will find that you get full up quicker, your stomach does not close for at least 10 mins after eating a big meal so if you eat it quickly, you are more liked to go for a sweet treat afterwards. Take your time and savour the flavours, you won’t regret doing so.
10. Listen to fast music (high tempo music)
Fill your itunes playlist with upbeat tunes. Research has proven that you’ll naturally quicken your pace if you work out or even just walk with songs that have 180 beats per minute.So its very straightforward, go and buy a Chemical Brothers, Prodigy or Fatboy Slim album now.
