The first rule of weight loss: Do not talk about weight loss. Let’s be honest, nobody wants to hear about your thighs, your portion size, your fear of carbs, or your vegan-on-Friday rules. It’s a buzzkill—plus, having a super-restrictive attitude isn’t sustainable.
After all, you wouldn’t dive into an Olympic-level workout right away—you’d start slow and then slowly build up your fitness. Do the same with your eating habits, and you’ll be less likely to get discouraged.
Here are 10 tricks that will make losing weight painless and will work no matter how lazy you get.
Tip #1: When Out With Friends, Order First
If you do, you’re more likely to choose a meal that’s in line with your healthy-eating goals. When groups of people eat together, they tend to select similar items, one study found. We want to fit in with the people we’re dining with. So if your friend orders cheese fries, you’ll tend to do the same—even if you had the best spinach-salad intentions. If ordering first isn’t an option, try steering the conversation away from discussions about food. Instead of saying “What are you having?” bring up work, the weather, whatever, and you’ll feel less pressured to order a fattening meal.
Tip #2: Set the Mood
Compared with bright, loud environments, candlelight and jazz lead people to eat about 18 percent less, or about 120 fewer calories per meal. Why is that? The relaxed atmosphere slows down your chewing, and you end up taking an average of eight minutes longer to eat. That may be just long enough for your brain to realize that your stomach is full.
Tip #3: Use Chopsticks
Unlike standard silverware, chopsticks make it nearly impossible to shovel food into your mouth. Because of the amount of food you can grab, chopsticks slow you down and make you eat less food with every bite.
Tip #4: Remember, Veggies First
Here’s a strange-but-true finding: The three foods that you see first at a buffet will end up comprising about 66 percent of the food you take back to your table, according to one Cornell University study. We tend to load up on the things that initially tempt us. So start off at the salad section—and much of that 66 percent will be good for you.
Tip #5: Never Leave Food Where You Can See It
Being within eyesight of a banquet of food makes you eat 15 percent more—regardless of whether you’re at home or a restauran. Seeing it fills your thoughts with food. And watching people return to a buffet makes you think it’s more normal to go for seconds, thirds, and fourths. If you can, move food completely out of sight—you don’t want to catch the action in your peripheral vision either. At home, leave serving dishes on the counter instead of the table, and sit facing away from the spread.
Tip #6: Follow the “Rule of Two”
When dining out, select whatever reasonable main entrée you want (plus included sides) and pair it with only two other things to eat and drink. So if a piece of bread and one glass of wine are your two preferred entree pals, skip appetizers and dessert. If you want the artichoke dip and tiramisu, avoid the bread basket and beverages other than water. On average, people who use the rule of two report eating about 25 percent less because it makes you rethink what you’re ordering or eating. And keep in mind: You’re more likely to order what you see first (it’s why some restaurants showcase certain items), so choose carefully.
Tip #7: Place a Napkin on Your Lap
People who do this before eating tend to have a healthier body mass index, according to Cornell University researchers. That’s because using a napkin reflects good table manners and careful eaters often pay more attention to what they’re eating—and, as a result, how many calories they’re consuming.
Tip #8: Ignore Healthy Buzzwords
“Organic,” “all natural,” “low fat,” “a full serving of vegetables”—research shows that food descriptions that include veggies or other seemingly healthy attributes often make us believe that we’re consuming fewer calories than we actually are. In fact, we eat about 35 percent more than we do when we think the food is unhealthy, according to University of Toronto researchers. One quick fix: Imagine the dish without the healthy food or description. For instance, leave out the vegetables in vegetable lasagna and you’re still eating lasagna—pasta, cheese, and a heavy cream sauce.
Tip #9: Ditch Cold Cereals
Louisiana State University researchers found that women who eat a warm bowl of oatmeal served with fat-free milk feel 28 percent less hungry for up to four hours later compared with when they pour their breakfast from a box. Oatmeal’s fiber (which takes longer to digest) is the secret, says the study.
Tip #10: One last thing… you should try this 60-second immunity ritual that burns 1 pound of belly fat per day…
“All this by a 60-second
immunity ritual?” I asked.
I met an old friend for
lunch last month and I was super impressed with how she lost 72 pounds in 3 months.
She said, “It’s not so much
about the 60-second immunity ritual but more about how it releases fat-blasting
molecules that signal your brain and body to burn off pounds and inches of
trapped fat quickly and naturally.”
Even though I was
skeptical, I’ve been struggling with my weight over the last few years, so I
gave it a shot and watched the same video shedid.
Well, it’s only a couple
weeks later and you know what they say about how “you can’t transform your body
overnight”…
They’re right – it actually
took me 14 days to lose 19 pounds.
Now it’s my girlfriends
asking ME what I’M doing differently 💅
Imagine your body being
beach ready before the Fourth of July.
Imagine enjoying the foods
you love: pasta, wine, or even a dessert — completely guilt-free.
And imagine feeling good
and living your life without obsessing about every single calorie you eat…
All while knowing your
health is being protected by one of the most powerful natural healing rituals
ever discovered.
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